Living life on the edge (of the incubator) hatch-a-long

[Nero70002]

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Nice ragdoll

 

[fluffycrow]

Nice ragdoll

That's what I said
Pipd you must get this way too often

 

[Nero70002]

That's what I said
Pipd you must get this way too often

If he isn’t a ragdoll and you didn’t get him from a breeder, then I bet there’s at least some in there lol

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

That's what I said
Pipd you must get this way too often

Haha, I do!

If he isn’t a ragdoll and you didn’t get him from a breeder, then I bet there’s at least some in there lol

He's actually a stray that just showed up here one day, believe it or not! I suspect traditional Balinese, personally, because he's around the right size for one (and pretty small for a Ragdoll), plus there is a breeder of Balinese not too far from where I live. However, I don't have a DNA test or anything to prove it and he didn't have any papers on him when he wandered out of the woods, so officially he's just a really pretty domestic longhair.

 

[Nero70002]

Haha, I do!




He's actually a stray that just showed up here one day, believe it or not! I suspect traditional Balinese, personally, because he's around the right size for one (and pretty small for a Ragdoll), plus there is a breeder of Balinese not too far from where I live. However, I don't have a DNA test or anything to prove it and he didn't have any papers on him when he wandered out of the woods, so officially he's just a really pretty domestic longhair.

Oh I don’t know if I knew the breed or not before, but that does look closer. I thought the nose didn’t really match for a ragdoll

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Haha, his nose does look a bit weird in that picture! He was giving his best look of disapproval because if I remember correctly my sister was cutting up vegetables for dinner that night and he was insulted that it wasn't meat.

 

[2ndTink]

It's Lockdown Day! But, it's only Day 17, what am I doing!?! Lol, since I set the eggs early in the morning, and I've had silkies hatch on day 20, AND, if I don't do lockdown tonight I won't do it until tomorrow night, so tonight is my safe window to get everything situated and have a grace day of trying to get the humidity where I want it before things get serious!

Read all about the chickies growth today here!

Day 17

The embryo's renal system produces urates. The beak, now under the right wing, points to the air cell. The albumen is now fully absorbed.

 

[2ndTink]

I have a question for those who have hatched shipped eggs. They have been upright in the Brinsea this whole time, the air cells were quite jiggly when I got the eggs. Is it OK to lay them on their sides to hatch, or should I use an egg crate or small rope to hold them upright to hatch?

 

[TwoCrows]

I have a question for those who have hatched shipped eggs. They have been upright in the Brinsea this whole time, the air cells were quite jiggly when I got the eggs. Is it OK to lay them on their sides to hatch, or should I use an egg crate or small rope to hold them upright to hatch?

They should be ok by now to lay them on their sides. You might mark the air cell lines and if you do have rope, you might use it to lay the eggs in like @gimmie birdies does so that the wonky sides are up and stay up.

 

[GreenJay]

good morning little chickies, lockdown time! We'll be waiting!