Who else is setting... I wanna see pics!

[pbjmaker]

Wheaton blue what? That is such a pretty color on ameraucanas, but I think Marans also come in wheaton.

If you set your eggs before noon, count that as the first day. If you set them in the afternoon, count the next day as day one.

 

[Bedste]

thanks.... Wheaton Blue Americaunas (spelled?)

 

[2txmedics]

ahhhh, Joy...Those are for me also, dont forget...lol, we wanted to do a trade for Jewels eggs...

she is sitting right now in a nest box, brooding over another hens egg and getting ready to lay hers...crazy hen...

 

[Sissy]

I candled out of a doz.silkies. that should hatch
Sept.11-12?
I see one that looks good. and one has a blood vain all around it and the other 10 have a gray cloud with tiny
white spots im getting confused.
what do i have


anyone?

 

[Grey Bird Farm]

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I'm not sure.. what day are you on?

I'll see if I can take a pic tonight. This was a silkie egg that I was given and it was also in the bator that was hit by the sun light with 1/2 officially dead 1 day later. I was hopeful for the bigger eggs (seramas and the smaller Bantam Araucana eggs were the first casualties) since I reasoned that they maybe didn't hit the higher temp as fast and were returned to normal temps before damage was done but I don' t know.

Updates to follow.

 

[Paganbird]

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The "grey cloud" is most likely the yolk you're seeing. I don't know about the "white spots" - I don't know if you are referring to spots on the inside of the shell? If there are white spots on the inside of the shell & all you see is the shadow of the yolk, then you have a porous egg that probably isn't going to develop.
Sorry.

I tried to upload a 20 second video of the duck embryo that I candled last night. It's very easy to see moving around. But I can't get it to upload.

ETA: had to edit a sentence so it would make sense!

 

[Paganbird]

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I'm not sure.. what day are you on?

I'll see if I can take a pic tonight. This was a silkie egg that I was given and it was also in the bator that was hit by the sun light with 1/2 officially dead 1 day later. I was hopeful for the bigger eggs (seramas and the smaller Bantam Araucana eggs were the first casualties) since I reasoned that they maybe didn't hit the higher temp as fast and were returned to normal temps before damage was done but I don' t know.
Updates to follow.

Yes, pics, please.
Also... you never answered... what day are they on?

 

[2txmedics]

Well Im gonna try and hold the flashlight, egg and camera...

my camera is a nikon 355mm so its not so small...but does take awesome pictures...I might do it in about 2hrs...after I rest from this darn medication.

I can go do it in the darkest room in the house, its a bathroom in that shop, with no window...that works...

My hygrometer worked from Walmart, it just wasnt cailbrated...lol, thats what was wrong with my first hatch.

 

[Grey Bird Farm]

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They went in on the 18th of August which makes today day 14. I was planning on putting them in the hatcher today. I'm just making sure that I have the humidity okay as we 'speak'.

This could be my first hatch

I'm super nervous and excited. Aren't we all? I sure I'll always be, first hatch or not!

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Does the grey cloud move when you turn the egg? Did you smell the eggs? Grey clouds to me sound like a bad egg, but silkie eggs are hard for me to candle.