So this was a first for me and my family! I purchased two Brinsea Mini Advance fully digital 7 egg incubators! One of my incubators has two store bought apparently 'fertile' eggs in it, though as of my candling on day 6 there is nothing going on just a dark blob that moves as I move the egg. I'm suspecting that is the yolk moving about which if I am correct means there is not any embryo development going on. Now the 2 eggs were fertile store bought eggs, and because my girls are on strike and not laying at the moment. I felt as though I had to FILL one of my incubators. My alternative were eggs in my fridge. That had been there 3 weeks!
As of day 6 out of the five eggs that were refrigerated from my girls... 4 of them have veins and you can see a lot of development! I am so excited! Three of the four are silkie X ee cross and their mothers produce amazing olive colored eggs
, their dad was my blue silkie rooster. The fourth egg was from my 3 year old son's chickens, his rooster (who he carries around happily all day outside) is a bantam buff colored cochin and the mother is either his bantam Rhode Island Red or his bantam red cochin. I am excited and hoping the baby is a little cochin. My son was bound and determined to NOT eat this egg, and it sat in the fridge for 3 weeks as well and seems as though it's beginning to thrive!
I really am hoping that all 4 of the babies end up hatching, that would be a dream come true. We are all SO excited about their arrival and I can't wait for the day to arrive. They should be hatching around/on 10/06/12 according to the day I set the eggs that is 21 days after their setting.
Would love to know if others have babies hatching at a similar time and I'll continue to post progress on our eggs! Soon around day 10-12 when I candle again I'll post photos of the eggs. This is such an amazing experience!!!
Just a peek. This is my ol' silkie rooster who is proud 'daddy' to three of the currently developing peepers!
Don't tell him I said so but if he wasn't such a good boy I probably would have sold him considering that he looks like a rockstar, mullet wearing, half chicken half T-Rex (LOL)
His babies I've seen from his previous home were cute though!
As of day 6 out of the five eggs that were refrigerated from my girls... 4 of them have veins and you can see a lot of development! I am so excited! Three of the four are silkie X ee cross and their mothers produce amazing olive colored eggs
I really am hoping that all 4 of the babies end up hatching, that would be a dream come true. We are all SO excited about their arrival and I can't wait for the day to arrive. They should be hatching around/on 10/06/12 according to the day I set the eggs that is 21 days after their setting.
Would love to know if others have babies hatching at a similar time and I'll continue to post progress on our eggs! Soon around day 10-12 when I candle again I'll post photos of the eggs. This is such an amazing experience!!!
Just a peek. This is my ol' silkie rooster who is proud 'daddy' to three of the currently developing peepers!
Let us know how that goes and please post pics when they hatch! It will help me get over being 'broody' myself. (lol)
