Serama Hatch-Along Thread!

[TwoCrows]

Eggs 2, 3, and 6 all have the bubble in pic 1. Pic #2 is of egg 7 (thats the shell not the inside)

The egg on the left has a saddle shaped air cell, this happens due to rough shipping. You can still set it and many times chicks develop and hatch normally from air cells like this but just watch this one along the way. Sometimes the chick can have trouble or hatch from the wrong end.

Hey. Can I use oil pastels on eggs? Might just stick with pencils. But for future references lol

Most oil pastels are not toxic, read the label to make sure. But I think they are ok to use.

 

[TwoCrows]

#1 for the win! Named Last

 

[fluffycrow]

The egg on the left has a saddle shaped air cell, this happens due to rough shipping. You can still set it and many times chicks develop and hatch normally from air cells like this but just watch this one along the way. Sometimes the chick can have trouble or hatch from the wrong end.

Most oil pastels are not toxic, read the label to make sure. But I think they are ok to use.

I'm having kind of a hard time being able to tell good air cell placement from bad, could you explain it, or is there possibly an article or a chart on this?

 

[TwoCrows]

I'm having kind of a hard time being able to tell good air cell placement from bad, could you explain it, or is there possibly an article or a chart on this?

Saddle shaped air cell: The blue line shows how the air cell has detached and sunk along the inside of the egg

Normal air cell: The blue line shows where and how the air cell should look at setting. If you collect eggs from your own flock, you won't get saddle shaped air cells, that is something that happens from hard shipping..

 

[ElfenLied89]

The egg on the left has a saddle shaped air cell, this happens due to rough shipping. You can still set it and many times chicks develop and hatch normally from air cells like this but just watch this one along the way. Sometimes the chick can have trouble or hatch from the wrong end.

Most oil pastels are not toxic, read the label to make sure. But I think they are ok to use.

I let them sit for 36 hours (ish) pointy side down. Hoping that helps. For $40.....I better get 3 (hopefully!)

 

[ElfenLied89]

Yey, thanks for the tag! I'll take number 5!!

You seriously want them named a sin? If so, Pride. Don't see that as a sin but it's listed.

It's one of the 7 Deadly Sins. I am mostly going for anime style. Lol. I am a nerd!

 

[ElfenLied89]

#1 for the win! Named Last

The name is Last?

 

[ElfenLied89]

I wouldn't put oil on a hatching egg. I have no idea why but it sounds like a bad idea. Maybe it'd hurt the bloom? I know there's oil in the wax some use to seal up cracks though.

Idk either. I figure it would add color since easter will be during the hatch. Lol.

 

[Debbie292d]

Idk either. I figure it would add color since easter will be during the hatch. Lol.

I have these big water-based markers, like for kids. I got those to mark heads or feet but I don't know why not an egg. I'd just make sure they dry fast is all.

 

[fluffycrow]

Saddle shaped air cell: The blue line shows how the air cell has detached and sunk along the inside of the egg
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Normal air cell: The blue line shows where and how the air cell should look at setting. If you collect eggs from your own flock, you won't get saddle shaped air cells, that is something that happens from hard shipping..
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Thank you, much clearer now! Could the air cell be damaged in any way by leaving the eggs on their sides? I usually leave them for two to three days, to minimise the number of eggs they lay on the ground, as mentioned in my thread. If you remember in my Tsouloufati hatch, I left the eggs on their sides almost all of the days I was egg collecting. Definitely not doing that mistake again, but until I collect, will two days of side-dwelling seriously impact the air cell?