I'm FINALLY back on. I've had that awful, incredibly long stomach flu (three days is acceptable, but, 7-10 days!? And all that on top of morning sickness [Aaaaaah!!!!
]), so, I've been off since setting my eggs. I candled for the first time today, just to get a peek. At least 9 of my 16 are looking good including one that I almost tossed because it has a tiny spider web crack. I'm so glad I decided to give it a try!
I ended up putting in the 12 white leghorn eggs from a friend (they typically sell their eggs, but, city people associate white eggs with watery grocery store eggs, so, they offered my husband a dozen to try in the incubator and he knew I'd kill him if he said no) and four of my own girls' eggs--2 "normal" sized eggs and 2 "junior" sized eggs from my newly laying girls. I just took a dozen junior eggs to my parents and they thought they were adorable....and delicious.
At least 7 of the leghorn eggs are looking good (I'm pretty sure one of the questionable five isn't fertile, but, I try not to toss any eggs until at least day ten because 1. I'm a newbie, still; 2. My "candler" is a cell phone with a flashlight app, so, I don't think it's as good as the real thing.
) and at least 2 of my girls' eggs are looking good.
I have some that I seen bloodlines in, but, no embryo yet. I'm wondering if they were early quitters. I'm going to try to be good and not candle again until day 8 or 10 (I'm only on day 4 because I set a smidgy late due to being sick). We'll see how that goes.
How are all of your eggs doing? Anyone else candled? I love the pix! I'll post some of my eggs as soon as I'm feeling well enough to be up and about for more than 10 minutes at a time. Being sick does not agree with me.
I didn't even think of spiders as possible "predators" until I read this post in particular. That is so very sad. I'm very happy that you still have some eggs to hatch that stem from him. Good luck to all of you in your hatches. =]
