Adventures in Incubating Shipped Eggs

[Colly1470]

The baby in egg 6 started pressing up against the membrane to the air cell (I was worrying and candled quick....saw the shadow). 4 and 5 are still wiggling. Hopefully they start soon too.

 

[TotallyShellyTurtle]

Sorry, I've been absent. From what I've seen, if it doesn't develop properly, they usually fail to hatch. If they do hatch, they are usually very sticky from the goo that didn't get absorbed into the network. I think only being on day 10 (or they were at the time) there is still time for it to fill in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorioallantoic_membrane





How are they looking now?




Glad Tiny is improving. Don't forget about the possibility of lethal genes in seramas.

Both eggs.


I swear, the one with the poor CAM development moves the most. Also, I see limbs and can make them out really well. So cute.


8 days left until hatch day.

 

[Cerise1924]

Group photo, blurry due to a crappy camera, but it shows what's important (Excuse the goop on #3's head - it had a little blood on it from hatching, and I don't want to try and soak it off. It's coming off on its own, and the other two don't bother it.) Tiny's running around, coming off the heat pad to eat and drink, falling over and getting back up to run around again. Just like a two-day-old chick should. It's a little stiff on its legs, but they're working! The photo doesn't show it well enough, but it has white eyebrows.

I just weighed.
#1 (Yellow chick in the middle) is 20 grams.
#2 (Tiny, on the right) is 13 grams.
#3 (White chick on the left) is 21 grams.

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Yayy!! Look at Tiny, standing tall.

 

[Cerise1924]

Both eggs.


I swear, the one with the poor CAM development moves the most. Also, I see limbs and can make them out really well. So cute.


8 days left until hatch day.

Grow, wiggly chicks! I think I have nine days left until hatch. Are you counting the day you set the eggs as Day Zero, or Day One?

-Cerise

 

[Morrigan]

I count the day I set them as Day Zero. Day 1 is 24 hours after they are set.

I just passed Day 12, so I have 9 days to hatch as well.

 

[Jayellebee]

Hey guys, I’m on day 11. This is one of my eggs... I’m thinking this isn’t good...all the other ones show more development. Any thoughts?

 

[Ducklover2]

View attachment 1400520 Hey guys, I’m on day 11. This is one of my eggs... I’m thinking this isn’t good...all the other ones show more development. Any thoughts?

Its dead i see a blood ring.

 

[Jayellebee]

Its dead i see a blood ring.

Thank you! I thought so... but I just wanted a second opinion

 

[Kiki]

View attachment 1400520 Hey guys, I’m on day 11. This is one of my eggs... I’m thinking this isn’t good...all the other ones show more development. Any thoughts?

It does not look good, sorry.

 

[Cerise1924]

Thank you! I thought so... but I just wanted a second opinion

Here's a fourth opinion: Yes, that looks like a classic blood ring. It is good to catch these quitters and remove them, so good for you for paying attention. Best of luck with the rest of your hatch.