Clot-looking veins in fertile egg on day 7

[Cheekychook11]

Yes he sure is
Should I try put some foam down so he can walk easier?

 

[Cheekychook11]

Yeah it really was, I was surprised, he was is the biggest egg, not huge but noticeably larger

 

[Down Under]

Defiantly put something non-slip down for them, a slip could cause splayed legs or worse. I use the Grip Mat from Bunnings, I just cut it to fit and use the grippiest side up. I wash it after the first hatch and chuck it out after the second hatch.

 

[Cheekychook11]

Should I risk opening it to put it in?

 

[Down Under]

If you can get it in within 30 second to a minute, the eggs will retain their warmth for a bit but they wont like big changes.

 

[Cheekychook11]

I already did, only took 10 seconds and humidity got back up in 30 seconds

 

[Down Under]

Cool. Sorry I'm a bit side tracked treating a hen for sour crop and trying to make a chick chair for a chick that just hatched with a bad leg at the moment, but I'm trying to check the post's as often as I can.

 

[Cheekychook11]

All good, hope your birds will be ok, any idea what colour he’ll turn out? Got some gray and yellow fluff in no particular pattern

 

[Down Under]

Thanks, me too.

Sorry I'm not up with colours, I only keep splash, blue and white. The only ones that I have hatched that are not splash, blue or white were gold and silver Wyandotte's and some buff columbians which were all pretty easy to work out what was what.

 

[Down Under]

Found it, this video put my mind at rest about a lot of things that I thought I was doing wrong in my early days: