Anyone with me?

Hey Everybody!! Sounds like things are going really well overall! How fun!

We are on day 10 and it looks like I may have just the two Butterscotch Calls developing. I am waiting longer on the Blacks because the eggs are fairly dark, but I am pretty sure I am making out a blood ring in one, and that makes me think I should be seeing veining in the others, so I am not hopeful about those. I threw out the Butterscotch eggs that had blood rings or showed no development day before yesterday. I cracked them, just to be sure that I was seeing what I thought I was seeing, and was totally right.

The two that are going are really active though! If I wasn't so inexperienced I would swear one had twins because it looks like two embryos moving seperate from one another. I am still really worried about the membranes because they are certianly detached in even the developing eggs, it is really obvious. So I don't know. I am keeping my fingers crossed, and with how active the embyos seem, am hoping they are strong enough to overcome. I am nervous, that if they do develope, the hatch will be hard and I may have to help. Never having done it before I am just afraid that I would make the wrong call and help too soon because I am expecting trouble, or help too late from not wanting to help too soon....or that I would simply help wrong. Also, my local feed stores are starting to wrap up the chick days and it is next to impossible to find ducklings anymore. What am I going to do if only one hatches? Where would I find a day or two old duckling on such short notice? :DYeah, I guess I'm stressing a little...Ha Ha Ha.

I am so happy to hear about everyone's little duckies! quail kid~ That is great! 6/6! So cool!

I can't wait to hear how they all go!

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Compare what you're seeing to the pictures on this website: http://www.minkhollow.ca/mhf/doku.php?id=farm:candling:day_7

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link is for Day 7 of incubation, but you can navigate to whichever day you're on over on the left-hand side of the screen.
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Here's a link to a thread I started on candling duck eggs too: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=304863
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pictures are pretty good through the first week, they get a little tougher to see during the second week, and after that I just gave up.
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Annarie, Thanks for the links! Very helpful. quail kid 1, I'll look at any pics you're willing to post, it all helps. The Butterscotch Calls are very visable, it's the Black Call eggs I am iffy about because the shell is so dark. I don't want to be too hasty and toss them. Thanks for all the info.!
 
Day 13 counting the day we set, and my two are looking really good! So, close to halfway there and they are still kicking! We even saw a little duckie foot, and bill!!!!! So cool! I really need to get some pics of those air cells, they are so wonky. How is everyone else doing?
 
I dont know as I promised myself not to candle till day 12 and today is day 8, only 4 days lol, and then I will take pics,
I am happy that is everything is going well chickboss, my temps have been rock stable with humdity rock stable too
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Oh my gosh, you have so much more will power than me! LOL. I'm pretty impressed with this Dickey so far, really keeping things nice and steady as well. Kind of idiot proof. LOVE that!
 
Hello,

No today is day 10 , but i am sad as when I came home the power had been off
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for about 2hrs or a bit more and the temp was 81F
will they be ok?

quail kid1
 

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