I’m sorry @junior67 it must be so much harder to candle when your hens are guarding them! The eggs are on a shelf near my kitchen, and I just keep walking by and staring at them like something is going to happen. (twiddles thumbs)
Minty is enjoying some camouflage from her dark brown egg. I’m hoping she develops a bit more and I see veins in a few days! It did not look like yolk shadow just floating around, so I am hopeful she’s just a shy one!
So I wanted to clear out some space in the incubator, so I candled again, and can now wait til day 7 to candle and mark air cells. I had 5 clear and one super early quitter, confirmed by cracking the eggs after removing them. I was pretty confident that nothing was going on, and figured if I was wrong on the first one I could put the rest back. Here are the candling pics for anyone interested or who might be learning like me. It is Day 4.
L1
L2
L3
L4
L5
L6 (clear, cracked & removed)
E1
E2
E3 (clear, cracked & removed)
O1 (looks like a tiny dot inside dark egg)
Minty- O2 (looks like a tiny dot inside dark egg)
O3 (too dark to see, left it in)
B1
B2
B3 (I did not take a pic of B3, it looked the same as it did from day 1, bubbly and scrambled)
F1 (doesn’t look as developed but there is something inside)
F2 (doesn’t look as developed but there is something inside)
F3
F4 (too dark to see)
F5
F6 cracked, this was a very early quitter)
F7 (clear, cracked to check)
F8
F9
F10
F11 (clear, cracked to check)
F12
After removing 5 clears and 1 quitter, I have 21 eggs left in the incubator.
@PippinTheChicken and @lilmillefleur since I had to remove your eggs, would you like to choose another? F3, blue egg, F8, brown egg, F9, green egg, F10, green egg & F12, tan egg, are still available!
The porous ones always make me nervous, especially since they are harder to see in. I’m sad about the one scrambled Orpington, but shocked that was the only true damage. My fingers are crossed for you, also. Will you try candling this weekend at all? You’ll be gone for a bit, right?
(twiddles thumbs)
