- Jun 18, 2013
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Ok. I have been on a roller coaster for LITERALLY 6 WEEKS NOW!!! My Pekin Ethel is broody. She has been steadily sitting I would say since 4/28. She will barely leave her nest. She started this nest about 4/13 & had up to 22 eggs at one point! But I removed the ones I knew to be no good. Again, 4/28 was when she got serious. My question is-- I have been candling as best I could during the day because I was concerned about getting her too upset at night. Today there are 10 eggs-- 6 I marked B with today's date (B for "bad" because when I looked at them I thought they were going to be rotten) but now... I have found this pic on the internet and this is what my 6 look like. Exactly!!! Does this mean I have ducklings in there?? The other 4 I couldn't see this solid mass but like the inside was moving as I moved the egg?? Could those be bad? It was not dark enough to really see veining if it was there but I could see swishing as I rotated the egg. If I have 6 viable eggs I am going to be so ecstatic. Ethel has been so good and taken such care of her eggs. I want her to have her babies!!!!
SHOULD I GO CANDLE ALL OF THEM IN THE DARK-- even if I have to get her off the nest???
SHOULD I GO CANDLE ALL OF THEM IN THE DARK-- even if I have to get her off the nest???