Is anyone else going to have a hatch on Dec. 30th?

[donnie]

my eggs are due to hatch the 29th , but i think im haveing problems i candeled them last night and the chicks inside are not as big as the egg is that normal , these eggs are from my white leghorn rhode island red hybrid hens and my americana roo

 

[organicfoltzfamilyfarm]

No you're fine here is a link so you can see what a chick should look like inside the egg. I'll also just give you a link so you can see what the eggs look like when they are in the egg and being candled.

Here are pictures of the eggs that are being candled: http://www.solwayparrotclub.co.uk/incubation.htm

Here are what the embryos look like inside the egg: http://chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/explore/embryology
Look at this one too: http://chickscope.itg.uiuc.edu/explore/embryology/day17/

 

[organicfoltzfamilyfarm]

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Good Luck to you too! My husband was talking to the chicks in the eggs last night when we was candling them and they were responding with movement

. It was really cute. You should try it. Make sure you talk kinda loud.

 

[donnie]

ok thanks , well i didnt see anything like a beak towards the air cell but then again i am using a home made candeler so that could be my problem as well , lol but owell i am still going on and that way i will still be suprised ..... i cant wait

 

[scgamecock]

My birthday is the Dec. 30th.

 

[organicfoltzfamilyfarm]

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I made one out of a large plain yogurt container with black duct tape wrapped around it. I also use one of those florescent bulbs because they don't put out as much heat as the incandescent ones. I would say that it's actually really good. Considering that is is ghetto.

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So the 30th is your hatch day also?!

My hatch day is Jan 6th.

 

[Mahonri]

I have 54 eggs in two bators due on Jan 1st.

Keep us informed. I do lockdown at lunch on the 29th.

 

[emrldgrn1]

I have lockdown on monday of seven EE, two Seramas and six millies. Due on the 30th.

 

[donnie]

yeah the homemade candeler is "ghetto" but it done what it was supposed to do for the time, but i am purchasing the real thing lol
thanks and i hope your hatch goes well and mine as well...... would love t see some pics and i will get some of mine too thanks.

 

[organicfoltzfamilyfarm]

Yeah I would love to post pictures too! I say this all the time but my EXPENSIVE camera was stolen out of my truck when we lived in the city. I thought my husband was going to surprise me with a new one but that didn't happen LOL. So I guess I'll have to buy a new one. I don't want anything cheap. The last one I had took really awesome pictures. I'm going to try to talk him into buying me one before the hatch so I can take pictures. Luckily when the camera was stolen the memory cards weren't in it.

I'll try my hardest! But feel free to post here.

Anyone can post here I have no problem with that. I love pictures!