candling question..UPDATE pg 2 - 3 chicks so far!

[verlaj]

I candled the 2 other eggs I suspected were bad and they still looked bad. So I opened them up. One had no development at all - broken yolk. The other had a dark "thing" in it about the size of a quarter and broken yolk. The others still under the hen have a big air cell and the rest is still very dark - the light doesn't penetrate it. Hoping those are good! That's all I saw in some of my eggs from last year, and all the ones that looked that way contained healthy chicks!

Will know this weekend for sure!

 

[verlaj]

This evening will be 21 days - have been checking the hen and eggs nervously for the last day or so...This morning - YAY! - first saw an egg SHELL when I peeked under the hen's wing. Where's the chick, I thought! What peeks out from the other end of the hen, but a little GCM baby! Cockerel, I think, but I'm happy I have a chick! So, now I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the other 3 eggs remaining, and hoping for pullets! To be continued...

 

[verlaj]

The 3 GCM eggs have hatched - now not sure about males vs females - think I have at least one of each.
New question - the remaining egg is an Ameraucana - do they take longer than GCMs to hatch? This evening will be the full 21 days.