September Hatch-a-long!

[TheBeardie]

As I sit here trying to keep my grubby hands off of the eggs, I had an idea! To keep myself busy and to share some useful info to you guys, I have researched what is happening in the egg today! I'm technically on day five until 3:30, but I'm going to start on day six.
Day 6
Today the Chorion and the Allantois come together to form the Chorioallantois or Chorioallantoic Membrane.
The Chorioallantois is full of blood vessels and surrounds the Embryo. In human Embryos this is the placenta. The Embryo now has a blood supply.

The Embryo has curled it's self fully into a 'C' shape.

The bone structure is also developing today. Between day 6 and 7 the wings and legs will gain the ability to bend at the elbows and knees.

The beak is starting to grow too, but the Egg Tooth has not started to grow just yet.

If you candle today, which we shouldn't, you might see some movement.

If you happen to have a specialist chicken egg embryo heart monitor like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Taxonyx-Science-Inc-Mk2-Digital/dp/B01JQEWS82
You could finally hear the heartbeat which would be between 260 and 280 beats per minute.

Words To Know
Chorion:

The outermost membrane surrounding an embryo of a reptile, bird, or mammal. In mammals (including humans), it contributes to the formation of the placenta.

Allantois

The fetal membrane lying below the chorion in many vertebrates, formed as an outgrowth of the embryo's gut. In birds and reptiles it grows to surround the embryo; in eutherian mammals it forms part of the placenta.

Chorioallantois

a vascular fetal membrane composed of the fused chorion and adjacent wall of the allantois that in the hen's egg is used as a living culture medium for viruses and for tissues — called also Chorioallantoic Membrane

Embryo

An unborn or unhatched offspring in the process of development, in particular a human offspring during the period from approximately the second to the eighth week after fertilization (after which it is usually termed a fetus).

Egg Tooth

a hard white protuberance on the beak or jaw of an embryo bird or reptile that is used for breaking out of the shell and is later lost.

I may or may not continue this tomorrow.

 

[Raptorchick]

As I sit here trying to keep my grubby hands off of the eggs, I had an idea!.

Lol seriously, it is sooo hard for me to not candle my eggs every single stinking day... sometimes I even forget that I already did it that morning, and I'll be washing my hands to candle that evening, my boyfriend will say, are you sure theres any change from this morning ? ... well of course there is! Lol, I'm the worst, my eggs never get any rest!
Tomorrow is day 6, so far I think only 2 of 18 mixed eggs are infertile, yayay!

 

[Flockandfowl46]

I'm trying to pass the time too...lets just say I have a very clean house! LOL
Now I need to find something else while my grandson is napping

 

[BlueBaby]

You're killing me. I really want a crested, green egg laying, naked neck bird now.

Go for it! It would be cool if someone else besides just me was trying to do this!

 

[BlueBaby]

Here are my littles.
The one with the bug eye is by itself.
I think mostly because it can't see that the other two wander off. And not because it's being excluded. All three are eating.
Super nervous about putting them in with my 4 week old EEs there's 4 of them but they look like monsters compared to the littles.

I would still keep them separate. Your 4 week's old could kill your new littles even from the fact of the difference in size and the bigger ones being much more active and jumping/flying around. They could land on top of the little's and do damage, or start pecking them.

 

[Sakai]

I would still keep them separate. Your 4 week's old could kill your new littles even from the fact of the difference in size and the bigger ones being much more active and jumping/flying around. They could land on top of the little's and do damage, or start pecking them.

Yes, I had a talk with Mr. Man and decided it's best to not tempt fate and just keep them appart until they are old enough for the coop. Pecking order will be established one way or the other. I assume they could better deal with being pecked at as older birds rather than as Littles.

ETA: speaking of One of my EE's developed Cross beak. I don't think it's genetic, as this pullet had a wound under her beak a week ago. It healed up just fine and she looked normal until litterally this morning when I went to feed them. I noticed she looked weird. I always looked for her to make sure no one was pecking at the wound and that it healed propperly. I thought it was crazy that this developed overnight or a day.
Not sure what the future is going to be for her now. I scrambled some egg for them and raised the feeder to help her eat better. at the moment she seems no worse for wear. She's roosting already before the others and the most active dispite it.

 

[BlueBaby]

Wow you all have been busy! Happy so many of you are having good hatches. Can't wait for pics!

I have quail due about the 17th, will do the first candle tomorrow.

When I was living in Louisiana before, I used to buy those jars of pickled quail eggs that a place sold there. They tasted good, as they had some good recipe for them that I liked. I have eaten other pickled quail eggs before that I didn't like though.

 

[KikiLeigh02]

I may try to find a few NN's in the Spring! They aren't very common in my area.

Go for it! It would be cool if someone else besides just me was trying to do this!

 

[Stick Chicken]

It took me a while to transfer the pictures to my computer, but here's a photo of my eight cochin chicks that hatched Sept. 1&2.

 

[Jules929]

As I sit here trying to keep my grubby hands off of the eggs....

Lol seriously, it is sooo hard for me to not candle my eggs every single stinking day...

I'm trying to pass the time too...

Same here! I even bought a stethoscope, lol
I haven't used it yet. Good to know that my eggs are at day 13, so I should be able to hear something!
Unfortunately, that just makes me want to go in there and check now!