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Originally Posted by walkswithdog 
I'm half in! Started a hatch, then the power went out, figure I lost most of them but keeping them rolling and adding what I call a "mad hatchers hatch" I'm getting eggs that are old, or refrigerated from folks, adding them to the Winkubator (wine cooler) and running them as well. My daughter dared doubt that some of them would hatch. Since I happen to be one of those weird people who hate rules, for the sake of rules. I spent about of my first year hatching, doing mad hatches... 2,3,4,5 even six week old eggs, sets of refrigerated eggs. Nursing along cracked eggs. Between normal hatches. I ended up with several dozen "improbable" chickens.
Unfortunately Erin wasnt there so now she doubts me... Daughters... So I'm soliciting and buying and begging old eggs, fridge eggs and odd eggs to all go into this hatch. I'll be half with you all and about a week behind as well, yes, it means I am also staggering the hatch. Mishatch's like power outages tend to stretch out hatch dates in any case. I got over freaking about every egg, since almost all are shipped in, I learned to stop worrying so much. It goes, or it doesn't. These hatches are just watching the magic. They often make it despite the weird odds and then it's just neat. It's sad but you keep trying and it works eventually.
So far there are Wheaton Marans, orp and silkie eggs, adding mixed eggs next, and more silkie eggs, and with any luck some ameraucana eggs. Older refrigerated silkie eggs - big smilies on em. Shooting for roughly four dozen, which should be a good thermal mass for the Winkubator.
Good luck to you all! Anyone got old eggs? Lol
I'm half in! Started a hatch, then the power went out, figure I lost most of them but keeping them rolling and adding what I call a "mad hatchers hatch" I'm getting eggs that are old, or refrigerated from folks, adding them to the Winkubator (wine cooler) and running them as well. My daughter dared doubt that some of them would hatch. Since I happen to be one of those weird people who hate rules, for the sake of rules. I spent about of my first year hatching, doing mad hatches... 2,3,4,5 even six week old eggs, sets of refrigerated eggs. Nursing along cracked eggs. Between normal hatches. I ended up with several dozen "improbable" chickens.
Unfortunately Erin wasnt there so now she doubts me... Daughters... So I'm soliciting and buying and begging old eggs, fridge eggs and odd eggs to all go into this hatch. I'll be half with you all and about a week behind as well, yes, it means I am also staggering the hatch. Mishatch's like power outages tend to stretch out hatch dates in any case. I got over freaking about every egg, since almost all are shipped in, I learned to stop worrying so much. It goes, or it doesn't. These hatches are just watching the magic. They often make it despite the weird odds and then it's just neat. It's sad but you keep trying and it works eventually.
So far there are Wheaton Marans, orp and silkie eggs, adding mixed eggs next, and more silkie eggs, and with any luck some ameraucana eggs. Older refrigerated silkie eggs - big smilies on em. Shooting for roughly four dozen, which should be a good thermal mass for the Winkubator.
Good luck to you all! Anyone got old eggs? Lol
I'll send you Americana hatching eggs for some silkie eggs. :)
8 Ameraucana's, 2 Cochins (Buff and White), 4 Rhode Island Red's, 4 White Leghorn's, 1 Silkie, 2 Buff Orphingtons, 2 Black Australorps, 1 Dominique, and 1 Buff Brahma.
8 Ameraucana's, 2 Cochins (Buff and White), 4 Rhode Island Red's, 4 White Leghorn's, 1 Silkie, 2 Buff Orphingtons, 2 Black Australorps, 1 Dominique, and 1 Buff Brahma.
Oh if only that was the way to get little chickens
. Which is a great way to learn more than how to turn the dial.
