Help! first time hatching!

[casportpony]

And one Muscovy egg is externally pipped!

-Kathy

 

[WVduckchick]

Three of four are peeping!

-Kathy

And one Muscovy egg is externally pipped!

-Kathy

Please post pics! I can't wait to see those babies

 

[casportpony]

Three of four are peeping!

-Kathy

And one Muscovy egg is externally pipped!

-Kathy

Please post pics! I can't wait to see those babies

Oh, I will. I hatch ducks year round, so it's hard to get excited, but peafowl, it's a short season, and there's nothing quite like the sound of a peachick peeping in the shell.

-Kathy

 

[Lacrystol]

A bunch were not fertile, but I expected that since they came from a pen with a young peacock (usually not fertile until age three). All were stored in too warm a room for too long. I'm not very good about turning them, so sometimes they were turned once a day. As of today, day 26, all eggs have lost 13-14%, so I think my humidity is okay. Got one that pipped internally last night and the other four look like they're about to.

-Kathy

Wow so sorry to hear that, you don't have a turner?? You must invest, it's does wonders...

 

[Lacrystol]

WHERE's THE PICS? Come on Kathy you can't leave us HANGING???

 

[casportpony]

A bunch were not fertile, but I expected that since they came from a pen with a young peacock (usually not fertile until age three). All were stored in too warm a room for too long. I'm not very good about turning them, so sometimes they were turned once a day. As of today, day 26, all eggs have lost 13-14%, so I think my humidity is okay. Got one that pipped internally last night and the other four look like they're about to.


-Kathy

Wow so sorry to hear that, you don't have a turner??  You must invest, it's does wonders...

The RCOM has a turner, but it won't hold more than 10 pea eggs, and the Janoel has a turner that will hold 48 chicken or duck eggs, but peafowl eggs are too big for it.

-kathy

 

[casportpony]

WHERE's THE PICS?  Come on Kathy you can't leave us HANGING???

Got four fluffing up, but one has a crooked neck from being malpositioned, one has curly toes, and the other two are fine. Will post pictures later.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Here are three of them:

Curly before shoes


Curly after shoes








-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

And this is Crookie:










-Kathy

 

[Lacrystol]

Wow look at those toes, LOL, been there several times with that, seems like silkies have that problem too.