4th Annual BYC NYD Hatch-a-long

[Brookhavens]

I had to. I candled my little eggs last night and I can see veining already in some of them! I'll do it again on Saturday night or Sunday for an official *first candling*, but it looks like both of my litlte pairs of youngsters are fertile Very excited!

I hope everyone elses hatches are going well, and that you are all gearing up for the upcoming holidays ^..^

 

[Brookhavens]

What's going on inside your chicken eggs-Day 3:

At the end of the third day of incubation, the beak begins developing and limb buds for the wings and legs are seen. Three visceral clefts (gills) have formed on each side of the head and neck. These formations are important in the development of the arterial system, eustachian tube (in the ear), face, jaw, and some ductless glands. The fluid-filled amnion has surrounded the embryo to protect it: it helps maintain proper embryonic development. The tail appears, and the allantois is seen. The allantoic vesicle is a respiratory and excretory organ. Nourishment from the albumen and calcium from the shell are transported to the embryo through the allantois.

Third day
60 hours -- beginning of nose
62 hours -- beginning of legs
64 hours -- beginning of wings

 

[TMNfarm]

TMN, I wish you were closer. I have a couple of Ameraucana cockerels that didn't beat out dad for his spot in the breeding pen. That way your son wouldn't need to worry when feeding.

I do too!!! Maybe I'll get a nice one out of the eggs I got from you. If not, I may just be going on a ROAD TRIP!!!

 

[gamebirdsonly]

Yea I got my swap eggs

. I know they need to rest but I will give them a couple hours and put them in the bator and not have them turn for couple days. So now I need to go fill out the spread sheet for how many eggs I'm incubating.

 

[TMNfarm]

Posted my # of chicks!!

 

[Bettacreek]

Posted my # of chicks!!

Where do you do that at? I'm assuming you meant how many you expect everyone to hatch?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

What's going on inside your chicken eggs-Day 3:

At the end of the third day of incubation, the beak begins developing and limb buds for the wings and legs are seen. Three visceral clefts (gills) have formed on each side of the head and neck. These formations are important in the development of the arterial system, eustachian tube (in the ear), face, jaw, and some ductless glands. The fluid-filled amnion has surrounded the embryo to protect it: it helps maintain proper embryonic development. The tail appears, and the allantois is seen. The allantoic vesicle is a respiratory and excretory organ. Nourishment from the albumen and calcium from the shell are transported to the embryo through the allantois.

Third day
60 hours -- beginning of nose
62 hours -- beginning of legs
64 hours -- beginning of wings

Thank you!!!

 

[debs_flock]

So I did candled the eggs today... It's only day 2 for most of them since they were laid.... so I wasn't expecting much... however, SIX of the thirteen have bulls eyes going on... So some of the ones have just one dark big circle in them, and some of the ones don't have any kind of color difference... Does this mean anything?
The ones with the X up have the bulls eyes in them.

When you see people referring to a bullseye, they are talking about a small white ring you can see on the yolk when you crack open an egg to see if they are fertile. It's not something you can see through a shell. You generally can't see any development by candling until around day four and then generally with a light colored shell and a very strong veining. A couple of days after that you can candle most eggs fairly easily. It's only still hard on a very dark egg or in my experience a very blue egg.

If you see a large sillouette in your egg, you are most likely seeing the shadow of the yolk.

I hope you get a great hatch, good luck to you.

Deb

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: Awww everything I am reading points to you having to hatch them yourself!

 

[tazcat70]

Shellie that is great!!!!! Keep in touch with them too, if they don't move them quickly, they may take an extremely low offer. ;-)