BarnwoodCoop
Songster
Okay! so we’ve had these guys in the incubator for around 18-19 days, they’re currently in lockdown.
a few days before lockdown (16/17? the days seem to blend together for me at the moment- sorry!!) i drew a faint line in pencil where the dark part of the egg was, to see if they would grow past it as i couldn’t tell if they were taking up more of the egg as days went by.
on their last candle, they kinda.. moved back from the line?? it’s bizzare to me, i don’t know if it’s normal, this isn’t my first time hatching eggs but it’s the first time i’ve tried to mark the line, and i’m not too knowledgeable.
Most of the replies here are probably going to be ‘wait and see’ which i agree is probably the best course of action, but these eggs are from a beloved hen of mine who died a few weeks ago, we had 12 but only 3 were fertile and i’m slightly paranoid lol. all i need to know is wether not to get my hopes up i guess?
All of the chicks were moving inside the egg, freakishly, but i’m pretty sure they aren’t dead in the egg right now.
There’s a few pics, they all seem to have this, although on one of them, one side hasn’t moved back at all and is still on the line.
a few days before lockdown (16/17? the days seem to blend together for me at the moment- sorry!!) i drew a faint line in pencil where the dark part of the egg was, to see if they would grow past it as i couldn’t tell if they were taking up more of the egg as days went by.
on their last candle, they kinda.. moved back from the line?? it’s bizzare to me, i don’t know if it’s normal, this isn’t my first time hatching eggs but it’s the first time i’ve tried to mark the line, and i’m not too knowledgeable.
Most of the replies here are probably going to be ‘wait and see’ which i agree is probably the best course of action, but these eggs are from a beloved hen of mine who died a few weeks ago, we had 12 but only 3 were fertile and i’m slightly paranoid lol. all i need to know is wether not to get my hopes up i guess?
All of the chicks were moving inside the egg, freakishly, but i’m pretty sure they aren’t dead in the egg right now.
There’s a few pics, they all seem to have this, although on one of them, one side hasn’t moved back at all and is still on the line.
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