2015 Peafowl Hatching Support Group - Eggs and Chicks!

[ellymayRans]

Give them time i can see veining with a good high powered light at day 7 but day 10 is the time i can see them real easy, you are only on day 6

Thanks for the words of encouragement!
I hope you're right!!

 

[casportpony]

It's day five for my 21, so I candled them and 12 of the 21 were clears. Of the nine remaining, one looks like it might have a blood ring and a couple look as good as the others, but I'll leave them be for now.

Cracked open all the clears and made scrambled eggs for the chickens, lol.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Just to be clear, I am not suggesting that anyone toss eggs at day 5... When in doubt, wait until you are 100% sure they aren't any good.

-Kathy

 

[DylansMom]

I just set 2 of mine as well as the 2 shipped ones with the jiggly and rolling air cells. We'll see what happens?

As of day 4 my 2 are clearly developing the little "spider" , but I cannot find anything in the remaining shipped one.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Congrats on the two, sorry about the shipped one.

-Kathy

 

[KsKingBee]

As of day 4 my 2 are clearly developing the little "spider" , but I cannot find anything in the remaining shipped one.

Last year I saw some that I thought were clear on day seven but on day ten or twelve they were clearly developing.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: I've seen that, too, so when I cracked open all my clears I checked them for fertility and none had bulls eyes. That was to be expected since they came from pens with yearling boys.

-Kathy

 

[DylansMom]

Last year I saw some that I thought were clear on day seven but on day ten or twelve they were clearly developing.

I've seen that, too, so when I cracked open all my clears I checked them for fertility and none had bulls eyes. That was to be expected since they came from pens with yearling boys.

-Kathy

I'm not chucking it yet, but I am trying to hone my candling skills. I got a new 300 lumen LED mini flash and I could actually see a little kidney bean shape in these 2 on day 3.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Isn't that amazing? With a bright enough light I have seen changes after just 24 hours in chicken and duck eggs!

-Kathy

 

[DylansMom]

Isn't that amazing? With a bright enough light I have seen changes after just 24 hours in chicken and duck eggs!

-Kathy

Don't tell me that!

Now I'll be looking for an even brighter light and I'll end up hatching chicks with weld flash.