Setting eggs 4-3-14

[Fireflybabe56]

Good luck to you too. I hope this hatch goes more smoothly. It sure is exciting to see those little veins. I take it as saying I'm doing a good job.

 

[jadeguppy]

I pulled eggs from under my broody hen and checked on the fertile ones. All my hens are full sized breeds laying large to extra large eggs. However, I could only find 4 of the 5 silkie eggs under her. Any idea how this could happen?

Side note: I taped a bent toe on a young silkie yesterday evening and put it in a separate brooder. It was peeping loudly. This morning it was dead. Any ideas on what went wrong?

 

[Tumbleweed Farm]

Let me know if u decide to give in

Candeled a few--was really excited to see cream legbars and American Bresse developing. I candeled 5, saw 4 growing and quit--I just did not want to find non-growers. Im doing a serious candeling Tues evening. I have a very high powered Eagle-Tek and can always see "what's cooking" at 5 days. What did you find?

 

[Tumbleweed Farm]

Alright anyone impatient like me and candled today. I could see veins on 4 of my cream legbar eggs. All the other eggs are to hard to see through at this point.

We both got our CL eggs from just strutting, right. You saw 4, 2 of the 2 I did look at are going. I got 6 from her--how many did you get?

 

[Tumbleweed Farm]

I pulled eggs from under my broody hen and checked on the fertile ones. All my hens are full sized breeds laying large to extra large eggs. However, I could only find 4 of the 5 silkie eggs under her. Any idea how this could happen?

Side note: I taped a bent toe on a young silkie yesterday evening and put it in a separate brooder. It was peeping loudly. This morning it was dead. Any ideas on what went wrong?

I would say "failure to thrive" I've had a couple of silkies that peeped constantly and they die within 2 days. So sorry for your loss. As for the egg, the hen may have tossed it out somewhere? I really don't know.

 

[Fireflybabe56]

Yep I got mine from juststruttin. I have 9 Cl from her and 5 BBS orphingtons. When I looked this am I saw great development in 7 of my 9 CL. Could barely see a few veins in 1 orphinton eggs, the others are to dark to see in. I also have 12 wheaten AM eggs from lark rise of which I saw really nice development including a heartbeat in 8 of them. 2 were to dark to see and 2 I don't think are doing anything but I will leave them in a whole longer and see. Lastly I have 5 marans from lark rise. I pulled 1 this am because everything was rolling around and it looked really foamy inside. Great to hear that you are getting some development too.

 

[Tumbleweed Farm]

Yep I got mine from juststruttin. I have 9 Cl from her and 5 BBS orphingtons. When I looked this am I saw great development in 7 of my 9 CL. Could barely see a few veins in 1 orphinton eggs, the others are to dark to see in. I also have 12 wheaten AM eggs from lark rise of which I saw really nice development including a heartbeat in 8 of them. 2 were to dark to see and 2 I don't think are doing anything but I will leave them in a whole longer and see. Lastly I have 5 marans from lark rise. I pulled 1 this am because everything was rolling around and it looked really foamy inside. Great to hear that you are getting some development too.

 

[jadeguppy]

Thanks. I'm kinda disappointed as she was over a week old, but was having trouble walking due to the toe. She was also the only silkie to hatch.

I didn't find shell remains or yolk residue in the nest and it is a nest box with five inch sides. Very odd.

 

[Tumbleweed Farm]

Thanks. I'm kinda disappointed as she was over a week old, but was having trouble walking due to the toe. She was also the only silkie to hatch.

I didn't find shell remains or yolk residue in the nest and it is a nest box with five inch sides. Very odd.

It is odd, and I'm also sorry you lost the little silkie. I've had 2 in the past three years that were "cheepers" They seem malcontent, don't eat or drink, just cheep. It's kinda funny -- I've hatched out hundreds of birds but only those 2 silkies were cheepers. It's a bad sign. Mine did not have toe issues but when they constantly cheep I know its curtains for them. Maybe you can incubate some silkie eggs you get from someone.?!

 

[jadeguppy]

Tumbleweed, I found some silkie eggs about 1 1/2 hrs from my place. Four are under my broody hen and 13 in my classroom incubator.