*** AUGUST HATCH-A-LONG come join in ***

[kasey08]

ok question some of the eggs kinda look dark in half of it like spilt long ways only on day 9

 

[txmel]

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i would keep an eye on them and look for more growth and movement, ya just never know with some.

 

[katheria]

today is lockdown

on 35 quail eggs..
my first time incubating for wish me luck!!!

did take a peak at 5 of the of eggs, as i was positioning the eggs on their sides...
saw movement in all 5

 

[featherz]

Setting a BUNCH of eggs tomorrow from various places. Wish me luck! Have four JG, Four blue orps, 12 olive egger eggs and a pile of silkie eggs from cj's silkies. If they all hatch I'll be drowning in chicks.

The jersey giants and the orps are local pickups so maybe something will work.

 

[JulieZ]

I'm beginning to wonder about my eggs! I'm on day 8 & was wondering if someone could tell me what they think. I think they are gone.

#1 https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/48421_cas_0889.jpg
#2 https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/48421_cas_0890.jpg
#3 ...... the black spot is dirt/poo .......... https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/48421_cas_0892.jpg

 

[chickee]

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#1 and #2 are clears (not fertile or never started growing) #3 is harder to tell from your picture. Could be a chick in there. Can you see any veining in egg #3? Is the shell porus and hard to see into?

 

[silkieowner]

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Hi my broody silkie only comes off the nest once a day and she is onlt off for about 15 minutes at the most then straight back to her eggs. I do take her off the nest in the afternoon to make sure she gets food and water. Most broody chickens leave the nest once a day some won't leave the nest at all and need to be taken off to eat and drink. A broody can be off the nest for an hour at the most depending on weather. But like i said most broody hens only stay off for like 15 minutes.

 

[txmel]

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Hi my broody silkie only comes off the nest once a day and she is onlt off for about 15 minutes at the most then straight back to her eggs. I do take her off the nest in the afternoon to make sure she gets food and water. Most broody chickens leave the nest once a day some won't leave the nest at all and need to be taken off to eat and drink. A broody can be off the nest for an hour at the most depending on weather. But like i said most broody hens only stay off for like 15 minutes.

thanks i haven't put the eggs back and have seen her off the nest 2 more times this evening so i'm thinking she will not be getting the egg back. if she continues to try and be broody i guess i'll have to break out the broody buster box. i only have 3 hens that were laying and since she went semi broody have only been getting the 2 eggs a day and i miss the pretty blue ones she layed.

 

[Prairie Orca]

I don't know if my mind is playing tricks on me, but... I just candled an egg that is on its second day just to practice candling, and... I saw something dark and moving inside. Is that possible, or is my mind really just messing with me?

 

[JulieZ]

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#1 and #2 are clears (not fertile or never started growing) #3 is harder to tell from your picture. Could be a chick in there. Can you see any veining in egg #3? Is the shell porus and hard to see into?

there is no veining in #3 like their is in my others. It's a "blob" that sits closer to the top of the egg. (mine are laid on their side & rotated) With a very slight movement & I can feel it "slosh" inside, if that means anything?