PL has gone broody! (PIC HEAVY)

[Henrietta23]

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Oh, that's right! I hope they have a safe trip.

I can't wait to hear how many eggs are developing. I've got my fingers crossed.

 

[plreef]

Ok it only took 1/2 hour to get the brooder in the basement. Its HUGE! Pics to come!

 

[plreef]

Here are some shots of the eggs with veining. Its hard to tell in the photo, but their there!

Here's a few of the new brooder.

 

[Henrietta23]

So how many look good?? What colors??? I need to let the potential mamas know!!!

 

[thechickenchick]

Hey good luck with your first hatch! My first one is due today! I have 2 eggs out of 7 rocking right now! Nice brooder too! My DH makes evrything out of that press board/chip board whatever its called.

Brooder, coop, ice house, tip-up box(stores ice fishing gear on ATV) box for recycling aluminum cans, we call it our can-can!. and much more......

 

[Henrietta23]

Hey!! That middle one is the Barnevelder egg, isn't it?

 

[hollymh]

Very cool! I'm a first timer so I just thought I would tell you that I love the calender your wife made! I'm going to have to do that next time

 

[plreef]

Yes the middle one is a Barnevelder egg. Hopefully it will hatch.
I cant get a count right now on good eggs. I spent the last 6 hours in the ER. I had horrible chest pains and difficulty breathing all night. They gave me a CT scan thinking that I might have a blood clot but it came up negative. After 4 shots of morphine my chest is still killing me. I'll be bed ridden for the next few days. Thank God my wife can tend to my Chickie's and bator for me.

So should I candle again on day 14?

I did post a photo of me sitting on the brooder in the brooder show off thread so you can really get an idea of how big that monster is. That the second one I built. My friend that got me started into chickens needed a bigger one so I ended building her a similar one.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=6233&p=56

The anticipation of the hatch is killing my wife and I! I blame you Kristin!

Just kidding. Thanks for my eggies.

Jas

 

[Henrietta23]

aaaaaaaaahhhh! Hope it's nothing serious. I know being patient waiting for eggs to hatch is stressful but sheesh!!! Hope you're back on your feet soon.

 

[plreef]

Define serious? I have a bulge disk L4/L5 and in turn chronic sciatica for years now. But the doc's suspect that I may have another bulge in my upper back with pinching nerves.We'll know more after another MRI. I'm only 28 years old and feel like an old frail man. I'm not one to give up though. I have a family to care for. I just need to keep trooping on!