INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[Saris]

Hmm, not looking so good from here.  I can actually see little black eyes moving around in mine, one is behind, but can still see the embryo.  Plus, the veining. 

That's what I thought, I'll keep it 'till Friday, just in case but I think I'm down to 41. Does the shadow mean it was fertile? I had one that had no shadow at all and like bubbles that rolled around inside. I tossed that one. It was my wrinkley egg.

 

[TJChickens]

Here are my little Seramas that hatched Friday and Saturday. These were the babies that were all malpositioned. All doing fine now. Three hatched by themselves and four were assisted. One of them hatched and then just laid there all day and all night. He would stretch a little and breathing fine but wouldn't try to get up or open his eyes. Everything was absorbed and he looked totally ready, he just didn't want to face the world yet. He was the second to last to hatch. When the last one hatched and was running around, then this guy decided to get with it and he opened his eyes and got up. Been running around ever since.

I have seven eggs in the mind reading bator. So far, so good. It's holding temp and humidity well. I only worry about the turning. I have to pivot the top part around to move the wire rack to roll the eggs. Seems a little jerky for my liking. Plus, they don't get turned on a very good schedule having to rely on me. I haven't really candled the eggs yet, But I can shine a light through the side and into the eggs enough that I can see some development going on. I set these on the 11th from my own hens, (Seramas), and that frees up my R-com for the shipped eggs that I am still expecting.....

Sorry to write a book, I just can't get on here much lately!



Camera flashed and they all ran to the corner...There are two tiny black ones in the back.

 

[RoxysAnimals]

Here are my little Seramas that hatched Friday and Saturday. These were the babies that were all malpositioned. All doing fine now. Three hatched by themselves and four were assisted. One of them hatched and then just laid there all day and all night. He would stretch a little and breathing fine but wouldn't try to get up or open his eyes. Everything was absorbed and he looked totally ready, he just didn't want to face the world yet. He was the second to last to hatch. When the last one hatched and was running around, then this guy decided to get with it and he opened his eyes and got up. Been running around ever since. I have seven eggs in the mind reading bator. So far, so good. It's holding temp and humidity well. I only worry about the turning. I have to pivot the top part around to move the wire rack to roll the eggs. Seems a little jerky for my liking. Plus, they don't get turned on a very good schedule having to rely on me. I haven't really candled the eggs yet, But I can shine a light through the side and into the eggs enough that I can see some development going on. I set these on the 11th from my own hens, (Seramas), and that frees up my R-com for the shipped eggs that I am still expecting..... Sorry to write a book, I just can't get on here much lately! Camera flashed and they all ran to the corner...There are two tiny black ones in the back.

Beautiful Chicks! I love Seramas! The coloring is beautiful.

 

[RoxysAnimals]

Set at 5pm on the 11th. The dark shadow still means there is hope right? I have 4 like this that I see no veins in. The other 41 have visible veining.

I set mine on the same day. Looks like it started growing, then stopped, considering the size of the air cell. It may just be a slow grower. Maybe there is a cool spot in your incubator? I had a friend who had a single cool spot in her incubator, and the eggs there were always late by 2-3 days.

 

[TJChickens]

Beautiful Chicks! I love Seramas! The coloring is beautiful.

Thank you! The colors are a big part of the Serama appeal for me.

 

[firedragon1982]

Ok, odd question regarding chicks (gasp!)

I was replacing the color bands on the marans chicks before they got too much bigger. I noticed on 3 (2 quite noticeably) have deformed/short outer toes... 1 boy quite bad, the 2 girls (1 i forgot to photo) not quite so bad. I'm wondering if this is a genetic defect in this line? These are (supposedly) from Wade/Davis lines...






Can you guess the boy from the size of his toes?

Edit: I wonder how it will affect his ability to roost with the short outside toe. And he DOES have nails on those toes, so I don't think it was an injury or anything like that. But the nails are malformed/point upwards as well. The girls' nails look normal even for shorty toes.

 

[firedragon1982]

Also: Yes I was in Jammie pants... Don't judge! They're warm and comfy!

 

[Saris]

I set mine on the same day. Looks like it started growing, then stopped, considering the size of the air cell. It may just be a slow grower. Maybe there is a cool spot in your incubator? I had a friend who had a single cool spot in her incubator, and the eggs there were always late by 2-3 days.

I'm moving the eggs around, though 3 of these are much bigger eggs than the rest. One is a small blue egg. I will leave them in and hope.

 

[BullChick]

Also: Yes I was in Jammie pants... Don't judge! They're warm and comfy!

I am just wondering if I have a pair like that?

 

[scottcaddy]

It's different day and it's a Wednesday DA-boot!

have a cuppa and enjoy the morning!


Enjoy the day!

Miss Sally I hope the youngin is doing better.
Scott