Silkie eggs, 5 more days... seem small?

[sheeshshe]

I candled these yesterday and tossed the ones that didn't develop past a certain point. these were shipped eggs. I'm down to 4 or 5, the 5th I am not sure if it is alive or not.

Now, they didnt' seem to fill the entire egg. they are alive, but they didn't seem very big, do they grow a lot in the last few days?

 

[loveourbirds]

what day are you on? occasionally they do seem a little small in the egg.

 

[sheeshshe]

they were day 15 when I candled them. I expected them to fill the egg, but they were only about half way. is that normal?

 

[loveourbirds]

you are kind of on the borderline, at day 15 about 2/3rds of the egg should be filled. is your air sack developing right?

 

[sheeshshe]

I'm not sure what it is supposed to look like. My humidity may have been too high. I hope they didn't get ruined

Should I take a picture?

 

[loveourbirds]

if you can take a picture that would help.

 

[sheeshshe]

ok, took some, they're not the best... will have to upload later.

one looks a lot smaller than the rest, although still alive.

some of the air cells don't look good to me, so I put them in an egg carton pointy side down in the bator... I read that this helps?

 

[loveourbirds]

it certainly helps on shipped eggs. was there still an egg sack present? and was it getting bigger if there was?

 

[sheeshshe]

they looked sort of odd looking. but, I never candled this late in the game, so I don't know what they're supposed to look like.

 

[sheeshshe]