Winter Hatch Along!

[Chick Chick McGee]

Hello! I placed 14 eggs in my nurture right 360 yesterday afternoon. They are all Buff Brahma Bantam eggs from my hens that I have collected through out the week. Hoping to hatch maybe 8 or so. Feel free to follow along in the eggs journey!

 

[Chick Chick McGee]

Here is day one! So far in the egg a small amount of tissue has developed. This you can’t see through a normal candle light because it is so small.

 

[LilyD]

Just candled. Thank goodness I did. Apparently I missed an egg that was cracked due to the cold and set it. It has a vertical crack top to bottom, but the dang thing is growing!! My husband helped me and we dripped wax on the crack to see if we could save the baby. Hopefully it doesn't explode

As for the rest of the eggs. only the four in the first picture don't seem to be developing. The rest are looking red and I can see the beginnings of veining starting. Excited to see what hatches.

 

[Chick Chick McGee]

So Far 4 chicks are out of their eggs and resting! 5 more have pips!

 

[LilyD]

Set 15 eggs in the incubator tonight should hatch between the 12th and the 14th of February. Testing if my rooster

 

[LilyD]

Yup! I am always excited to start seeing the development.

Day two for me. Trying to hold off on candling until at least day 5 or 6...it's going to be hard though. I really want to candle lol.

 

[LilyD]

For him to "find", made me lol! View attachment 2010846

Well yes he has to find it and do the treat song for the girls then they love him and let him cuddle lol.

 

[LilyD]

Officially in lockdown at 4:00pm today but since I'm at work I put the 4 eggs that made it to lockdown in the hatcher last night. Running without increasing humidity at first because I think the eggs still need to lose more weight. Sadly the little cracked egg passed around day 11 but I have four lively babies in the hatcher. Fingers crossed they hatch okay. If you want to check on them my live feed is here:

 

[Chick Chick McGee]

Day 2! So far no visible growth through the egg shell. So far in the egg there is a lot of tissue development and a few tiny veins.

 

[LilyD]

Day 2! So far no visible growth through the egg shell. So far in the egg there is a lot of tissue development and a few tiny veins.View attachment 2008864

Usually you can start seeing the veins by around day 4-5.