I had a terrible hatch. I forgot that I replaced the circuit board on my incubator last year and hadn't calibrated it yet, so the only chicks that hatched healthy were the ones in the tiny incubator, so
7 Ayam Cemani, and 1 modern game bantam
the only eggs to hatch from the big incubator was a...
Adding to my total. My last box of eggs arrived just barely in time, so I have also set
6 large fowl white faced black spanish
2 Gold Cuckoo Marans
2 black Copper Marans
and 2 Dominique
So My OLD total was 77, my NEW total is 89
Set my eggs today.
6 large fowl polish, lots of colors. (these eggs are GIANT)
15 from Papa's poultry, I asked for 10 from his silkie, frilkie, sizzle pen, and he asked if I could do subs if he didn't have enough, to which I said of course, I love a surprise. So he sent 15, 7 labeled "SSL" and 8...
Kind of forgot to read along, but I have an update on my eggs. Added a few more, and candled everyone. what is left from my original 23 silkie eggs I have 10. Not great but they are shipped eggs and cold weather so not completely unexpected.
My kid had picked names for the eggs, so we still...
I used to raise them, but my allergies and asthma got too be too much to have birds in the house and it gets too cold to overwinter them outdoors, so I had to rehome them. they are ridiculously tiny when they hatch. bull grown they are like, a short fat version of a zebra finch? haha
Adults...
Yes! Smallest is a button quail, next is a coturnix quail, then a silkie, and a Bielfielder :) My sister took the picture and keeps telling me to make sure people know it's her photo, but I claimed at least half of it for myself because they are my eggs haha.
Well I usually mark which eggs came from which sellers anyways so this time instead of a seller name I just put the egg's name instead. I usually either build little divider baskets, for different sellers and that has worked in the past. I also livestream fun hatches so I can see who is hatching...
Hello, I just set eggs the 27th, the 1st and today, so I guess I am in the march hatch a long. thankfully it worked out that my incubators *fingers crossed* will be empty in time for the easter hatch a long.
I have 2 eggs from my coop to see if they are fertile (just mixed breed) 12 silkie eggs...
I remembered this year! yay!
will be joining, not sure what or how many I will be incubating, but I'm hoping for silkies and modern game bantams, if I can find sellers who will ship to me at the right time.
Thankfully I just looked at the calendar and the eggs I have in the incubator should be...
no go they looked like they were doing great, almost no blood loss, were absorbing their yolks well. I was being really careful to go slowly, they were literally almost out when chick a stopped moving, then about 30 minutes later chick b stopped as well. not sure what happened they looked like...
egg started pipping, so I took some initiative and made a hole so I could see what was going on. (I've helped lots of chick hatch successfully so I *hopefully* am doing this right) both chicks are moving. chick on top ("chick A" I guess) is very visible, but lots of yolk still needs to be...
ok sounds like a plan! haha it's easy to watch the youtube videos, and think "oh I've got this" but I know when the time comes I will be a nervous wreck lol
Ya I've watched and read everything I can find, most of them are mid progress so I am still unsure of where and when to start helping. top chick will just start in the air cell, but I am afraid of poking anything at the other end since I don't see any air pocket at all that way- I am nervous...
Oh and for the record I do not approve of intentionally incubating double yolkers. (too many sad stories) If I had known I wouldn't have incubated this one. It is deceptively shaped and I didn't notice the size when I put them in the incubator.
Hello, I recently bought some ayam cemani eggs and got them in the incubator, and when I candled them I saw two distinct chicks forming. (have been hatching chicks for years I am SURE there are two in here) I only have one other viable egg from this order so I REALLY want at least one of the...
I didnt have any humidity problems with mine -i love it! I don't use it super often because I also have the RCom 20 and the RCom 50 and I use them much more often,,, since you know, who can stand to hatch just 10 eggs lol.