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[PandoraTaylor]

the black barred rock cross chick from egg # 4 that pipped through the yolk has passed on.
The other little one I helped is still cheeping...
14 eggs still awaiting.....

Somtimes they are just not ment to be,

 

[chickenmeadow]

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I have never heard anyone on this thread say that before! Good one! Will be watching for a report. Happy hatching!

 

[chickenmeadow]

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Sorry. You tried. Congrats on the others!

 

[chickenmeadow]

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I use a semi-powerful LED light my dad got from Costco, personally, and it does an fantastic job! I could even see toes moving around one time I candled.

oh ok... thanks for sharing. My Dad has a powerful flash light like that. I will ask to borrow it to see if it works. Thanks!

Check out page 1 of my post. See "My Candling." When you candle on (day 7 or 10, then day 14, then lastly day 18) look for the air cell (wide end of egg), dark mass/chick (in the middle area) which will grow, & the clear egg white (at the pointed end).

 

[chickenmeadow]

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oh ok... thanks for sharing. My Dad has a powerful flash light like that. I will ask to borrow it to see if it works. Thanks!

Check out page 1 of my post. See "My Candling." When you candle on (day 7 or 10, then day 14, then lastly day 18) look for the air cell (wide end of egg), dark mass/chick (in the middle area) which will grow, & the clear egg white (at the pointed end).

Oh & candle in the dark, sometimes the only dark room in my house at night is the closet. Good luck with that!

 

[Lotsapaints]

okay I figured it out posting pics (I hope!) here are my babies

What I notice the most is: that they know my voice, didn't stress out, no pasty butts, didn't drink water like my hatchery birds-they drink but were not really ever thirsty so I really think I'm hooked on this and my birds are looking bigger sooner which makes sense. I have Red Bourbon turkeys in the oven right now with some Black Copper Marans to hatch 4/23 and I have another set of Blue Coppers, Welsummers and some White Rock/Cornish cross due 4/27. Plan on some more turkeys and some Red Silkies but those will hatch in May.

Oh and these are Delawares and looks like maybe 8 or 9 meaties not cornishx but looks like Red Ranger/Naked Necks and 5 marans. I had 31 hatch from 36 and 5 out of 15. Not bad for shipped eggs.

 

[chickenmeadow]

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Sounds like all is going smooth. It's way more interesting to hatch your own. You did good!

 

[peacelover]

Tomorrow is day 21. I'm so excited and worried, the temp in my LG still air has been super steady but around 99*. I hope at least one of the 15 hatch. We candled at 15 days and all were moving. My little girl will be. so heartbroken if none of them hatch.

I have them in cardboard egg cartons, and added a wet sponge and two lids of water. She is being a little momma hen, and is staring at them all day long, but won't let anyone open or touch the bator.

All the babies on here are so cute! I so hope we get a few.

 

[sunket77]

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good luck

! I have kept my LG still air at 102* this time around...I hope I got that right

but my temps went up and down last time for some reason but this time staying steady hatch day for me is 4/19 and 4/26 (ducks) and I am tempted to add more at this point but not sure if I should our ducks have laid a few more and I really would like to get some more nankins going

I am thinking that might be a far enough gap for a staggered hatch??

So far I have removed to duck eggs (they where totally clear) and it looks like one of our japs is not forming maybe a blood ring...to afraid to take that one out! But I have one jap egg that the embryo seems to be stuck to the side. When I candled on day 8 I saw it's heart beating but now it looks bigger but looks to be stuck to the side

But with the lethal gene we expect some not to hatch.

 

[Namble]

Good luck everyone!!

Today is day 20 on my Buff Brahma eggs, nothing yet.
I hope I get something tommorrow!