My first Mother's Day Hatch baby is out of the shell! The little early early bird bantam chick is drying off now. Only 19 to go now
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My first Mother's Day Hatch baby is out of the shell! The little early early bird bantam chick is drying off now. Only 19 to go now
The cheap little LED flash lights work pretty well for the most part, though I have really dark egg layers so I keep a good one in my coop for candling. At this point you should at least be able to see a good air cell and the egg should seem full. My broodies stay in the main coop and I sort the eggs under them every day to pull out the fresh ones. I always mark my broody eggs with the day they are due to hatch so I can easily tell the fresh ones. You have to do this every day or you end up with developing eggs at different stages. Once they hatch I move them to a separate cage. Obviously if you can move her to a private location for brooding that would be best, but my girls usually object.My little hen was given 7 eggs to sit on April 26 & last night I looked there were 8! Ha ha, my EE hen decided to squeeze into the nesting box and leave an extra egg for her friend. Lucky for me her egg is blue & I only gave my little hen brown eggs---so it was easy to take out the new egg.
I guess I need to put her in a place where the other hens can't get into her box. Should I keep her away from her flock? I kind of assumed once the chicks come that I need to move her anyway. I am kind of new at this.
Here is a pic of my eggs:
Only about a week to go and I have not candled these eggs, I guess I better try so I can get any duds out but I am afraid to find out they are all bad---very disappointing if that happens. Plus I never can really see anything with a flashlight. Any advice?
Thanks! I borrowed my son's good LED last night and looked at 2 eggs. Both had an air sack that was 1/4-1/3 of the egg and the rest was dark. So that seems like a good sign.The cheap little LED flash lights work pretty well for the most part, though I have really dark egg layers so I keep a good one in my coop for candling. At this point you should at least be able to see a good air cell and the egg should seem full. My broodies stay in the main coop and I sort the eggs under them every day to pull out the fresh ones. I always mark my broody eggs with the day they are due to hatch so I can easily tell the fresh ones. You have to do this every day or you end up with developing eggs at different stages. Once they hatch I move them to a separate cage. Obviously if you can move her to a private location for brooding that would be best, but my girls usually object.