October 2016 Hatch-A-Long!!

[Cerise1924]

Just got home. One hatched several more pipping.

Yay!!! So exciting!

 

[Cerise1924]

Day 7 arrived, so I candled all the Silkie eggs. It is so different from candling peafowl eggs, which is all I'd done before this. Peafowl have thicker shells, harder to see through. Silkie eggs are so little, I was much more concerned when handling them. But I got all 12 done:

Caesar - White - Looks ok
Cobweb - Black - Ok
Miranda - Paint - Ok
Oberon - Black - Ok
Peasblossom - Black/Split - Detached air cell. Set it upright in a carDboard ring. Do I not turn it? For how long? Or is it too late to try to get it to reattach?
Calpurnia - White - Ok
Cassius - White - Saddle-shaped air cell. Hope it will make it. Looks like there is a chick starting.
Romeo - BlueBlack Splash - Egg looks clear. No sign of anything in there. No dark area.
Mercutio - BBS - Egg looks clear.
Marc Antony - Lav - Egg looks clear
Charmian - Lav - The chick is moving!!

I can see an eye and veining very clearly, and that is a busy chick in a tiny egg.

If the eggs look clear on Day 7 (no dark mass visible, no veining), do I still wait to see if something develops? I am newish to candling, and don't want to throw out viable eggs by mistake. I also don't want an egg-splosion in the incubator.

 

[lpatelski]

Day 7 arrived, so I candled all the Silkie eggs. It is so different from candling peafowl eggs, which is all I'd done before this. Peafowl have thicker shells, harder to see through. Silkie eggs are so little, I was much more concerned when handling them. But I got all 12 done:

Caesar - White - Looks ok
Cobweb - Black - Ok
Miranda - Paint - Ok
Oberon - Black - Ok
Peasblossom - Black/Split - Detached air cell. Set it upright in a carDboard ring. Do I not turn it? For how long? Or is it too late to try to get it to reattach?
Calpurnia - White - Ok
Cassius - White - Saddle-shaped air cell. Hope it will make it. Looks like there is a chick starting.
Romeo - BlueBlack Splash - Egg looks clear. No sign of anything in there. No dark area.
Mercutio - BBS - Egg looks clear.
Marc Antony - Lav - Egg looks clear
Charmian - Lav - The chick is moving!!

I can see an eye and veining very clearly, and that is a busy chick in a tiny egg.

If the eggs look clear on Day 7 (no dark mass visible, no veining), do I still wait to see if something develops? I am newish to candling, and don't want to throw out viable eggs by mistake. I also don't want an egg-splosion in the incubator.

The earliest I would toss is at the 14 day mark. I almost tossed one once, I am glad I did not.

 

[Cerise1924]

The earliest I would toss is at the 14 day mark. I almost tossed one once, I am glad I did not.

Thank you so much! I appreciate the advice. I will leave them alone for a week.

 

[BlueBaby]

Just an update. My LD starts tomorrow! Getting close now!

 

[Cerise1924]

So, here are sample pics from Day 7 candling (today).
First pic: looks clear to me. I shall wait until Day 14, but does this look like it is not a fertile egg?
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Second pic: Most of the eggs look like this, below. There is a stable air cell, and one side of the egg is darker/reddish. I am guessing/hoping that is a chick.



Here is my winner! Only one egg had a distinct eye, strong veining, and a very active embryo moving around. Should they all have looked like this, or is it ok that most looked like pic 2 at Day 7?

 

[Cerise1924]

Just an update. My LD starts tomorrow! Getting close now!

Exciting news!

 

[lpatelski]

Batch#2 - Chick#2 just hatched - going to bed now

nite y'all.

 

[BlueBaby]

Exciting news!

Thanks, and yes it is exciting. My young roo has proven himself to be very fertile, or at least he knows what or how to do it.

 

[BlueBaby]

Batch#2 - Chick#2 just hatched - going to bed now

nite y'all.

Congrats on the hatch! Peep peep!