First Lockdown starts 5/5/10 at 7pm.. I cant wait!! Who's with me??

[DaughterOfEve]

well my saga just ended. The one lonely egg that was left in the bator was is on day 22 1/2 and I just could not stand it any longer. I go two thick quilts put it over me and the bator and took a flashlight to the egg. Half the egg was now clear and no movement. I was nearly full on Friday. I got up the guts and popped a peice of the shell off. There was blood inside the membrane. It appears that the little ones bottom(vent area) never developed. toes with toenails, wings, eyes, beak and feathers the shell was packed full of chicken. Man this stinks. I'm not sure I will do this again.

I do wish all of you well with your little peepers and zippers though. I'll check back to keep an eye on all your hatches. gotta go eat a pan of brownies or something to drown my sorrows.

 

[PhoenixFeatherFarms]

Aww Im sorry to hear your little one didnt make it.. But I have heard to leave them in till atleast 24days for late bloomers so I think you may have popped him open alittle soon but either way sorry to hear that.

I have good news thus far on my 2nd batch in lockdown.. I currently have a Lavender Ameraucana chick chillin out waiting for its fellow peeps to break free of their eggs.. lol I have atleast one other lav. that has pipped and a cuckoo marana that has pipped too.. The others I layed them the wrong way and cant see if they have stated.. got to remember to lay them facing the room not the wall so I can see next time.. BUT two that I can't see to tell if they have pipped are a shakin.. one more cuckoo and another lav. ameraucana.

Oh and what I currently have in lockdown is:

Bator A (Lockdown 5/11 ~ very early morning):

8 Lavender Ameraucana Bantams ~ Currently have 1 hatched chick, 1 pipped, and one rocking
3 Frisky Ameraucana Bantams (They were extras I got with the lavenders)
8 Cuckoo Marans ~ Currently have one pipped and one rocking
2 Buff Orpingtons

Bator B (Lockdown 5/12 ~ very early morning):

1 Silver Spangled Hamburg
2 Golden Sebrights (think one is a dud but put it in just in case as I lost all of the others I had

)
11 Seramas

 

[PhoenixFeatherFarms]

Updating...

Bator A (Lockdown 5/11 ~ very early morning):

8 Lavender Ameraucana Bantams ~ Currently have 1 hatched chick and 1 pipped
3 Frisky Ameraucana Bantams (They were extras I got with the lavenders) 1 pipped
8 Cuckoo Marans ~ Currently have one pipped & zipping and one rocking
2 Buff Orpingtons

Bator B (Lockdown 5/12 ~ very early morning):

1 Silver Spangled Hamburg
2 Golden Sebrights (think one is a dud but put it in just in case as I lost all of the others I had )
11 Seramas