Day18 ( update: its hatched!! )

[chicktasticvt]

I'm so mad at myself right now

, I candled my eggs this afternoon and one had what looked like a very thick blood ring! So out it came, of course my couriosity got the best of me so I carefully craked it open and........un there was a embryo staring back at me

It wasnt moving but I hope I was right and it was a gonner!

 

[lurky]

leave it alone

 

[chicktasticvt]

LOL I knew you would give me heck for that

I know I said to my self that I wasnt going to touch any more of them till they start stinking, other than turning and candling but I promise I wont do that again!

 

[Green Hill Farm]

Greetings group I've not posted since the forum moved, good to read about hatching

. I am on day 8. I candled my 15 eggs 3 are good nice veins and about 4 are ee too dark to see so hoping the are good the rest I believe are not fertile.

Disappointed that none of the 3 cochins are fertile they would have been the only pure birds, the rest are mutts

. One of my birds is an ee x polish she's a pretty and nice bird her egg is developing if the father is the bantam cochin she lives with that will be quite the ix.

My other roo is a Spitenhauzen sp? One of my polish eggs is developing and he would be the father another fab mix.

The spitz is also probably the father of the ee eggs. Oh well I'd be happy with 5. If a hen goes broody later I may let her hatch a few. I just agreed to take the chicks from a school hatching (May 1) and ordered 30ish birds from Ideal to arrive late June. 12 are meat birds so the rest are supposed to be assorted hens and a few sr bantams.

My original flock is aging and Ive lost a few to age and unfortunetly about 6 to predators so time to get some more, can't have unfulled coops (yes coops).

Beth in Massachusetts who isn't going to candle for a few days

 

[FrontPorchIndiana]

I'm only on day two.

Sitting here wishing I had x-ray vision. How cool would that be?

 

[chicktasticvt]

LOL Thats it! We should invent some x-ray glasses so we dont have to candle anymore. .........I think all the suspence of waiting for them to hatch has gone to my head

 

[lurky]

I have been hatching Bantam ameraucana eggs this year. I hatched 6 a month ago and i have 3 more + 1 big ee under a broody. Candling has been tough due to the green eggs. So tonight at home depot i bought a HUSKY heavy duty 12 LED flashlight. I candled as soon as i got hom and i could see the chicks moving inside of the green bantam eggs no problem!!! So i will post a pic if any of you want to see it. Its so bright, i cannot even look at it!!!!!!!!

 

[KYBOY]

Had 6 eggs in.candled this evening and 5 were good. One unfertile.

 

[chicktasticvt]

hey lurky how much was that flashlight? sounds like i need one

 

[lurky]

It was ONLY $5 bucks. it has 12 tiny bulbs that are crazy strong!!!!!! You want to see a pic so you know what to look for?