Clot-looking veins in fertile egg on day 7

[Down Under]

Ohh cool, yeah it does look a bit young still.

Just be careful, chickens can be addictive

 

[Cheekychook11]

good thing I have a big yard

 

[Down Under]

and small chickens

Very cute chicks

I don't know if you have seen it but there is a few Pekin Bantam breeders listed here: http://www.backyardpoultry.com/directory/category/chickens-softfeather/pekin/ (who knows how many are still active though as that site doesn't let anyone delete adds) but there is also a listing there for the Pekin Bantam Club of Australia.

 

[Cheekychook11]

I have not seen it, thanks

 

[Down Under]

I hope that your chicks are growing well, I just remembered this recipe that may help with your next batch of chicks, the earlier that you use it the better but I have used it when they are a few weeks old and it still seemed to help:

https://thisbeautifulfarmlife.com/magic-water-for-baby-chicks/

 

[Cheekychook11]

They are thanks I’ll check that out

 

[loulusea]

That doesn't exactly look right to me. They usually have veins all around, and a little blob. Yours has a larger blob that might be the blood ring (meaning it died) and I see no veins but that could just be the photo or the way I'm seeing it. This is a YouTube video showing what it should look like.

What I do is mark ones I'm suspicious about with an X in pencil, then the next time I candle which usually isn't until lockdown, I'll know to check those ones closest. Actually, if I'd put one like that back in, I'd check it in a week and not wait until lockdown. I only wait until lockdown if everything on Day 7 was fine and I pulled out any unfertilized or non-starters already.

Oh, and welcome to BYC! I wish you a great hatch on the rest!

What does lockdown mean?

 

[Cheekychook11]

When you stop turning the eggs in the incubator for the last 3 days so the chick can get into position to hatch

 

[Debbie292d]

When you stop turning the eggs in the incubator for the last 3 days so the chick can get into position to hatch

Yup, and also no more candling or opening the incubator, and raise the humidity to 70%