"Springing in the Chicks" 2016 April Hatch-a-Long Hosted by Mike & Sally

Thank You JessiMom!

cree57i said:

Lockdown for 16 GCM's and some other miscellaneous breeds tonight!

Set 19 Silverudd Blue and 7 Isabelle leghorns 3 days ago.

Setting 24 Black and Blue copper marans tomorrow.

I need more brooders. Over run with chicks!!!  

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Well tomorrow i take a few chicks off your hands!!!!!! Yay

here are some of their wings

Dont hold much hope for my sizzle silkie eggs this is how that box arrived.

From ebay shipped from washington. Arrived in 2 days. The 10 that survived the trip with out cracks have either saddle or bobbly air pockets they have rested and now they are "planted" in the bator. I also set 7 Ayam Cemani and 7 Isabelles that all survived the trip packed very well from cjwalden right here on BYC...

And 20 barnyard mix from missouri also packed well. Also from ebay.


Wish me luck! Hatch date may 8-9

sasafras4u2 said:

Dont hold much hope for my sizzle silkie eggs this is how that box arrived.

From ebay shipped from washington. Arrived in 2 days. The 10 that survived the trip with out cracks have either saddle or bobbly air pockets they have rested and now they are "planted" in the bator. I also set 7 Ayam Cemani and 7 Isabelles that all survived the trip packed very well from cjwalden right here on BYC...

And 20 barnyard mix from missouri also packed well. Also from ebay.

Wish me luck! Hatch date may 8-9

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mine was way way way worse. And mine are fine

@Sally Sunshine

Lockdown is on Tuesday and of the local Bielefelder eggs I set only 6 are fertile and I may have 1 quitter. Should I notify the breeder that only half of the eggs I purchased were even fertile?
And today is day 8 for the shipped Modern Game Bantam eggs and of the 11 set only 3 are developing along nicely. Lots of early quitters plus a few too damaged to develop or infertile eggs.

sasafras4u2 said:

Dont hold much hope for my sizzle silkie eggs this is how that box arrived.

From ebay shipped from washington. Arrived in 2 days. The 10 that survived the trip with out cracks have either saddle or bobbly air pockets they have rested and now they are "planted" in the bator. I also set 7 Ayam Cemani and 7 Isabelles that all survived the trip packed very well from cjwalden right here on BYC...

And 20 barnyard mix from missouri also packed well. Also from ebay.


Wish me luck! Hatch date may 8-9

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I'm so sorry..can relate, it's happened a couple of time to me. I actually had some hatch after cleaning a few off...good luck to you!

1 of the Silkie eggs I put under my hen went missing so I candled the other 3 and they have all quit or look clear. I do not think they were all infertile. I think she is a good broody but the other hen likes to lay eggs in the nest and kick other eggs out. I should have taken the broody out, I don't know what I was thinking. I think I'll give her a few Serama chicks and move her to her own spot.

I have 5 seramas in the brooder and another hatched 7 in the hatcher all chirping away, and 4 more hopefuls. Please let me have hatched some girls!!




Next to hatch are button quail, then ducklings, then silkies, Cochins and mystery chickens!?! I am excited!

We ended up with 2 emus! Hatching was just too hard on the other two. I feel bad but it was my first time so I did my best. If all four lived, they would already be overcrowded and they are eating a ton of cut up kale everyday. They are eating more chick food thank goodness and drinking a lot of water. One chick scoops the water like a pelican and it all dribbles down its neck and comes out its nostrils, goofy thing. They have been outside a couple of times and today when I brought them back in they followed me to the door. I'd like to take them on some bigger walks when they are a little stronger. They are pretty darn adorable. I'll take some more photos of them.

Hi All, incubating for the very first time! We have 10 eggs, 2 X Cream Legbars, 2 x Aracunana, 2 x Rhode Island Reds, 2 x Copper Blue Morans and 2 x French Wheaten Morans. Currently on day 16, getting ready for lock down. Have candles the eggs many times now as we have found it absolutely AMAZING! Our children are so excited! All 10 eggs seem healthy so far.. Only concern I have is the size of the air sake.. It seems a little small on some of the eggs, I have tried lowering the humidity, however keeping the humidity at any constant has been a challenge!. We are using a cheaper incubator, a Janoel 12, which has no humidity control, so I've added an external probe. I've found you only need to add 5ml of water to send the humidity from 25 to 60... Which steadily decrease over about 7-8 hours!. Anyway nearly time for lock down so very apprehensive about getting and keeping the humidity up high!.

Brooder box is all ready, was concerned chicks will eat the wood shavings, but managed to find a large flake one now and will cover with paper for first 24hours to help them find there feet.

Good luck to all with your hatches, will post on here and let you know how it's gone!.

Steve and Family (Suffolk Uk)