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Quote: Boo hoo! My DH told me I wasn't allowed to have Chicken Pops. And when DD came down with a fever he said, "How much did you pay her for that?" Mean, mean old man!!!!!!! Glad everyone has chickies!! How can the membranes be dry, but the chicks be sticky? Isn't that a contradiction in...

DD & I candled last night. We're thrilled. All our eggs were shipped and we have 18 out of 44 clearly veining, and one with teeny chick already inside! Another 6 look like they have good air cells but we didn't see veins. 18 looked iffy, couldn't see anything and the air cel was either tiny or...

Quote: Brown and green eggs aren't easy to candle. I could tell a definite difference in what I could see compared to the cream & white eggs I have. I like that we're all in the same boat as newbie hatchers or early hatchers. But also sad because my hatch-buddy can't see anything in her eggs...

I candled a few last night. I saw definite veining in some of the white eggs (Hamburg & Cochin). I think I saw some in some of the cream eggs (silkie). The Ameracauna & Blue Orps were much harder to tell! Pretty sure I saw veining in a couple of Orps, or maybe that was me hoping so hard...

I guess I'm on day 4, since I set mine in the bator Thursday night around 10pm. I have silkies (12), cochins (4), hamburgs (4), ameracauna (12), and blue orp (10). I also have one mutt in there who is at 7 days today. He's one of ours to practice on. I'll candle him tonight...