Dirty Eggs... Lockdown tomorrow! UPDATE: Hatched! with PICS

[fanov8]

Hey everyone! I got some EE eggs from someone local. They are beautiful blues and greens. The mother's are all EE's and the father is a rumpless and tufted Aruacana. I'm so anxious for these eggs to hatch! When I got them they were a dirty mess because it had rained for nearly a week here. So I just wiped them off a bit, I know please don't scold me. They really were nasty. Here are some pics from before and after. There is also one from the day I set them. The flash did wash them out quite a bit, but you get the idea. Tomorrow is lockdown for them. They have been so hard to candle that I just gave up on trying, now I just do a sniff test each time I turn them. Hopefully nothing happens while they are in lockdown. The stress from not knowing is about to drive me crazy!! Anyhow, here are the pictures:

Before cleaning them:

After cleaning them: (I dropped 2 while cleaning

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And in the incubator:

 

[latebloomer]

good luck with your hatch

 

[snazzyboots]

Good luck. I have some in that looked about like that and also got some shipped that had egg goo all over them from some cracked ones. I rinsed those w warm water. I am having trouble seeing in them too. Here's hoping

 

[Diamond Wire Farms]

Darn thick blue eggs! Good Luck on your hatch!

Next time try to store them/move them with the pointy end down. The air sacs are supposedly better protected that way.

And I wipe/dry sand eggs all the time. You'll be fine.

 

[fanov8]

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Thanks! I know better than to do that! LOL That was how they came and I guess I didn't think about it and just put them back in there real quick.

Hopefully they will turn out ok. Good luck to all of you too!

 

[fanov8]

Just wanted to let everyone know that I had 11 chicks hatch out of the 28 eggs that I got. Out of the other 17, 2 were early quitters and the rest died between day 18 and hatching. Seems like quite a few of them just didn't pip

It was heartbreaking to see so many of them so close to hatch and the not make it. Then again the guy that I got them from said that when they tried to hatch all of theirs died out around day 18, atleast I did a bit better than that. I'll post some pics in a few.

 

[chicmom]

Congrats on the 11! I just got dirty Polish Bantam Frizzle eggs shipped from a friend, and I cleaned them, and put them in the incy....your post gives me hope that they will hatch!

I'd love to see pics of your chicks!

Sharon

 

[beckim5]

Congrats!

 

[fanov8]

Here are a few pics:

 

[chicmom]

I would call that a success! Congratulations!