MAY 2016 "Land of the Free Because of the brave!" Hatch-a-Long Hosted by, Mike & Sally

[Blooie]

They are cute...that little black one also looks like it's doing what I call the paddle walk. The eventually get strong enough to get up on their legs and walk right..instead of on their bum.

Should I take the splint off then??

 

[Wickedchicken6]

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I candle my guinea eggs just like I do with the chickens, except like Pyxis says...they're harder to see than chicken eggs.
I haven't tossed any of the ones that have shown life, only if I was completely certain it was no good.
I candled mine last night due June 6 and all the ones I had put question marks on were moving fine.
So it was really good I hadn't chucked them out!

They're different than chicken eggs with how the embryo moves.
I don't care for incubating them....but I am looking forward to getting keets! Hopefully...

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Lol...I just came in from candling the 4 guinea eggs that are under my last two broodies (I ended up not changing the eggs because I was going to be away when they were hatching) and I it looks like 3 of the 4 keets have internally pipped.

They're not due until Monday so this caught me off guard.
I'm not certain if the one egg is viable or if it's died.

 

[Spinning Carrie]

I officially ended my first hatch, I started out with 18 eggs and I got 12 chicks. I had one blood ring, one I damaged while adjusting the metal bars on my Brinsea Octagon, one that zipped but never progressed past that and three that never pipped (they could have actually been clears/blood rings they were Marans and Marans cross Olive Eggers, difficult to candle and I couldn't make myself toss them until I gave them a chance). Five Black Copper Marans, five Olive Eggers, and two Orp/Marans crosses hatched out, adorable little fuzzballs!

Carrie

 

[Chaos18]

I officially ended my first hatch, I started out with 18 eggs and I got 12 chicks.  I had one blood ring, one I damaged while adjusting the metal bars on my Brinsea Octagon, one that zipped but never progressed past that and three that never pipped (they could have actually been clears/blood rings they were Marans and Marans cross Olive Eggers, difficult to candle and I couldn't make myself toss them until I gave them a chance).  Five Black Copper Marans, five Olive Eggers, and two Orp/Marans crosses hatched out, adorable little fuzzballs!  

Carrie

Congrats.

 

[mymilliefleur]

I officially ended my first hatch, I started out with 18 eggs and I got 12 chicks. I had one blood ring, one I damaged while adjusting the metal bars on my Brinsea Octagon, one that zipped but never progressed past that and three that never pipped (they could have actually been clears/blood rings they were Marans and Marans cross Olive Eggers, difficult to candle and I couldn't make myself toss them until I gave them a chance). Five Black Copper Marans, five Olive Eggers, and two Orp/Marans crosses hatched out, adorable little fuzzballs!

Carrie

Congrats!

 

[Blooie]

They are cute...that little black one also looks like it's doing what I call the paddle walk. The eventually get strong enough to get up on their legs and walk right..instead of on their bum.

Cynthia, is this what you mean by "paddle walk"? Oh, you may want to turn down your volume before you watch - the kitchen exhaust fan was on and it's in the wall next to the counter where I had him to video him.

 

[wornoutmomto3]

Mama had her brood out on their first foraging trip today. It only lasted a few minutes before bringing them back to the coop for a warm up.


Of course, they couldn't go out without a big strong guardian rooster standing watch.

 

[SunnysideFowl]

Trying to get pics for the photo contests, the little ones aren't having it today. :/ ugh models are so hard to work with

 

[junebuggena]

No chicks yet for my broody....
Waiting is hard.