So, sadly I lost my one little lavender chick today... I had put them in the outdoor brooder when it was warm and then we had a cold front come in so I put a heat lamp in there and was still worried so I brought the little guy in for the night... this morning he was peeping loudly and running...
Of the 8 that hatched, 3 are silkie feathered. Sadly the lav isn't, but I'm still keeping him :-) hopefully I'll get an idea of the sexes soon so I can get an idea of who's staying and who's going
Sorry to hear about your loss... I lost my baby girl a few years ago to cancer. It had started in her jaw and we had several surgeries over 2 years to keep removing it. It eventually spread down her throat and to her lungs. We made the appointment with the vet to put her down but the night...
Went to start my eggtopsy and could hear peeps coming from one of the eggs. This guy pipped internally but hadn't broken the shell yet. Oh the other 8 eggs, 2 were early deaths (shortly after day 7) 4, maybe 5 were late deaths sometime after day 14, almost fully developed, 1 last one had made it...
Thespoiledchicken, these are the 7 I had hatch. I've got 9 still in the bator that aren't showing any signs of life so I'm shutting it down. I figured I'd get allot 8 to hatch so I'm pretty happy :-)
Ok my whining has been satisfied for the time being... I came home from work to find 3 hatched out and 1 pipped. Hopefully I'll have some more by morning! :-)
Today is day 18, final candle and lockdown! All the air sacs looked good and I saw flutters of movement in most of the eggs, so I put all 16 eggs in lockdown! They're scheduled to hatch on my birthday, so let's hope I have a wonderful birthday surprise!
Day 14 candle results:
All but 2 of my eggs were too dark to see anything (all of my eggs are green colors, some pretty dark), except the size of the air sac, which is a little bigger than normal for this point on most of them, so I added some water. The 2 I could see were healthy. Nice veins, a...
So, I finally got some eggs thanks to thespoiledcgicken! She sent me 17 eggs which I set nearly 2 weeks ago on a Saturday. I candled on day 7 (this last Saturday) and only 1 egg was clear and 16 developing! This next coming Saturday is day 14 and candle number 2! I can't wait!