JUNE HATCH-A-LONG come join in

[chickenmeadow]

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Too funny! I'm in the same boat. I've attempted to candle the eggs twice but have given up!
My story is pretty funny. I have 5 laying hens and my neighbor went and bought a rooster. Needless to say, I have very fertile eggs

I decided to try and hatch some eggs. I read up on hatching eggs right on this website and bought myself an incubator. We put our first 5 in the incubator May 19th and have a total of 18 in there now. Today actually, when we were driving back from camping (we had to bring our incubator with us) two of the eggs cracked. I decided to open one and see if it was even a chick and sure enough I lost a little one. It was very sad.

I was devastated but now know if it cracks, let it continue in the incubator and maybe it will survive. The other cracked egg is in the incubator. Crossing my fingers........can't wait until Tuesday............"birthday" for 4 of the eggs!!

So....... your eggs went camping! Try sealing the crack with white, unscented candle wax; just drip some over the crack. I've seen some posts using this method & the chicks still hatched; the wax seals in the moisture & is flexible for when they pip & zip. Happy hatching!

 

[chickenmeadow]

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Dominican! You lucky chick! Good luck with your hatch, should have a nice color assortment.

 

[chickenmeadow]

poularde: Yes they are really cute. Congrats! Great pics.

 

[Mrs. Feathers]

I would love to join in! Just put 12 farmyard EE and 2 BA in the bator yesterday. Currently have 10 - 4 week old chicks in the brooder and I am feeling like we are a bit loopy setting more but oh well!

 

[chickenmeadow]

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Back when I used a small LED flashlight to candle with, the best time for me to candle was around Day 10. That is about the time that the chick looks like a dark mass in the egg, the dark mass just keeps getting bigger as the days go on. I hear Marans eggs are super hard to candle, so seeing veins & movement earlier is a bonus. Happy hatching!

 

[spish]

my broody is on 7 eggs, hatch day is tomorrow, just been put and ones already pipped! yay! **excitied* shes my first broody chicken

 

[k7ailaan]

Hi

wonderful collection of chick pics on here

I'd like to join in and share my pics too .. Just right when I got them out of the incubator..

notice the difference in size ..

More pics on this link
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=4304826


Happy Hatching

 

[watersoflethe]

i have silkies due around june 13th! i'm so excited my first broody ever !

i was wondering... what happens if i take the babies away from her? i have people around me that want to take some in..
when can i take them away?

 

[chickenmeadow]

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Congrats! That's a nice group.

 

[yoker]

Well I have a sportsman incubator that I am using and it doesn't have any windows but I can hear the chicks in it and they sound so cute. Ha Ha.
I can't wait untill I can open it.