I'm sure once she sees the babies she won't be able to resist. She loves animals and she's the one who got me my first budgies almost 19 years ago. Well, my dad too but she's the mom. lol PS. You're welcome to use the name even if I use it birdiness.

Ok, so I won't be candling anything until the middle of next week. For those who wanted to see the progress: I tried my best to take piccies tonight but as you can see I'm either not good at photographing in the dark or my camera sucks. I think it's me but anyway, you can get the idea off these pics. I'll try to explain it.

So starting with:

#5 -1 day old, incubated for 1.
ALL the eggs looked like this in the begining. They glow bright yellow, all you can see is yolk and airsack.

#4 -3 days old, incubated for 3
The yolk has a very tiny dot in the middle and very faint veins are starting to show

#3- 5 days old, incubated for 5
You can see alot more veins in it, also alot more noticeable. The area is also larger in the middle of the yolk.

#2- 8 days old, incubated for 8
The veins are very clear, if you look carefully the "dot" in the middle acctually is pulsating-the egg is getting harder to see through

#1- 10 days old, incubated for 9
It's very clear that it's fertile-the veins are present, the chick is pretty visible-in the middle it's clearly pulsating and it's very difficult to see through the egg

Sorry again about the quality of the pics. I tried it on video and it was worse then the pics. The airsac,veins, etc are not coming through how I'd like them too. Anyways, that's all for now!

 

Thanks for sharing Does your camera have a timer? you could put it on timer on a tripod or something stable would help a bit with the photos

 

Yup, it has a very annoying timer. All those pics showed focused if you know what I mean and my hand was leaning on the counter so it was pretty steady-I just always sucked at taking pics in the dark!

 

mabey you can put the egg down and not hold it, there is no way anyone can stay still enough for a long photo

 

By long photo I'm assuming it has something to with the exposure...should I be changing any settings when taking pics in the dark. I had it on night time and no flash..thanks for the tips!

 

I mean long exposure like 1 second or more the most people can hand hold is 1/60th of a second. I would put it on night mode and on timer and the egg sitting over the light, Don't use the flash it might work better. Since your camera does not have a manual mode.

 

Thanks-will try to play with the setting to get better pics next time.


EDIT update:
Well, I checked the box before I was going to go to bed tonight and Baby had pushed #3 to the side. When I looked at it, it had a small hairline crack in it. Not good since it'll eventually dry out faster then it should, plus it's not sanitary. The membrane wasn't broken at all so there may be hope. I went to Walgreens at 3am and got non toxic Elmer's glue and placed a thin layer on that part. It looks good so far, dried nice and she's taken the egg back under her for the night. Hopefully that helped and the chick won't have any problems.

 

Update this morning- Everyone is doing ok, including egg #3. I weighed her after her morning poop and she was at 95grams so I *think* she may have finished their clutch at #5. I'll be able to tell better by tonight. She ussually goes over 105 with egg. Ziggy's doing good and still trying to egg sit as much as he can but Baby doesn't really give him a chance except when she's on breaks which is not often and for very short amounts at a time. They're having breakfast as I write this which is steamed veggies (corn, sweet peans, green beans, carrots), some fresh raspberries, broccoli sprouts and eggfood. They sure are eating alot!

 

The must eat a ton Thats a good idea about the glue hopefully it will continue to do well.

 

Hopfully that works with the egg. Best of luck. 5 is a good number. Lets just hope that egg 3 is ok

 

Thanks Spike and Birdiness. I hope so too. It's water soluable so I have to keep a close eye on it and if all goes ok *fingers crossed*, I'll have to wipe the glue off around hatching. I've been reading up on assisted hatching too just in case.


So far I am 90% sure she's done so here is the egg schedule:
I can't believe how fast the time is going!

Egg#1-due 3/24-3/27
Egg#2-due 3/25-3/28
Egg#3-due 3/28-3/31
Egg#4-due 3/30-4/02
Egg#5-due 4/01-4/04

 

I hope your eggs hatch, best of luck! Btw I like all the pics, your tiels and their eggs are so cute!

 

The very best of luck!! They will make great parents!

 

Thanks Tiki and Sophia!

 

using the glue is a good idea, and let's hope it works. good luck!

 

Thanks Abbi!


UPDATE: It looks like I was wrong and they're not done with their clutch. She weighed 106g this morning AP (after poop) and has a big butt again...:blush: So, #6 is due today.

 

Wow another egg Mabey she won't stop until she hits seven

 

NO! Don't say that! Since this isn't her first clutch I did expect her to have more then she did last year (4) but now I'm wondering how much more. She and Ziggy are eating like little pigs (well, he does all the time)...

 

Six eggs? Wow! It will be an incredible experience.

Also, thanks for posting photos of the eggs as they develop, Aly. It is really neat.

It's hard to believe that in another week, they are due to start hatching.

 

Thanks Kathy! Watching the eggs grow is REALLY amazing. I can't believe that #1 is due this time next week...I'm starting to get a little (ok, alot) scared.:blush: I just hope everything goes well for every single one of the eggies! I got a bunch of disposable plastic syringes from my vet and Pedialyte just in case the babies need that first drop to gain some strengh and beg for food. I'm just super nervous for now-I'll feel much better when they've hatched ok and get through the first 24hrs.

 

I don't blame you for being nervous.

But I like to think that nervous means that you care and are making sure that you have everything covered.

Everything has been so far so good. Even, the #3 egg crack.

Right? :yes:

Hang in there.

 

Thanks! :blush:

PS...I might be wrong..she did another huge poop (I know TMI) and her butt has gone down-so she's confusing me at this point. Or I'm confusing myself. (probably the latter) So at this point I think #5 was it.

 

Maybe there is more on the way! You are doing fine so far, keep it up, and keep calm!

 

Thanks Sophia! I'm trying to stay calm...they're doing it better then me!

 

Your welcome, and Good Luck !

 

Lol. Guess time will tell if she goes to egg #6. A week for your to hatch and 3 days for mine. I have a syring and i know where to get hand feeding fourmal in a heart beat. I'd like to get some egg food but were in the middle of a snow storm. Can't wait to see some tiel babies.

 

Thanks birdiness! Looking forward to seeing your babies too! She's done with her clutch-so #5 is the final number.