IT HAPPENED!!!

[MochaLatte]

I also didn't get to make Rascal's first egg post cause I was so sick... she laid her first egg on the 14th! She is our youngest Easter Egger and lays a really pretty blue (slight green tint) egg. Her first egg was a double-yolker, poor girl!

 

[junior67]

I also didn't get to make Rascal's first egg post cause I was so sick... she laid her first egg on the 14th! She is our youngest Easter Egger and lays a really pretty blue (slight green tint) egg. Her first egg was a double-yolker, poor girl!
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WOW such pretty eggs from a pretty girl! And yikes that first one is HUGE!!!!!!

Annabelle has been laying 50g eggs finally which is big for her. LOL

 

[MochaLatte]

Annabelle has been laying 50g eggs finally which is big for her. LOL

50 is around where most of my girls lay and I think it's the perfect egg size for cooking! (except Goldie and Brittany that still lay in the 30s LOL)

(That double-yolk first egg from Rascal was 79g. It had a little blood streak on it and I wanted to just die thinking about her laying that thing!)

 

[junior67]

50 is around where most of my girls lay and I think it's the perfect egg size for cooking! (except Goldie and Brittany that still lay in the 30s LOL)

(That double-yolk first egg from Rascal was 79g. It had a little blood streak on it and I wanted to just die thinking about her laying that thing!)

Actually both Nugget and Annabelle lay 48-51g now. Most times 49 or 50. Felt like it took forever to get there.

Before Hummers break she was around 52/53g so will be interesting to see what size hers are when she starts back

 

[MochaLatte]

I just candled the duck eggs... #8 still had no movement so I took it out... it had no deformations at all. Just a perfect little duckling that quit.

Several of the other eggs were CHIRPING loudly at my voice. I think that means they have internally pipped?? I wasn't scheduled for lockdown for another day but I think if they have pipped internally I'm suppose to stop rotating??

 

[junior67]

I just candled the duck eggs... #8 still had no movement so I took it out... it had no deformations at all. Just a perfect little duckling that quit.

Several of the other eggs were CHIRPING loudly at my voice. I think that means they have internally pipped?? I wasn't scheduled for lockdown for another day but I think if they have pipped internally I'm suppose to stop rotating??

wish I knew more but don't remember from when I was younger and haven't done my research at all yet. But know I have read about them chirping and think maybe it meant internally pipped..... Yikes! Sure hope you find your answer and keep us up to date! My daughters b-day is Friday maybe some will hatch then.

 

[MochaLatte]

wish I knew more but don't remember from when I was younger and haven't done my research at all yet. But know I have read about them chirping and think maybe it meant internally pipped..... Yikes! Sure hope you find your answer and keep us up to date! My daughters b-day is Friday maybe some will hatch then.

I've decided to stay with the plan for lockdown tomorrow... I don't want to drown them or something raising the humidity too early.

They sure are bumping their eggs around in there, it's really fun to watch! I can't believe it's almost time!

 

[MochaLatte]

@Smiles-N-Sunshine

It's happening! The eggs are officially in lockdown.


Here's the breakdown:
We started with 14 Welsh Harlequin eggs...
1 fertile egg was crushed by USPS
3 were infertile (day 10 removal & inspection)
1 detached aircell from USPS - early quitter
1 day 22 late quitter
8 happy, ACTIVE, full eggs made it to lockdown

Hopefully I can report 8 happy active ducklings in a few days!!!

(Also 2 of the 6 Cayuga eggs made it to lockdown) Fingers crossed!

 

[MochaLatte]

OH MY GOSH!!!

Optimus Prime and Egg #5 have both externally pipped since my last post!!! How will I even leave the incubator's side for the next couple of days now???

Come on babies, you can do it!!!



Pics taken through the incubator plastic so they might be a little hard to see but it's there!!!

 

[Pierre duck drake]

@MochaLatte, has any ducklings hatched?! I just put some some duck eggs in the incubater!!!! Nine out of ten of them are developing! (I literally always have duck eggs in the incubater! ) how is the broody hen doing?