Inspired By The Hatching Turkey Story.....

[Spishkey]

inspired by this post here- (http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=293491) i decided to have a go at hatching eggs in an aquarium too! using an aqua 40, a heat mat; a small bowl of water (to keep the aquarium humid) and a fleece blanket i put 4 chicken eggs from my hens in the blanket and placed it on top of the heat mat in the aquarium. getting the aquarium to stay around 38 degrees was at first tricky but i soon found the perfect medium. having to turn the eggs by hand every 4 hours has been a pain but im sure it'll be worth it. at 2 weeks i 'candled' the eggs and found two were fertile, two were bad, so threw the infertile ones out. sadly i broke one fertile egg two days ago, never have i felt so guilty watching a nearly fully formed chick die because of my carelessness, but i learn from my mistakes. i added 3 new eggs to the aquarium and vowed to be extra careful.
its been 20 days now since the first egg(s) were placed in the homemade incubator so (fingers crossed) tomorrow the surviving egg should start to hatch!

 

[star4]

WOW dont forget piccies!!!

 

[Spishkey]

i won't cant wait to see what colour the chicks will be, have no idea who mum is, am hoping its my white one

 

[kj23502]

awesome!! It's great to experience

We plan to go visit the turkey soon and will take pics to show ya

 

[Platygirl11]

That's so awesome! Pics! Maybe it'll hatch today!

 

[Spishkey]

no movement so far.......

 

[chesterscot]

hi spishkey you should be able to hear the chick "pipping" a good few hours before hatching dont worry if you cant though good luck
regards scot

oh try quail eggs if you can get them the chicks are tiny and black and yellow like small running bumble bees hehe

 

[Spishkey]

its hatching!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[indigoj]

Pics are not working for me but oooh how exciting

 

[bae1994]

ooh dont forget pics

also where would you get fertile qaule eggs from

 

[Buddyboy67]

Congratulations mamma....
pics of your first new born please......

 

[Spishkey]

my camera is fooked so no pics sorry, but the video bit still works so shall take a series of short films throughout the day to chart the hatching!!!

thats my day boogered now, not gonna get much done running back and forth watching it emerge!

 

[chesterscot]

you can buy fertile quail eggs from the classifieds in things like cage and aviary birds magazine


congrats on the hatching spish
scot

 

[Spishkey]

nothing much to report....plenty of noise but not much progree yet, still just a small hole and its been 7 hours. hope it gets a move on soon

 

[kj23502]

oooh cool