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@generaldsherman Do you have a photo of your cream legbar cockerel? How old are your chicks? I am trying to get mine moved to the big girl coop and it is not going well.

One of my hens is noisier than any of my roosters ever were! lol

Mine started trying to crow yesterday! SO funny! He is 4 weeks old today.

Good Morning everyone! Well, I candled last night and am happy to report that I was finally able to see some air cells and spider veining in my very dark olive eggs! Several have saddle air cells I think (my first time with shipped eggs), but I definitely saw veining in them. Update for...

I bought a new flashlight to try and candle my super dark olive eggs, and I still can't see a thing inside them! Can't even see air cells. So I guess I just hope for the best ? ? ? Can't even tell if they are fertile or not at this point. I have turned them every which way trying to get a...

Is this a blood ring? Day 6 - lavender Orpington :(

Nope, didn't smell anything, was checking the eggs under my broody mama goose and picked that one up and it exploded! I can still remember the smell.

Thanks, I was thinking I'd give them all until Day 10... just don't want an exploding egg. (I experienced a rotten exploding goose egg once and now I'm scarred for life! HA!) The one I tossed this morning was obviously not okay. No air cell and it looked like the yolk was all broken up into...

Today is Day 6 here and I candled again to look for air cells - YAY! I finally can see air cells in my Olive Eggs. I can't see much else - they are VERY DARK. I know that one has a saddle air cell, but they can hatch from that still right? I tossed one egg, so I still have 8 eggs in my 7...

@Sally Sunshine I don't have a humidity monitor in the incubator (it is a brinsea mini advance, and I have it filled per instructions and have always had great hatches), the two that are showing veining have nice air cells. I have Lavender Orpingtons and Olive Eggers in there. I cannot see...

I have a question for anyone that knows... This is my first time working with shipped eggs, but, I am still not seeing air cells in most of my eggs. What does that mean? Does it indicate they are "scrambled"? Today is Day 4, and I did a quick candle this morning to see if the air cells...

Well, I ended up fitting 9 of the 12 eggs in my incubator (set them yesterday morning), will candle in a few days and see if I should toss any and add any of the 3 remaining eggs. I only saw air cells on two and both of those had carpenter's air cells.... (or whatever the appropriate term...

Sally, I did a test and can fit 9 in comfortably without the auto turner. I guess I will wait in the morning and see which ones look the best and then candle in a few days to see which ones might not be fertile. Do shipped eggs have to go in upright? Not sure how to accomplish that in the...

I candled after I unpacked them and see no air cells at all ??? After they rest for 24 hours should I be able to see air cells? They were laid by hens on Thursday and shipped 2day so they are right at 3 days old.

I picked up my hatching eggs at post office this morning! Can't wait to get them in incubator. Problem is.... I ordered 6.... They sent me 12! My incubator only holds 7. What to do!?!? I can fit 9 in without the auto turner, so could hand turn the first few days in hopes only 7 turn out...

Oh no... I just ordered more eggs to hatch.... Lavender Orpington and Olive Eggers.

Anyone have Lavender Orpington eggs for sale for hatching??? I think I want that to be my next hatch.

42 pages behind... don't think I'll even try to catch up! My little injured chick has made a complete recovery! YAY! In other news, lost one of our hens this weekend to what I assume was a hawk, I found a small mound of feathers and a few random feathers every couple of feet and past the...

Thanks! The vet was unsure, said I would know in 5 days....

The vet was just guessing, but it's definitely not broken. She thinks maybe it is a torn tendon? She wanted to immobilize it as the chick seems to be in less pain when it is drawn up near her body and stable.