just wondering... i cant wait for my chickies to hatch!!! i set 9 eggs, threw 2 out due to blood rings, one not fertile... six swimmers as of tuesday night.
I am...I have BBS orpingtons in the bator. I candled the other day, and 9 have definite swimmers. I was hoping for more, but if these hatch, I should have a good start.
I have a dozen Golden Cuckoo Maran eggs that should hatch 19 or 20 January. (and then 15 Mille Fleurs around the 29th). I tried to candle the Marans, but the shells are so darned dark that I couldn't see a thing!
So, I guess I'll just have to wait for peeping and pipping.
I have 2 that are due to hatch on the 19th. Just candled them and they both are swimmers. These are the only 2 that developed out of 36, my first time hatching too. I cracked the other 34 open the other day and they didn't even start to develop. Is that normal?