:hit the peices are coming together. She started with 7 eggs. One got squished. One went missing. And mom killed three as they were hatching. She is 1st timer and didnt know what to do. So i made a huge decision. I took her eggs and put them under a broody hen. She has two ex pipped ducklings...
Happy news. I decided to do one more candle before her eggs hatch because I now know they are close because the duckling that passed gave some insight. I candled two and I couldn't see an aircell. Put the eggs up to my ear and heard clicking. Her eggs are close to hatch...got to sit on my hands...
It was but in a way it wasnt. I was upset but the baby fought for a half hour kicking. But the veins were to big to help and the yolk was still attached but out of the egg. And i never thought i could do an eggtopsy but it wsnt as bad as i thought. And i got past a barrier i thought it would...
I had the hardest experience last night. i was examining the broodies eggs for any signs of hatching. In the back of the nest there was an egg with no shell and just membrane. I thought it was dead and picked it up and some yolk leaked out of a huge tear. I was about to rid of it and then... it...
Yay congrats!
Candled our girls eggs and all alive and kicking.. But one of her eggs went missing and i found a membrane on the ground. I am almost positive one of our drakes is eating all the eggs the girls lay.
Candled eggs today all have development.. Yay! Found a crushed egg but it was very behind in development.. So im not very dissapointed... So she has sic eggs at a little over a week!