Posted May 11, 200619 yr I candle my egs at a week and just before hatching. The last is a certain check to see if the eggs are fertile and alright. On saturday I candling the latest clutch that was due to hatch on tuesday. I found that the eggs looked like this Forth Egg Picture down. Alan was there when we checked them and confirmed my thoughts that they were dead in shell. I decided to be safe and leave them till the end of the week rather than throwing them straight out. They were due to hatch on Tuesday gone. I wasn't surprised when they didn't hatch on Tuesday or Wednesday. I checked them Wednesday night (Late afternoon after dark) to find nothing. I plan to throw them out on Saturday, which is my day of cleaning. Late Wednesday night a friend came over and wanted to see the aviary. I went to show him what Budgerigar eggs looked like and ended up showing him a newly hatched chick. 1 hour old. Thursday morning two more eggs hatched and currently (Today is Friday here) I have three health chicks and expect the next to hatch tomorrow(Saturday) and the last one on Monday. I have candled a numbr of clutches and this is the first ones that looked like this. I am glad I didn't throw them out. Here is Dad (Bob) and Mum (Lisa) Karen's birds. Also one of the eggs were fostered from Greeny wh is resting after 2 clutches and Huey This is their Last Clutch So I suppose the lesson here is don't prematurly throw out eggs that you are not 100% sure of. Leave them 5 to 7 days after the due hatching date to see what happens. Baby Photos to come.
May 13, 200619 yr Author Boy did I get it wrong.. Up to 4 chicks with one egg to go. If all goes okay it should hatch on Monday. Yes i'll get some photos today
May 13, 200619 yr awesome Daz, amazing how Mother Nature can fool us all. Better be safe and wait then sorry. Look forward to pics.
May 14, 200619 yr Author Well these little guys are not supposed to be here are far as the photos are conserned. Mum is a Lacewing and Dad is an Albino. Both from Karen. There is a ringin with came from a cinnamonwing split to recessive pied (Hen) Which one is her chick?
May 14, 200619 yr Hard to tell by the photo but I would say baby at the forefront in the first pikkie.
May 14, 200619 yr Author I see what you mean BB Well there is Top left, Centre, Right or Bottom. Which one is Forefront? ................................................................................ ......................... Update: 15-05-06 5th Chick arrived this morning. Doing well. Oh well that something for me to learn. Don't always trust the information that is provided. It may not always be right. As I said. I'm glad I didn't throw the eggs out. :hap:
May 15, 200619 yr Well these little guys are not supposed to be here are far as the photos are conserned. Mum is a Lacewing and Dad is an Albino. Both from Karen. There is a ringin with came from a cinnamonwing split to recessive pied (Hen) Which one is her chick? The one with black eyes!
May 15, 200619 yr Author The one with black eyes! lol yep..... :ausb: I'm just waiting to see what inos i'll get.
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