Got my first egg today!

[AnnMarie81]

Are you going to try and hatch it?

Yes I'm going to see if there are anymore in the next day or two then try.

 

[N F C]

Congrats on getting that 1st egg!

 

[CluckerFamily]

Congratulations!!

 

[AnnMarie81]

Candled and there is growth! I ended up with 4 eggs to try. The first 2 are definitely growing and the 3rd and 4th look veiny but its hard to tell. For sure though the first 2 are growing!

 

[N F C]

Candled and there is growth! I ended up with 4 eggs to try. The first 2 are definitely growing and the 3rd and 4th look veiny but its hard to tell. For sure though the first 2 are growing!

That sounds promising!

 

[AnnMarie81]

Ok so egg #1 stopped developing at least a week ago so I tossed it very sadly. BUT egg #2 is cheeping inside the shell! Any time now! 3 and 4 i swear I saw moving today so I think it will have at least one buddy. If not I work from home so it'll be in a tote next to me all day long. I'll be its flock until its big enough to be added to our big kids run.

 

[Happy hen lover]

Last August I picked up 6 chicks from Tractor Supply. 3 blue wyandottes and 3 Amerucaunas. Today, we finally discovered an egg! I'm pretty sure its fertilized since my roo has been going to town for a few weeks now. Pics of the daddy and his lovely ladies

Yay it's exciting . My honey brought the first egg and told my congratulations! Did they lay in nest box?

 

[AnnMarie81]

Yay it's exciting . My honey brought the first egg and told my congratulations! Did they lay in nest box?

No they are all laying in a nest they made in their bedding. I cant get them to use the nest boxes. They make their own little nest and all of my hens that are laying are using the same nest. Im so excited to know that at least one is likely going to hatch in the next day or so. Its the sweetest thing hearing it cheep inside the shell.

 

[Happy hen lover]

No they are all laying in a nest they made in their bedding. I cant get them to use the nest boxes. They make their own little nest and all of my hens that are laying are using the same nest. Im so excited to know that at least one is likely going to hatch in the next day or so. Its the sweetest thing hearing it cheep inside the shell.

Oh cool . They cheeps before it hatches?

 

[AnnMarie81]

Oh cool . They cheeps before it hatches?

Yeah its so cool! I held the egg to my ear and could hear it cheeping inside. You can feel them moving too. Just have to be super careful and try not to rotate. From what I read you can hurt them. I picked it straight up and put it straight back down the way it was. I was worried about any of them that stopped growing exploding in the incubator so I gave them one last check making sure to keep the incubator shut and not having each out for more than a minute. I am so excited.