To my fellow enablers

[Kiki]

I have hatched refrigerated eggs with a decent hatch rate.

How long in refrigerator before setting?

 

[jadip4]

I have hatched refrigerated eggs with a decent hatch rate.

Additional question to Kiki's .. were they from your flock?

I ask because I'm really curious about the folks that have hatched store eggs. I figure odds of those being fertile are next to nil.

 

[jadip4]

Last night, I got settled in next to my broody with flashlight, pencil, and notebook when I realized I forgot a device to take pictures with .. I didn't get any photos

To refresh, she's brooding 8 eggs since the morning of 4/14/18. 4 EE and 4 EExISA Brown. 2 of the EE eggs had been refrigerated for ~4-5 days.
All EE eggs showed clear veining and small embryo
EExIB eggs sooo much harder to see. Thought I saw some veins in 2 of them (#3 and #4) couldn't tell in the other two.

I'll candle again Friday night .. and I won't forget the pictures.

 

[Kiki]

WOW!
So far so good on the EE huh!

 

[jadip4]

WOW!
So far so good on the EE huh!

Yup! Using a 300 lumen flashlight to candle with .. lit up those green EE eggs. One, you could see moving ever so slightly. Suppose it was the heartbeat?
Those brown eggs, though .. ugh. Hopefully they'll have enough going on in them that I can see in a couple days.

 

[jadip4]

I candled the eggs last night, much to the dismay of Opal. Her nest was perfect, she said. How dare I disturb it. Let out a couple vicious sounding growls and only threatened to peck me when I was reaching behind her for the last egg.

The of two EExIB eggs I wasn't sure about (#1 and #2) still didn't show any growth so we took those. #3 and #4 had veins. I took a couple pictures of those but need advice on how to get my camera phone to work proper.

Egg #1 - no growth


Egg #4 - showed definite growth, but can't see anything in the picture


Pretty excited about the EE eggs. All showed progression in growth from two nights ago. Already getting darker, but could see faint movement in all 4 of those. I got frustrated with the first pictures, so I didn't even try to take any of these. Perhaps video?

 

[Kiki]

It's hard to get close up in focus pictures.
I have no advice but to keep trying? lol
I just move the camera slightly to get it to try to focus.

Videos seemed easier for me.

 

[jadip4]

Eggs are due to hatch this weekend!?! .. gracious, time flies. Candled eggs last night and one was starting to get stinky.

Took video of day 16 candling. Order of eggs:
EE eggs were first - B, F2, A, F1 (F1 & F2 were refrigerated)
then EExRSL - 3, 4

 

[jadip4]

Three internal pips, y'all!! Just happens to be the 3 EE eggs .. fridge eggs included.

 

[Kiki]

Three internal pips, y'all!! Just happens to be the 3 EE eggs .. fridge eggs included.