So, I have done something I shouldn't.
I candled the remaining 2 eggs last night. Most suggest this is a bad idea. I have never candled so late before so why now?
Well I have had concerns for a while that the 2 eggs are not progressing well. The air sacks seem too big for my liking. However I will let them continue until at least 23 days just to make sure.
I guess I just could not resist checking. This is my first time using an incubator, all previous hatches have been under a broody hen, and no sane person is going to try and remove a broody from their nest in the last 2-3 days.
They sit tight and defend their nest with that prehistoric beak! Its a little like the final scene in Zulu!
Plus it hurts and I have been given enough wounds in the past so would do everything to avoid this.
However in the incubator there is not a crazy hen trying to peck your finger off your hand, you can just lift and check. Naughty naughty.
I will have to sit tight now and wait. Its day 20 out of 21, so not long.
More updates to follow tomorrow - official hatching day! :-)
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