Thanks you so much to all of you who chimed in with advice!! :)
I candled tonight and I am happy to report that all 15 babies are developing, alive, and wiggling around in there! All air sacks are present and accounted for, blood vessels look good and healthy! WOO HOO!! :)
I still am not sure on their hatch date. They have been in the incubator for 17 days now. One of them I labeled in crayon with a number 1...he looked bigger or further along than the others. The rest all looked about the same.
I am sad to report that we are missing 5 ducks! Gone without a trace. The creek had gone up due to rain and flooding, so I am hoping they got swept down stream and are living happily ever after. Maybe they'll come back! I am not getting my hopes up, but it still doesn't hurt to hope!
School is just about over for the summer, my middle child will be a teenager as of next weekend, we are car shopping for my oldest, my new carpet gets here next Thursday, and yes, the Guineas will be hatching! The garden is in, save for the melons, squash, and green beans. Kittens are 3 weeks old tomorrow and are beginning to act like toddlers, starting to walk around the house already! Life is good. :) How's it going in your neck of the woods?
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great update!!!
ReplyDeletegood to hear some good news!
glad all is well, 'cept the ducks
i think you are right...they are fine--swept away and might be back
keep us posted!!
ps--like the background
pss--no candling pic?
Thats great news!
ReplyDeleteI am so excited about your guinea eggs. My hen has been sitting for about 1.5 weeks now. Her husbands hover protectively all day until it is full dark and then they fly up in a tree and talk to her from there all night. Poor guys. She dug a great nest under a cedar tree.
ReplyDeleteI hope your ducks are in a great pond somewhere too. I can't wait til I can get new flooring. I am going to laminate though.
All right!! Good news abounds.
ReplyDeleteSpent the weekend here putting in our gardens. Pooped but glad it is done!!
Hey Jennifer - I just got home from TN a couple of days ago, and I brought home two turkeys and seven guineas, so I had to come here and read about yours! I'm scared to death that I'll raise them, and they'll just leave. OY. My ducks have taken to flying as well. All heck is breaking out here! Busy as a bee, and my blog is a mess. Lost my blog roll, still getting blogs back on there, so please don't be offended if you felt I dropped yours! Lord only knows when I'll have time to blog again .......hope you are busy and happy! Can't wait to find more out about the incubator. I'm in the market for one myself!
ReplyDeleteI thought of you today. I got home to new baby guineas peeking out from under their momma. How are yours doing?
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