We just candled the eggs in the 1st bator- WE're so eggcited!
Out of 19 duck eggs (my own) 19 are big, growing and moving!
Out of 7 April Swap eggs, 5 are growing and moving-2 were clear and I took them out.
Out of 3 EE eggs (my own) 3 are growing and moving.
Out of 9 Partridge and 3 Splash Silkies and Showgirls (from therealsilkielovr) 11 are dancing around in there. The 1 was clear and its out of the bator now and tossed. (I checked it-it really was just an egg inside)
The 2nd bator is tougher-they are a week younger, and the SPeckled Sussex eggs are very porous. Its hard to tell, but they look like veins are in there....I have 13 Silver Phoenix eggs and 11 look great. 1 looked clear and 1 looked like a blood ring, but I'll leave them in til next week and see then. 3 Cream Brabanter eggs all look good. 2 Rouen duck eggs look good too. They came from
Ebay (and a fellow BYC member.) I can't wait for them-they are new breeds for me! The other ones are newer still and unmarked, from a BYC trader, and they came late, so its too early to see anything in them. Hopefully, when it comes time to stop turning the first bunch, I'll have room in the first bator to put them to hatch or these other 18 to keep turning and incubating...
But we are so happy to have so many viable ones, visibly moving and changing from week to week! Now the hardest week is upon us. And I know we'll have to just leave them alone and not touch the bator!
Lisa and DD -doing the happy dance-