August Hatch-A-Long

[Sylviaanne]

Mine didn't wait until today or even tomorrow. All that are going to hatch have hatched.
I have 8 silkies and 10 of my mixed breeds out of 26 that went into lock down.
I had 6 eggs that died before pipping.
I had 2 chicks die after pipping but before they got out of the shells.
All 18 piled together.

My mixed breed chicks.

7 of the 8 Silkie chicks.

 

[Puddin Fluff]

Mine didn't wait until today or even tomorrow. All that are going to hatch have hatched.
I have 8 silkies and 10 of my mixed breeds out of 26 that went into lock down.
I had 6 eggs that died before pipping.
I had 2 chicks die after pipping but before they got out of the shells.
All 18 piled together.

My mixed breed chicks.

7 of the 8 Silkie chicks.

 

[Iko127]

Mine didn't wait until today or even tomorrow. All that are going to hatch have hatched.
I have 8 silkies and 10 of my mixed breeds out of 26 that went into lock down.
I had 6 eggs that died before pipping.
I had 2 chicks die after pipping but before they got out of the shells.
All 18 piled together.

My mixed breed chicks.

7 of the 8 Silkie chicks.

That is so wonderful!!! Very pretty babies

...I have 26 eggs but I'm sure I won't have that many in lock down. Enjoy you cute chicks!

 

[calichicken]

Movement!!! We saw 3 little bouncing dark blobs of joy. Eggs #5, 15, & 12. I have no idea what kind of eggs they are, except #12 is an assorted bantam. (PLEASE BE A BUFF ORPINGTON AND A BLACK AUSTRALORP HEN, & MY LITTLE HEART'S DESIRE - A MILLE DE FLEUR D' UCCLE BANTAM HEN, PLEASE OH PLEASE) It was so amazing!! Lol, i acted like i was having an ultrasound. DH only poked fun at me a little bit

. I could clearly see veins in 2 other eggs (UM, A BARRED ROCK & SPECKLED SUSSEX WWWOOUUULLLDD BE NICE, TOO). So I think 5 out of 16 are alive. The other asstd. Bantam egg had the only definitely detached air cell, & what looked like a bloody blob fall from the side to the bottom when i turned it on its side. There also was what appeared to be a dark little dead chick in it which didn't move. 3 of the ones i didn't see anything promising in look like they might be starting the dreaded red ring of death. The remaining 7 looked clear, i couldn't identify an air cell in 4 of those. I know these #s aren't good, but it's far better than i thought it would be...can't wait for day 10 candle!!! LOL I made all the kids & their friends come in to watch the moving embryos bounce around. This seriously felt like Christmas morning.

YAY!!!!!

It is so much fun to see the movement and growth, isn't it? Considering they were shipped, that's good and I too hope you get some from your hatching wish list

Day 10 is not too far away!!!!

 

[calichicken]

I'm in....set one mix group....experiment last week. This is actually day 8 does anyone know when we can hear a heartbeat with a stethoscope? I will be setting more eggs this week.

Welcome

And I had no idea you can hear a heartbeat in the egg...sooooo cool!!!!! Does it have to be standard eggs or will that work for bantam sized eggs?

 

[WendyF]

Hooray! I'm glad everyone's candling is going well! I'll be candling mine tonight (day 7) when it's dark in my kitchen. About half of my eggs are blue or green which can make them really hard to see inside. I'm expecting to mark a bunch as "maybes" that will need to be rechecked around day 10.

I'm so glad you mentioned this. Eggs #1-4 are blue, & these are 4 I couldn't see anything in. I REALLY want them to hatch; they're Easter Eggers.

 

[calichicken]

Mine didn't wait until today or even tomorrow. All that are going to hatch have hatched.
I have 8 silkies and 10 of my mixed breeds out of 26 that went into lock down.
I had 6 eggs that died before pipping.
I had 2 chicks die after pipping but before they got out of the shells.
All 18 piled together.

My mixed breed chicks.

7 of the 8 Silkie chicks.

Awww...adorable!!!!

I can't wait for my fuzzy butts to hatch! got a ways to go yet...sigh...

 

[WendyF]

Mine didn't wait until today or even tomorrow. All that are going to hatch have hatched.
I have 8 silkies and 10 of my mixed breeds out of 26 that went into lock down.
I had 6 eggs that died before pipping.
I had 2 chicks die after pipping but before they got out of the shells.
All 18 piled together.

My mixed breed chicks.

7 of the 8 Silkie chicks.

Aaw...

 

[calichicken]

I forgot to update! I candles the other day, on day 7 (yeah, I made it)! Only 9 of my eggs passed the test

All of them are from my Silkies though, so that makes me happy! I'm already collecting up another batch of eggs to go in the incubator, so I'll probably be sticking around for a while

Well congrats on your silkie eggs that are going strong!!!!

Isn't it funny how easy it gets to keep adding eggs once you start the incubating process??? I'm not sure anyone just sets their original group of eggs and ends there...LOL! seems like ther is ALWAYS a good reason to add some more

 

[calichicken]

Hooray! I'm glad everyone's candling is going well! I'll be candling mine tonight (day 7) when it's dark in my kitchen. About half of my eggs are blue or green which can make them really hard to see inside. I'm expecting to mark a bunch as "maybes" that will need to be rechecked around day 10.

Good luck!!!!

let us know how it goes!!!!!