Hi lovely people!
Today was weight/candling day! I did a thorough check of all my babies and made extensive notes for the progress.
AND!
Drum roll...
I took a picture of each egg for you guys so you can see the progress right along with me!
First the weight notes. I weighed every egg and wrote down their current weight right next to their original weight, and did a calculation of the percentage lost. They’re all losing a little more than 2.8% so I put a little bowl with some water inside the bator to up humidity slightly, but since it’s not much more weight they’re losing I’m being careful adding too much.
Quick question for you guys! For next week, do I take 2.8% of their original weight again or do I calculate 2.8% from the weight I got today?
Air cells: it’s actually getting hard to see the air cell in some of them because there’s two dark masses clouding up the egg and stopping the light but I managed to draw the new air cell on most of them! It hadn’t changed much, just a tiiiiiiny but bigger than what it was before.
Now on to the good part! Picture time!!
I’ve got a bad feeling with this one unfortunately, cuz it looks like it hasn’t started developing
The yolks are more clear than last week but the others are super dark and this little guy not so much. I’ll give it another week and if there’s still no change I’ll have to toss it
Yay number 7! Nice veining starting to happen for both embryos! One on the right and one on the left. It was so cool cuz when I stared intently at the dark blobs I could see the little hearts pumping!
This one is confusing me a little bit. The one on the left has a clear heart and veins sprouting but the one on the right is just a dark mass. Though it could just be that the heart is a lot deeper into the egg and that’s why I can’t see anything from that one yet. Will check again next week!
Very happy with this one as well. Two clear embryos with nice veins going on.
This one currently is my favorite! I could be mistaken but the shape of that little bean there looks like the fetus is developing already! You can clearly see two dark spots. Veins are there, just not as prominent in the picture as some of the others.
Ahh, number 1. You guys know this one! Still rockin’ it with two nicely developing embryos and great veins sprouting.
This is another sad one cuz I think it’s infertile just like #2
Will do the same and check next week, and take it out if nothing has changed.
Little number 4 is also a bit puzzling, since I’m only able to really see 3 developing embryo. However it’s possible they’re just very close together so will keep you guys posted.
Another slightly confusing one. This one is like #8, where I see two masses but only one with clear veins like in the picture. The other dark mass is a little below this one and was hard to capture. Not sure how it’s gonna go but will definitely be watching!
This one is like #4 where I only see one developing embryo sadly. This one is definitely a single I believe, where only one yolk stared to grow. Not culling it though, as long as the baby lives that’s fine with me even without it being a twin!
You guys are familiar with this guy too! Number 6 is stubborn though, as you know, because the embryos are on exact opposite ends so I was only able to get one set of veins and heart in the picture. The other one is ok the left at the back of the egg, but you can still see the dark mass.
Last but not least! Hearts aren’t as visible with this guy but still two clearly developing embryos with nice veins!
Hope you guys enjoyed this little update, and feel free to offer your input on things or ask questions!
Happy clucking!
Marly
