Hi guys. Rough week for me. Sorta kinda.
My broody, Screech hatched out two darling little pin heads a week ago today. Starter her on 4 eggs but two were clears. One looks like a full blooded Egyptian Fayoumi the other is a cross of lordie only knows what. I'm hoping that the EF is a rooster as I only have one at the moment. My luck, they will both be male.
Then on Saturday, while moving my Brinsea, the top fell off. It's happened before but unfortunately not as catastrophically as it did this time. Two eggs went to the floor at two weeks incubation and died, three were cracked one survived intact. I immediately grabbed candles and waxed over the cracks. This morning I scrapped off as much of the wax as I could and noticed one has an internal pip going on. I don't know if any will survive hatching without infection but I'm prepared to assist.
I've been doing this for 5 years now and this is the first time I've had this happen to eggs in my Brinsea Mini Eco. My mood has been pretty low since it happened. I know these things to happen to the best of them but.......The first order of business when and if these eggs hatch will be to figure out what is wrong with the lid. I am suspecting it's the manual turning mechanism as I'm feeling a slight rocking in the lid when I move it.
In the mean time I will try to get pics of Screech and her two little fluffy butts.
My broody, Screech hatched out two darling little pin heads a week ago today. Starter her on 4 eggs but two were clears. One looks like a full blooded Egyptian Fayoumi the other is a cross of lordie only knows what. I'm hoping that the EF is a rooster as I only have one at the moment. My luck, they will both be male.
Then on Saturday, while moving my Brinsea, the top fell off. It's happened before but unfortunately not as catastrophically as it did this time. Two eggs went to the floor at two weeks incubation and died, three were cracked one survived intact. I immediately grabbed candles and waxed over the cracks. This morning I scrapped off as much of the wax as I could and noticed one has an internal pip going on. I don't know if any will survive hatching without infection but I'm prepared to assist.
I've been doing this for 5 years now and this is the first time I've had this happen to eggs in my Brinsea Mini Eco. My mood has been pretty low since it happened. I know these things to happen to the best of them but.......The first order of business when and if these eggs hatch will be to figure out what is wrong with the lid. I am suspecting it's the manual turning mechanism as I'm feeling a slight rocking in the lid when I move it.
In the mean time I will try to get pics of Screech and her two little fluffy butts.
