April ended with major showers this week in New England, but my flock played in the puddles regardless. All eyes have been on the incubator inside the house though as one of the eggs given to me by P. Allen Smith last month contains twin embryos! With just about three days to go until hatch day, I’m surprised they are still both alive and while I’m hopeful that they both survive, it isn’t likely. Space is in short supply inside an eggshell and these two are running out of leg-room very quickly now. The videos and photos you’ll see of the twins were all taken while candling the eggs with a Brinsea Ova-Scope.
The photos above and below were taken on day 16 of incubation. Twin one is to the left of the initials which stand for the breed Black White Faced Spanish. Twin two is to the right of the “B.”
I stopped to take these photos in Wethersfield, Connecticut (on my way to renew my driver’s license!) at the Comstock, Ferre & Co. Seed Company.
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April ended with major showers this week in New England, but my flock played in the puddles regardless. All eyes have been on the incubator inside the house though as one of the eggs given to me by P. Allen Smith last month contains twin embryos! With just about three days to go until hatch day, I’m surprised they are still both alive and while I’m hopeful that they both survive, it isn’t likely. Space is in short supply inside an eggshell and these two are running out of leg-room very quickly now. The videos and photos you’ll see of the twins were all taken while candling the eggs with a Brinsea Ova-Scope.
The photos above and below were taken on day 16 of incubation. Twin one is to the left of the initials which stand for the breed Black White Faced Spanish. Twin two is to the right of the “B.”
I stopped to take these photos in Wethersfield, Connecticut (on my way to renew my driver’s license!) at the Comstock, Ferre & Co. Seed Company.
So cool! I would love one of these! :)
Oh I so hope the twins make it. Learning so much on this sight with my 4 kids. We just got 16 chicks this week. Coop will be all ready by the time they can go in it. So excited to have fresh eggs from our own chickens.
I could really use a candler we have 14 hens & 1 rooster they are all layers but I really would like some chicks* I love your posts on fb have a great day!
What an awesome give-a-way, thanks Chicken Chick! Would love to have this for it would make things so much easier for my incubation addiction. :D
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would love to win contest of any kind a candler I DO NOT need though so if I win give it to another I just love your posts and read them all I love learning everything even though right now no rooster I never know once it all gets going how I may feel about raising and breeding chicks