May hatch-a-long

[The Farmers' Daughter]

Setting 12 Turkey Eggs tonight. Chocolate Tom over Chocolate, Bourbon Red & Naragansette hens.

Hi @HeritageHenNut ! I am too
Do you sell your turkey eggs? I MAY just have to take a trip north...

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

Now that is an idea. We should start a board "kids name your chickens"

That's a brilliant idea!

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

Hello! We are from the farm school at clay-Platte Montessori school. We are currently hatching Ayam Cemani eggs and we can't see anything other then a black blob. No veins or anything. If you know anything, please reply. Thanks!
-Sydney, Abby, and Ashlyn.

Hi Sydney, Abby and Ashlyn
What colour are your eggs?
Some eggs are harder to candle than others.
On my first attempt at incubating this year, I could see veins no problem. I'm on my 3rd incubation now. Same breed. I can't see veins. The shells are just a little denser. In that dark area do you see an even darker spot? If you do, chances are you've got a chick forming! If you do have that darker spot watch it really closely and you might even see it move!

Don't throw in the towel. Sometimes you just can't see anything. Keep the eggs going and see what happens.

There is no way to know if each egg is fertile. You can check an egg by cracking it open, but then you can't incubate it take a look at the yolk. You should see a faint white spot on it. If you look closely and you see a bullseye (a ring inside of a ring) that means it was fertile. So then you know that the rooster in the flock is able to fertilize. Unfortunately there's no guarantee that each and every egg that comes from his hens will be fertile.

I hope that this helps. Keep in touch and let us know how it's going.

 

[CSAchook]

Mine have mostly been named after book characters, tv characters, or historical figures.

A warning about the historical figure names.... You will end up making ridiculous statements on a regular basis. For example
(Me talking to DH) “Amelia Earhart tunneled into the broody coop again today”



My chicks are due to hatch this week! I am working on some last minute improvements to the broody coop. Gotta fix it so it keeps chicks in, and predators and famous female pilots OUT

 

[CSAchook]

Hi Sydney, Abby and Ashlyn
What colour are your eggs?
Some eggs are harder to candle than others.
On my first attempt at incubating this year, I could see veins no problem. I'm on my 3rd incubation now. Same breed. I can't see veins. The shells are just a little denser. In that dark area do you see an even darker spot? If you do, chances are you've got a chick forming! If you do have that darker spot watch it really closely and you might even see it move!

Don't throw in the towel. Sometimes you just can't see anything. Keep the eggs going and see what happens.

There is no way to know if each egg is fertile. You can check an egg by cracking it open, but then you can't incubate it take a look at the yolk. You should see a faint white spot on it. If you look closely and you see a bullseye (a ring inside of a ring) that means it was fertile. So then you know that the rooster in the flock is able to fertilize. Unfortunately there's no guarantee that each and every egg that comes from his hens will be fertile.

I hope that this helps. Keep in touch and let us know how it's going.

 

[CSAchook]

Bantam Cochins due the 28th and Call ducks due the 30th

Cochins and call ducklings?! Oh my, you will have an overload of cuteness

 

[sawilliams]

6 chicks in the brooder 6 eggs left in the bator

1 is pipped and possibly starting to zip
1 possible internal pip lots of breathing did not see beak, looks like a portion of the body is in the air cell
1 possibly DIS no pip no movement marked with ?
3 failures not fully developed marked with x

 

[sawilliams]

Oh and tiny chicks. I'll get better pics in normal light tomorrow

 

[Mraya]

If you post pics of your hens I'll show them to my kids. Then let you know what they come up with. Should be hysterical!

I would love to take pics, but my camera is broken. I took pictures of my first hatch and then the lens got stuck open and now it wont let me down load any pictures
DH is working on fixing it. And I don't have a camera phone.

 

[Mraya]

Mine have mostly been named after book characters, tv characters, or historical figures.

I forgot about my Guineas I down sized now I only have 2 left. Antony and Cleopatra or Tony and Cleo. Now my neighbour tells me he misses the noise, Cleo just started laying so I have 6 eggs due to hatch May 18th.

Edit to add: And my pigs Bonnie and Clyde