Hands on hatching and help

[caesargirl]

Yes please Kathy. As the reigning queen of quitting duck eggs, I like to know what I'm looking at.... (Knock wood, not this hatch)

 

[casportpony]

Got lots of pictures. Even got some from today...

-Kathy

 

[BigWeenMachine]

Here's the embryo. I Wish I had taken a pic of the candled egg before I broke it but I didn't think of it. You can see those dark black veins in it though. The brown stuff around the side is dirt that was in the bowl before I broke the egg open in it.

 

[Lacrystol]

Nope you can not tell when they are born. I bought the eggs from a local girl. I'd never seen newly hatched Spitzes and when they were hatched I wondered if they really were because there was no sign of crests, but when they feathered in, they popped up.

So when they hit that "ugly stage" I bet that looked so funny... LOL, I can only imagine. hahaha when my silkies would hit the ugly stage, OMG, I laugh at them all the time.. First thought is OH MY GOD, what am I going to do with you, no one is going to want you. But the end results is usually a keeper..

 

[caesargirl]

Quitter. And I don't like the colors. I say bacteria. And you said odor?

 

[casportpony]

Yes please Kathy. As the reigning queen of quitting duck eggs, I like to know what I'm looking at.... (Knock wood, not this hatch)

I'll get a bunch of them. Got some really interesting ones from two peachicks that hach, but failed to absorb their yolks. One of the chicks lived 41 days before it died. Did you know that by day ten, I think, that the yolk should be completely gone? Only thing left is called the Meckel's diver-something. Got good pictures of that, too.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Here's the embryo. I Wish I had taken a pic of the candled egg before I broke it but I didn't think of it. You can see those dark black veins in it though. The brown stuff around the side is dirt that was in the bowl before I broke the egg open in it.

Excellent picture! What did the inside of the shell look like? Any spots? -Kathy

 

[BigWeenMachine]

Yes please Kathy. As the reigning queen of quitting duck eggs, I like to know what I'm looking at.... (Knock wood, not this hatch)

Me too, I'd love to see them so I know for sure what I am looking at next time. I have a runner duck egg that had that same cloudy look starting up in it. I left it in the incubator for a few more days to see what happens. The veins almost look like they get cloudy or wispy at first and then when you look a couple days later they are gone and everything just looks dark and sloshy inside....

 

[Lacrystol]

Yes, I'm glad your husband is feeling better. I've really been torn in needing to stay with him and wanting to stay with my eggs. But I hope they can take care of themselves for another 2 days.
I even had to leave 5 chicks straight from bator outside with a momma heating pad. 1 was only an hour old. They are thriving. Wonderful idea (mamma heating pad). They even had to find the food and water on there own.
I've been very blessed so far.
Linda

I have 6 babies in the house, and they have a heating pad to lay on NO mamma, boy when they get off of it, THEY GET LOUD. makes it a little hard to sleep.. LOL

 

[caesargirl]

Me too, I'd love to see them so I know for sure what I am looking at next time.  I have a runner duck egg that had that same cloudy look starting up in it.  I left it in the incubator for a few more days to see what happens.  The veins almost look like they get cloudy or wispy at first and then when you look a couple days later they are gone and everything just looks dark and sloshy inside....

Can u candle that and take a pic?