I actually purchased my Banty EE eggs from Ebay. They were very nicely packed and they sent extras. Only 1 was cracked and most started developing. I blame temp flucuations, homemade bator and my inexperience as to why so far only 9 eggs still developing of 23. The seller had great feedback as well including some follow-ups with comments on the great hatch rates.
Glad they made it.Ugh, had to assist all 3 of the late bloomers. Each was wedged in a bad position and unable to zip either at all or all the way. One had scratched his egg yolk and ruptured it and it had dried and glued him to the inside of his shell. I peeled each shell back slowly and used coconut oil to make the membranes translucent so I could confirm they had absorbed all the yolk and blood they needed before letting them out. All three out without bleeding and with all egg absorbed. The one with the ruptured yolk most concerns me as his naval doesn't look well. We'll see how it goes. He is a real fighter though. He was kicking like crazy inside his dry shell the whole time I was working on him.
This little guy had the exact same malposition as slow poke with his head above instead of below his wing - and back at the top of the shell with virtually no air cell. He had also pipped through the side and had a very dry membrane around his pip.
Only our 2nd Rhode Island White chick in the batch that made it to hatch - same malposition again as slow poke.
You can see how our yolk glued chick looked before I decided to intervene. He could not get past this point. There was virtually no air cell and he had pipped through the side. All kinds of messed up.
Busted yolk all over this baby. He is shellacked to the shell and himself. He tried really hard to free himself and was kicking like crazy and I could feel his toenails scratching the inside of the shell.
Long day/night/day with 2 hours sleep, but with any luck maybe all these babies will make it
My chicken scoots in when my dog lifts the door sometimes. Once my dog changed her mind and my chicken got caught half in half out. I had to let her loose. It was so funny. She wasn't hurt at all but she knew she wasn't supposed to be sneaking in so she didn't want to make any noise. She was trying to figure it out herself. Her butt wiggling in the air. Oh I wish I had my phone with me then to get that picture.LOL, too funny! Wonder what your dog thinks when it sees a chicken using its door?
Wow. If I ever order eggs again I'll have to ask the seller to insure them for me. I've always heard that hatching eggs couldn't be insured...
