Ready Set Hatch! Set 3/17 Hatch 4/7 - ready now! Hatch-Along

[hokankai]

Whoops, forgot some pics ^_^






And a video!

 

[TheH Klan of 10]

Mine are due the 8th. 42 chickens and 22 quail! Will candle chicken eggs today to see who is viable.

Welcome city chicken!!!!
I am also due on the 8th!!
I won't be candleing till Monday
To chart air cell growth

 

[Wrightsx4]

Hokankai - awesome video!!! Busy baby in there! I hope I see some like that when we do ours. We will be candling soon.

 

[Bens-Hens]

Well, about to go to bed.

Had trouble keeping busy today (to make time go faster lol) Found myself on a long run with a friend. 9k's later and I realise I am not as fit as I was last time I was running hahahaha. Anyway, got the job done. To fill the afternoon I decided to begin getting the mobile coop ready for our month old chicks from last hatch. So that is set up ready for day visits from our other six.

Tonight, we got down to candling this clutch. 18 eggs in total. Had one we were not too sure about, but we have put all of them back in case we were wrong. Will pull the clears next candle (Day 14)

So, we set;
6 Silver Penciled Wyandotte: 3 clear, 1 unclear. 2 good
2 Barnevelder's: 2 Good
4 Australorp: 1 Clear, 3 Good

as well as we have on Day 4;
6 Lavender Araucana: 1 Clear, 5 Good

So far, we are pretty happy. Will feel more comfortable at the next candle as progress is far more easy to see between the two.

CLIFFS: Set 18, Day 7 candle 13 Viable.

Didn't get any pictures or video's.

 

[Wrightsx4]

HAPPY!!!! Just finished candling. I regret my camera is not up to the job - won't "not" flash for still shots. I did video some but it's blurry, so for the sake of your eyestrain I won't post - but it was great! Hahaha. So here's the run down for our day 7 candling:
4 silkies shipped - 3 clear, 1 very good development
4 bluebells - all good
9 mixed from our own - 100% good!
8 assort marans - 6 good, 2 too dark to see
Fyi... Ladyrsanti - both WM show veins and movement.

So...the only definate clears are 3 shipped silkies, and then 2 unknowns due to shell color. I was hoping my projector would see through but not yet. I'll try again on day 10 on those. On the other dark eggs I could see chickies moving around but not many veins.
So of 25 total, 20 good, 3 bad, 2 unknown.

 

[Wrightsx4]

Oh - and the projector gets HOT. Didn't have to worry about the eggs getting chilled - the little room quickly warmed to about 90°. I only held them to the light for a few seconds each, which is why I didn't mess with the camera more than I did. Darn.

 

[SpinningChicken]

Can I join? This is pretty close to when my eggs should be hatching! ETA: One difference, is I have NO IDEA what I'm doing. Glad I read something about candling...I need to do that and completely forgot. My eggs have only been in for 5 days though and I've FINALLY gotten the temp and humidity regulated.

 

[Wrightsx4]

Hi spinningChicken! Welcome! Many of us, myself included, have very little experience so you'll fit right in

 

[Wrightsx4]

hokankai - your camera rocks. I'm jealous.

 

[SpinningChicken]

SUPER COOL!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!

ETA: I will research, but what days should I be candling? Start on day 7? I put the eggs in the incubator on March 20. (First day of spring!) My kids' pediatrician gave me the eggs. She was pretty sure they were fertilized, they weren't chilled, and they're local. So hopefully everyone was in tact and we'll have at least a couple of chicks. The eggs are Buckeyes but I hope to get some Americana pullets and or some australorps. ONce I get this yard fenced in, I'll probably have a whole litter of chickens!!!