EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[BullChick]

Ohhhh.
I found a quail that had gotten caught between the wall and hiding box. Wanna bet I could have saved it if I’d only walked over there to talk to them yesterday?

 

[Uff Da]

I managed to candle my broodies' eggs today. One has 6 that look to be about day 17, and one has 2 that look about day 8.

Question: They are both in the main coop. Would I be able to move either of them at this point?

 

[BullChick]

Yeah, you can.

 

[kwhites634]

It impaled itself on the chain link fence when it fell out of a tree. Caught it in the guts, so there was nothing else I could for it.

We cleaned up a pile of small limbs we'd been saving for the fire pit so I could mow the long grass that had grown up in & around it. I got the grass mowed down, & the next day saw a 4' black rat snake making it's way across a slope. It had what appeared to be a fresh slice wound along it's back that looked to be the result of an encounter with a mower blade. Didn't seem to be in any particular distress, so the slice must not have been too bad.

Not a fan of snakes at all, but they keep the rodents down, so I leave them alone unless they get into the house, which happens all too often.

 

[Pensmaster]

We cleaned up a pile of small limbs we'd been saving for the fire pit so I could mow the long grass that had grown up in & around it. I got the grass mowed down, & the next day saw a 4' black rat snake making it's way across a slope. It had what appeared to be a fresh slice wound along it's back that looked to be the result of an encounter with a mower blade. Didn't seem to be in any particular distress, so the slice must not have been too bad.

Not a fan of snakes at all, but they keep the rodents down, so I leave them alone unless they get into the house, which happens all too often.

Fortunately snakes don’t or haven’t come inside here. I did find a King snake at the pond yesterday while cleaning up cattails. Since most snakes here are rattlers and Kings resemble rattlers it can really get to me when I come across a King.

 

[Pensmaster]

Wrong sound.

Yes, but losing one sound can certainly make the other sound a lot worse.

 

[BullChick]

Oooh, now we’re getting deep!

 

[tripleee]

Ok so this is my first time hatching shipped eggs and so far its been a bit of a mess. Eggs arrived ok but then my incubator went haywire..... so fast forward to today and I have 4 healthy embryos on day 17. But they are ALL saddled. I took these pics on day 15 but I am hoping to get an idea if these are on track, too big, or too small. I keep going back and forth and am just confused as heck now.

 

[BullChick]

Keep these in your notes for reassurance in the future.

It seems they are on track. Being saddle shape makes it hard to gauge, but it does seem to even out to correct.

 

[Razadia]

Both ducks are quacking now.