Mother's day hatch-a-long

[Eggs_Over_EZ]

Okay, okay, 5 hours ago I said I was waiting until day 10 to candle but I just had to peek. The three I checked are all viable. Yahoo! Now to keep them going is the challenge.

 

[DemeterAD9]

Okay, okay, 5 hours ago I said I was waiting until day 10 to candle but I just had to peek. The three I checked are all viable. Yahoo! Now to keep them going is the challenge.

That's okay, I've been checking mine ever since day 2 and after 5 days I can definitely see some development in several of them. I did remove a couple duds and will be doing so again soon but those darker eggs are keeping me guessing!

 

[Eggs_Over_EZ]

Darker eggs are a beast to candle. I was concerned about the Silverrudd Blue eggs. I always used my mobile device to candle but it was not working for the two I looked at last night. My new incubator has a candle if feature and was sure it would not work but surprisingly it did. I am telling my husband that I looked already as I promised it will wait 10 days. LOL. Almost got caught because I initially put the lid on differently and caught myself and fixed it. LOL

 

[GirlsHuntToo]

My Speckled Sussex hen, Speckles, went broody the 22nd so I am hatching 10 under her. Hoping everything go's good. It's my first time with a broody hen.

 

[Eggs_Over_EZ]

I checked all of 13 eggs I have in the incubator. Awhile the while my husband looked over my shoulder and all he kept saying is hurry up we don’t want to keep them from the heat. I told him that even hens get off their eggs and they hatch. All eggs are fertile. I did not see any blood rings though 2 I am concerned about. The eggs are not very dark green or heavily speckled they seem to have very dense shells. I do not know if it is that or my eyesight is getting worse.

 

[gimmie birdies]

I borrowed my husband's flashlight, because it is brighter, (I keep forgetting to replace my flashlight batteries.) Not a big deal, but we had a power out and I forgot to return his flashlight to the proper location. It got sorted out. We didn't know it was a planned outage, so they could work on wires.

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

5 of 8 eggs made it to lockdown. Now to impatiently wait

 

[gimmie birdies]

I didn't set all eggs from the first page, I did select some and pulled the clears. I had 16 after the clears were removed. And then I pulled 2 quitters on day ten or so. I have 14, on day 14.

 

[DemeterAD9]

I've got 8 more days and 10 for-sure active chicks developing plus a few I can't see through so left them in. Out of 34 eggs I removed 5 quitters (all shipped eggs) and something like 18ish blanks. I’ll do an official count when I lock them down.

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

Yesterday was Day 21 and so far 2 chicks hatched. First pip needed some help but is doing ok. Second pip hatched on its own. Third pip has needed a little help.
Two eggs left with no pips