The Eggs Arrived

The four eggs arrived yesterday.

Egg #1 had a pinprick-sized hole in it, and the contents were runny. I doubt the egg is any good, but I carefully patched it with a dab of Elmer's glue.

Eggs #2 and #3 had apparently been shaken up a bit too much along the way. They both have tiny air bubbles in them. Most birdkeepers say that eggs with air bubbles won't hatch, but a few have been successful. Also, both of the eggs' yolks seemed to be all the way in one end of the egg, as if the yolks had settled there. I'm not holding my breath on these.

Egg #4 didn't have tiny air bubbles, but again, the yolk seemed to have settled in one end of the egg. I feel like, if any hatch, it'll be Egg #4, but I'm not feeling very optimistic about any of them.

I moved the zebra eggs out from under my incubating societies, and replaced them with the four English zebra eggs. The other zebra eggs were moved to my "sort of incubating" pair of societies, one of which seems to be fully incubating now.

My other trio of societies' eggs should be hatching within a week or so, if not sooner. I tried to peek in the nest yesterday, but one of the hens flat refused to budge even when I raised the cage door (it's only inches from the nest). She bowed up at me with a threatening glare, and and DARED me to reach in. ROFL! I stopped immediately of course so I wouldn't upset her, but she sure was telling me a thing or two! he he Maybe I can catch her off the nest in the morning so I can get a quick peek of the eggs' status. Last time I candled them, two were good, and the others were too soon to tell either way.