Silkies & Dark Brahmas - 3 HATCHED. Happy Ending :)

[MichiganWoods]

Day 5 candling for these guys have revealed that both of the Dark Brahmas are developing and at least 2 of the Silkies are developing. There are 2 I am unsure of, but I think they are developing. 1 looks as though it was perhaps infertile. Won't open it until Day 10 just in case.

Will try and get a good candling pic later tonight.

 

[MichiganWoods]

This is one of the Dark Brahma eggs. Very nicely visible embryo.

All the rest of the embryos are hidden behind their air cells. But I was able to verify that 3 Silkie eggs are growing, 1 I'm still unsure of, and 1 that looked infertile actually has a loose air bubble floating around in there. I assume that means the post office was rather rough on the box and broke its air cell. At least the rest of them came through intact!

 

[scbatz33]

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Resistance is futile...if only Luke would have come over to the darkside, imagie how much fun he could have had!!!

 

[CANDLE98]

Thanks for the picture! I am on day 6 and I candled yesterday so now I know that they are developing okay!

 

[Jarhead]

Just adding to the Borg discussion - notice my little chick Borg avatar. Welcome to the collective. I have the Borg queen (a Australorp named Sheila - I know it's a corny aussie name) sitting on a bunch of new drones right now myself! Good luck with your hatch!

 

[scbatz33]

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Now that is funny!

 

[MichiganWoods]

PurpleChicken's eeeevil laugh was appropriate.

No problem on the pic, CANDLE98. Glad it helped you!

 

[Majestic Lane Poultry]

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I am so glad everything is going well with the babies!

I hate to hear about the tiny bubbles in one. Sometimes I just wonder how many conveyor belts they are dropped from.

 

[MichiganWoods]

I'm pleased.

The one with the loose air bubble won't ever develop, right? So it should be OK to remove it from the bator?

 

[Majestic Lane Poultry]

It is not out of the question...there is no hurry. I have 18 silkie eggs (that traveled a really long distance) right now with tiny air bubbles everywhere

. They are on day 7 and a couple are actually trying to make a go of it. So for now, they stay.

I am fairly new at this shipped egg business but I have read alot. I hope someone else will be able to give you more advice.