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

[katiehumes]

If in post my eggtopsy of the cracked egg thatgave up, can someone here tell me what day of development it died?

I bet someone could help everyone is pretty helpful on here. It could help us learn.

 

[subhanalah]

We buried it in the front yard.

Spoiler: Warning: Eggtopsy GRAPHIC

 

[katiehumes]

Thank you! I was reading the article last night and was/still hoping they will come out on their own. But only one of my barred rocks is out and even pipped so I'm starting to worry.

Quick update. I helped one chick make a hole and it is resting looks like it may zip anytime so I'm happy about that. Candled and tapped the others and was feeling discouraged all morning because I didn't see movement or hear chirping. But set them all really close together in an upward position more like the way they were incubating the first days.

Then as fate would have it both my thermometers went hey wire one reading 90º the other 105º!!! Blah! Ran to the store and none of the stores in my wonderful small townhad even a baby thithermometer. So finally dollar general pulled through. Got a baby therm. And got the temp under control.

Thinking wow if they weren't gonners before they are now. Well a few minutes ago I went to check and some are now wiggling!!! Yay!! Total miracle. Hopefully they will pull through! I am really liking just leaving them alone though I think if I would have freaked out and intervened I may have done more damage then just waiting it out.

 

[cochins1088]

We buried it in the front yard.

I'd say that it died around day 14. How big was it in relation to the rest of the shell?

 

[subhanalah]

The whole yolk and what little was left of the albumen was crammed into the bottom 1/3 of the bottom of the shell. The yolk was about 2-3 times the size of the embryo.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

The whole yolk and what little was left of the albumen was crammed into the bottom 1/3 of the bottom of the shell. The yolk was about 2-3 times the size of the embryo.

I agree but I would say just a tad younger...

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: update

 

[subhanalah]

I agree but I would say just a tad younger...  

This is exactly in line with the day I noticed that it seemed to stop growing. I left it in the incubator, just in case I was wrong and candled last night day 16.



HOLY!!! That means I'm on day 17 now! It's almost here! I don't know if I'm ready for this!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: you got this in the bag!!!

 

[subhanalah]

you got this in the bag!!! 

Thanks Sally! Is that your name or a name of one of your beloved animals?
I have a feeling I'm going to need you to hold my hand and remind me to BREATH, just like if I were having a human baby, lol.