June Hatch A Long

[ariri30]

I’m due tomorrow and I have my first pip!! I am beyond excited.

 

[SueT]

My broody was off the nest and I candled the eggs just now! All 4 are developing, lots of veins!
The dates written on the eggs are the dates they were laid. Three were put under broody on May 23rd, and then the Spitz hen laid one more on the 24th, so I added that one just in case the others were too old. Next day I sold that hen so those were her last eggs here.

And here's the broody off the nest all puffed up:

 

[Knighstar679]

My little malposition duckling passed this morning when the power went out. The duckling chilled and didn’t make it though the long power outage today.

I am not sure if my non pipped egg survived yet, waiting a few hours yet to check.

 

[jolenesdad]

I’m only 2.5 days in and the wait is already killing me!!!

Really need these chicks from @Ohlivia to hold me over.

Nice progress @SueT !! What a pretty broody.

 

[jolenesdad]

My little malposition duckling passed this morning when the power went out. The duckling chilled and didn’t make it though the long power outage today.

I am not sure if my non pipped egg survived yet, waiting a few hours yet to check.

So sorry!!! :-(

Fingers and toes crossed!

 

[Knighstar679]

My broody was off the nest and I candled the eggs just now! All 4 are developing, lots of veins!
The dates written on the eggs are the dates they were laid. Three were put under broody on May 23rd, and then the Spitz hen laid one more on the 24th, so I added that one just in case the others were too old. Next day I sold that hen so those were her last eggs here.
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And here's the broody off the nest all puffed up:
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Very pretty bird. Have you ever had issues with marker on the egg?

 

[SueT]

The duckling chilled and didn’t make it though the long power outage today.

oh no! good luck with the rest--

Have you ever had issues with marker on the egg?

I have no idea. This will be the first time I've done that, and only the 2nd time letting a broody hatch eggs. I look at incubation threads, and others write w markers on them. Time will tell. I wanted to be sure I could differentiate the fertile eggs in case the pushy leghorns got in that nest and laid more white eggs.

 

[jolenesdad]

Very pretty bird. Have you ever had issues with marker on the egg?

I marked all my marans eggs with sharpie last hatch and had a great hatch.

 

[Tatuana]

I have babies due on the 3rd. I'm down to 7 out of the dozen I hatched. I may have lost more - I can't see inside the dark eggs to save my life. It's still higher than my record of 3 babies. I want them to hatch already, argh! I miss having chicken babies.

I've named my one green egg Spin Cycle. He likes to roll around in his egg.

 

[AquaDuck]

10 chicken and 3 duck eggs in hatcher with int or ext pip! 1 malpositioned chick has pipped in small end, he seems fine.
Eggtopsies on the dead in shell ducks revealed a lot of fluid, so I'll be keeping a close eye on them as they hatch, to check and help with yellow goo.