I put eggs in the bator today...

42 of em...
Its gonna be 21 long days, I hope they all hatch!

I will candle on day 7, 14 & 18... then lockdown til they hatch :)

Lock Down...

Today is day 18.
I candled again last night, didnt take pictures this time. Everything looks to be going good. 32 eggs have made it to lock down! I filled all the water trays my instruction book said to fill, took the eggs out of the egg turner and laid them down and now its time to wait and see what happens. I couldnt see good in the 6 dark eggs on the far side, but there is no weeping and no yucky smell coming from them so I left them in. I just think the shells to dark for me to get a good look. They do have air pockets, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for good results. The next 3 days are going to be hard, I'm really excited... I'm so excited I've dreamed about hatching eggs for the past 2 nights, how crazy is that, lol! My family thinks I'm weird... but just wait til they see those cute lil fuzzy butts hatching!

Day 7... Time to candle

Ok I wasnt going to candle yet...

The plan was to wait til day 10 but I thought oh what the heck lets take a peek!

These are the only pics. I had Brian take. I be glad when we get a better camera. These arent very good pics., in person you can see veins and a itty bitty chickies inside! Now I just think thats one of the coolest things ever!

Now out of all 36 eggs...
3 I'm not sure about I cant get a good look at this time and 5 really look like duds to me. (the 4 bantams and 4 easter egger eggs are all looking good) I'm going to candle again on day 10 and day 17/18.

12 Beautiful eggs I collected this afternoon...
collected 1 this morning, so got 13 today