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[Charm1704]

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Yummmmmie! I love to eat and that dish looks great!~Charm1704

 

[notinoz2007]

i candled again tonight - i promise not to do it again for at least 5 days!! i pulled one with a blood ring and one clear. ok, i opened them both and the clear of course wasnt fertile but the little blood ring one i just was not expecting to see that embryo, i dont know why - i should have known i guess. the poor little thing. i sat down in the chair and misty eyed and pondering. my husband came in the kitchen and said "see, look you're getting attached" well, i didnt mean to, it just happened. i love every one of them. looking at the babies swimming in the shell was amazing. he didnt share my excitement but thats ok because i had enough for both of us. i didnt want to put them down

update my count please. i have 34 eggs in the incubator at this time. 30 look great, 4 i put near the back because i'm just not sure about them.

 

[notinoz2007]

oh, i think i set this one to eastern time. oh well, its 10 days for some people, lol.

 

[CapricornFarm]

This is so much fun! Counting down to chicks hatching and Christmas too! Recipes can be desserts too folks! Yum!

 

[RareBreedFancier]

Well looking at my NYD Araucana eggs developing nicely confirms my Christmas ones are doing nothing.

Looks like I only have the 6 Dorkings due at Christmas, I don't think I put anything else in then but I've been slack with my notes and didn't write down what I set.

Still, if the 6 hatch I will be very happy.

My guesses for how many hatch are 136 early birds they day before Christmas and 357 on Christmas day.

Oh, and I think *I* will have the first hatcher since I'm a day ahead of you all down here in Aus.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Good morning Christmas hatchers. Hatching eggs are the only present I can think of that opens itself! How perfect is that?

 

[Cynthia12]

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I also candled again last night..a good time to candle again, just like you found out. You don't want an egg with a blood ring in your bator! Who knows why the little ones end up having those, or just end up quitting. It's sad. I used to open mine to take a peek too, don't do that too much any more, unless I have one out of many that quit late in the stage, then I want to see what's up. Usually can't tell. There could be so many different reasons...and most, not our fault at all. Sorry you had a sad night..but then it sounds like you have a lot of good happening!

 

[CapricornFarm]

Now we need a contest where the winner gets the BYC calendar I am donating. Any ideas? Deb

 

[bikerchic]

I will solve the dilemma! Me,me,ME!

 

[sheila3935]

9 days to go and all 11 of mine are still swimming

Since I got the eggs off Ebay I really hope they are the Lemon Cuckoo Orpingtons that I ordered. Out of 14 eggs 11 made it this far.