Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

[chicksooner]

It is hard to see any veining but several looked promising. #11 is cracked. You can try sealing all of it with a birthday candle. Several clears. I keep them all in for as long as possible. They help keep the heat stable in stryo bators.

 

[foxvalleyfarm]

There look to be several clear eggs in the first batch - the ones that light up

most of the aircels are covered by your hands lol

I'm not surprised they got scrambled. And sorry my light is slightly to large for the job and I didn't have any help.

 

[subhanalah]

I'm not surprised they got scrambled. And sorry my light is slightly to large for the job and I didn't have any help.

I commend you. I can't take pictures without help while candling.

 

[Vindi]

Subscribing. Have first time eggs being sent tomorrow.... Nervously reading and reading and reading! 6 BLRW from one state over!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: so they will lay green eggs?

There look to be several clear eggs in the first batch - the ones that light up

most of the aircels are covered by your hands lol

agree, I honestly dont candle until day 7 and typically its 10

I cannot tell by images if you have growth in the few that are not clear in the first set. did you see movement?

Subscribing. Have first time eggs being sent tomorrow.... Nervously reading and reading and reading! 6 BLRW from one state over!

Not reading this thread I pray! ha ha ha See the Hatching 101 article link down below in my siggy!

 

[foxvalleyfarm]

agree, I honestly dont candle until day 7 and typically its 10

I cannot tell by images if you have growth in the few that are not clear in the first set.  did you see movement?

Only in eggs 1 and 2. Otherwise I think I saw some blood rings. I'm pretty sure some in the second group had veins tho.

 

[subhanalah]

I saw whole embryos on some of the second group photos! I think I saw one or two blood rings, and in my opinion and limited experience, this is due to being scrambled/burst yolk. I don't mean to go against the accepted concensus here, but from what I'm reading, bacterial infection is only a hypothesis and hasn't been proven. Mine is a hypothesis that so far in the eggs I've encountered, has been true.

 

[foxvalleyfarm]

I saw whole embryos on some of the second group photos! I think I saw one or two blood rings, and in my opinion and limited experience, this is due to being scrambled/burst yolk. I don't mean to go against the accepted concensus here, but from what I'm reading, bacterial infection is only a hypothesis and hasn't been proven. Mine is a hypothesis that so far in the eggs I've encountered, has been true.

I've seen embryos also. That makes a lot more sense based on what happened to them. There was 21 eggs in the box only 10 were whole tho several have cracks. The 4 ducks were separate

 

[ozexpat]

From nb ebay vendor:

Dear d********d,

Hi Oz, I'm sorry but I just dropped the carton with your eggs while I was getting them ready to be shipped. I won't be able to send you any now. I can cancel your purchase or I can send you the eggs either Wednesday or next Monday (depending on availability). Please let me know what you would prefer.

- am********n

 

[cochins1088]

My black cochin bantam eggs still aren't fertile. I'm assuming that the cockerel must be infertile.

In the last batch, I removed 1 with a blood ring. The egg was infertile, it didn't freeze, it didn't crack, it wasn't shipped, but it still developed a blood ring. It must have been bacteria.