Thanks, @ronott1 That would be a handy chart for comparison. I found it interesting that the amniotic fluid is gone at Day 19. That would be a good indicator too.
Alright, I might have one more hatch still in April. I put 18 Lavender Ameraucana eggs into the incubator April 10th so they might hatch the 30th. I candled today and two or so looked possibly clear. A few others were not very easy to see into, especially the two that have a greenish tinge...
@Kassaundra I feel bad for you that you are going to lose so many. That sounds really hard. Before my hatch I was reading about assisted hatching and it was stressful simply reading about it. Bravo to you for saving as many as you have.
Alright, I finally got some pictures uploaded. These ones are of my first chick to hatch Tuesday night.
Zipping:
It's an itty-bitty wing!
Out she comes, complaining quite loudly:
Resting up a moment:
Off she goes to see what the big world has to offer her (with shell stuck to her...
It sounds like everyone has been busy. My chicks are here. I had one hatch the evening of day 20/Tues. as I mentioned before. When I got to my classroom on day 21/Wed., I found one more had hatched overnight. Another hatched as my students were arriving so about half of them were able to watch...