6 month old Broody hatching First time Journal

[BlueBaby]

That last egg is pretty porous. Those other 3 look to be light enough in color for you to have been able to see veining by the 7th day.

Edit: I usually hold them up higher than that when I candle to look.

 

[meetthebubus]

Yeah, the buffs hadn't been laying that much so thoee were my choices... i wish i had better eggs to hatch at the time, I got a whopper of and egg the other day that i thought was a double but it was just a single big yolk and egg white....

I'm hoping something happens..... I've never candled before.....

 

[BlueBaby]

Yeah, the buffs hadn't been laying that much so thoee were my choices... i wish i had better eggs to hatch at the time, I got a whopper of and egg the other day that i thought was a double but it was just a single big yolk and egg white....

I'm hoping something happens..... I've never candled before.....

Well, it's good that you are willing to learn how to do this. By learning how to hatch your own, you can replenish your own flock when need be. The only thing is that the extra boy's are very hard to get rid of.

You can always check for the sign of the fertile bulls-eye in eggs that you crack open, to see how well that either one of your roo's is in fertilizing your eggs. That way when you see that good sign you can put them under your broody or in an incubator.

 

[meetthebubus]

Oh yes all my eggs have the roo cell

If I get roos I'll put them with china who is my guard chicken

I was thinking by Sunday it will be day 14 shouldn't there be a smell or the hen pushing them out of the clutch? I'm hoping that's a good sign

 

[BlueBaby]

I have never hatched under a broody before. I did give my current NN broody 2 of the blue eggs from the CCLB, but I marked them first. I think that your eggs might be ok with her as long as she doesn't push them out, or as long as they don't stink, explode, or leak.

 

[meetthebubus]

I'll keep an eye (and nose) out for that... I was researching and saw testimonies of porous eggs hatching and most important to my hopefullness some saying they didnt see anything candling until day 14

 

[BlueBaby]

Good luck!

 

[chickenhatch]

Great! I'm so glad I have all of you following!

Today I had to be away but I looked in on her before daybreak she was happy, and not hot (yayyy)
I rubbed her cheek goodbye and she didn't growl at me

The CUTEST thing I noticed when I got home at 3 pm she was out bathing I was a bit concerned thinking "Oh no did my journey stop as soon as it started?" But no, the cute thing is she had a SUBSTITUTE sitter

Tigger was sitting on them so Rambita could take a longer break! As soon as Rambita was ready she came in and Tigger left and Rambita went back to sitting! I thought that was really cool

I didn't have the camera bc I had just gotten back and I was busy with refilling puddles and ice
(It was 105 f today)


Also, I got 2 more buff eggs and gave both to her I know the parentage of each egg, bc I know my buffs eggs each has their own "signature"

So now 3 buff eggs and hubby wants me to put 1 ee egg in anyhow he wants a roo like marshmellow

Here are the pics of the buff dad
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The buff mom
Spotty
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And here is the ee Roo

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nice shoot , i like it

 

[meetthebubus]

Ok today day 13 Rambita was on her morning break so I got down close to the clutch to see if any smelled bad, couldnt smell anything! Hopefully thats a good sign

Got another opinion that I should of rotated the eggs more bc the embryo could be on the other side so tomorrow night I may just candle again, should see something I'm thinking...

Heard opinions that the porous egg could be just fine, and that broody hatches tend to go better than incubator so

 

[meetthebubus]

Day 14

Tonight is the planned Candling

Yesterday evening I noticed lots of feathers on the clutch of eggs and saw Rambita trying to stuff one feather under her.... is this a good sign? I'm thinking yes

Marshmellow seems to be supporting her, doesn't try to mate with her on her breaks

I've noticed her clucking she does on breaks annoys some of the girls so they peck her away from them a bit

Bella still lays an egg with her so daily I'm taking out a green egg from the clutch


In a few days I'm setting up the hardware cloth to make a brooder area inside the mansion

I'm still hoping something comes from all of this!