Araucana egg candling results

[NZHL]

For anyone's follow-up interest: Before lockdown I candled the eggs again and only one stood out as no good, so I disposed of that one. Breaking it confirmed it had failed early on. The other five were inconclusive so I left them. Two hatched a day early and the other three hatched about 20 hours later. They're all pretty happy so far. Interesting experience. I would say they were difficult to candle!

 

[TheOddOneOut]

For anyone's follow-up interest: Before lockdown I candled the eggs again and only one stood out as no good, so I disposed of that one. Breaking it confirmed it had failed early on. The other five were inconclusive so I left them. Two hatched a day early and the other three hatched about 20 hours later. They're all pretty happy so far. Interesting experience. I would say they were difficult to candle!

Do you have any pics of the babies?

 

[Run Amock DucksNChickens]

Oh, yes... you can't not show us the babies lol.

 

[NZHL]

They are pretty sweet. a couple of photos attached.

 

[Run Amock DucksNChickens]

Awwww... how precious. Thank you for sharing.

 

[esme13]

Interesting ! Thank you for the update. I was looking at your photos. Did the ones with the slanted yolks, start developing to the side ? I’ve had shipped eggs in the past, but would just see a saddled air cell here and there. I’m glad the majority hatched !! They are beautiful.

 

[NZHL]

Interesting ! Thank you for the update. I was looking at your photos. Did the ones with the slanted yolks, start developing to the side ? I’ve had shipped eggs in the past, but would just see a saddled air cell here and there. I’m glad the majority hatched !! They are beautiful.

This is the first lot of eggs I have incubated, so I don't have a lot of experience. However, based on other photos on the internet the air cell seemed quite large at day 7/8, and was already biased to one side. I didn't candle them right at the start, which would have provided an interesting comparison. All the chicks pipped off-centre, which maybe is normal?

 

[JSfunnyfarm]

They are pretty sweet. a couple of photos attached.
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Congratulations! I have a broody mama for the first time! Im
Hopeful all goes well!