Body Hatching

[birdymama]

So excited i candled on day four and saw two little tiny heartbeats. One of the shells was harder to see through. So last night i just candled them again and saw a teeny tiny jumping bean type Shadow going round and round in circles. Such active little things.

 

[Pontata]

eeee I'm gonna do this too! What light do you use? I try to use an LED torchlight but I can never see it clearly. Also out of all the eggs you put in your bra how many is developing nicely?

 

[birdymama]

eeee I'm gonna do this too! What light do you use? I try to use an LED torchlight but I can never see it clearly. Also out of all the eggs you put in your bra how many is developing nicely?

Both are developing, I only put two in.

It's an LED torch but i swapped the LED from one of my dad's stash. His are brighter/newer LED's. My other torch works too but i have to sit in the dark for a while first and wait for my eyes to adjust (rid themselves of the white static).

Sometimes the shells are too hard to see through in places. I have one thats easy to see and the other is hard. I think because of the brown spots on them. One has less the other has more.

 

[birdymama]

Going to a concert tonight. I am scared for my eggs (Loud vibrations + Rowdy pushy people). My partner says It won't be that bad. Might take my egg box (small wooden lined with foam padding) and put them in my bag. It's very hot outside.

 

[Pontata]

ooo hope your eggs will be safe I hope I can get my eggs next week at least, my quails aren't laying yet and the egg supplier doesn't have eggs right now

 

[birdymama]

All is good. My partner was right it was a really tame concert.

 

[birdymama]

I candled tonight. Couldn't help myself. They yolks look like they are filling up half the egg now and there are dark shaddows moving across.

 

[jak2002003]

I would think that putting the eggs in a box overnight, or for any time, would cause the egg to chill and then kill the developing chick. Don't the eggs have to be a constant temperature?

Also the oil from human skin should block the pores in the egg shell and the chick will not be able to breath.

What will happen if you do hatch them out? You can't keep the chick in the bra. Then you will have to have a brooder and that will use electricity.

 

[birdymama]

Well they seem to be doing just fine. The box is wooden, very small and padded with foam. It keeps the heat very well. Even so, i try to keep it close to my core while i sleep. I also have a very thick down quilt and luckily it happens to be summer. I'm sure chickens and quails hop off those eggs now and then to go eat and drink.

I wrap my eggs in a thin layer of tissue so it isn't in direct contact with my skin. However i have had a day here or there without the tissues.
Don't see why oil would be an issue. I'm pretty sure chickens and quails have oil.

Did i mention it's very hot at the moment. But i have been thinking about setting a brooder up for that final 'hatch day'. Obviously my eggs are doing fine so far. Your comment felt kind of negative. All that talk of death and electricity usage (which i think i've made a huge saving on all things considered!)

 

[jak2002003]

Well they seem to be doing just fine. The box is wooden, very small and padded with foam. It keeps the heat very well. Even so, i try to keep it close to my core while i sleep. I also have a very thick down quilt and luckily it happens to be summer. I'm sure chickens and quails hop off those eggs now and then to go eat and drink.
They will only leave the eggs for less then 30 minutes at a time, and that way the eggs core temp. still stays warm. They will not leave the eggs 7 or eight hours (the time most humans sleep for)
I wrap my eggs in a thin layer of tissue so it isn't in direct contact with my skin. However i have had a day here or there without the tissues.
Don't see why oil would be an issue. I'm pretty sure chickens and quails have oil.
We have much more moist and oily skin that birds. Humans produce lots of sweat to help cool down also. Birds do not sweat and they do not have oil producing glands in their skin. Also quail dust bath to help dry out their feathers.
Did i mention it's very hot at the moment. But i have been thinking about setting a brooder up for that final 'hatch day'. Obviously my eggs are doing fine so far. Your comment felt kind of negative
Quail eggs need a temperature of about 98 degrees to hatch. Most 'hot' days are not that hot. All hatched chicks need a brooder with a heat lamp to stay warm as they can not regulate their body temperature. It would be a shame to go though all that work and have it hatch out, only to get chilled and other complications.
. All that talk of death and electricity usage (which i think i've made a huge saving on all things considered!)
I just thought as you partner often turns off the incubator to save electricity that you ought to know that the chick will need electricity 24 hours a day for the first few weeks of its life. I don't think I was being negative or talking a lot about death. I just think if you are going to go to so much trouble to hatch the egg with your body, you are going to get very attached to the chick, and I don't want you to be upset if it does die because you are not aware of what it needs.

I hope you manage to hatch out you little chick! This is a very interesting topic.