11th Annual Easter Hatch a Long 2020

[MROO]

Should I put the newly hatched chick with the others? It looks so lonely in there. It’s still not fluffy at all.

Nope ... wait 'til it's dry and fluffy. If you put the brooder next to the 'bator, it'll still hear its' buddies.

 

[CindyinSD]

DH got one as a gift from one of his boys--like a bazillion lumens. Candle fast, because that baby will cook the eggs and burn your hand, and it's not even incandescent.

And I still can't see into the olive eggs with it. Almost like trying to gaze through sheetrock.

 

[hysop]

You could put one of the others in the incubator with your new hatchling. I would wait though, until it's done flopping around and mostly sleeping. Pick the littlest one.

Thanks I put the smallest one although they all look the same size to me. The ones that hatched in the night were given away and I’m sure those were much smaller being a little younger than the ones that hatched yesterday morning.

 

[atalanta]

All 16 garbage can eggs hatched!

 

[The Golden Egg5]

Today is day 20 for the 12 eggs I’m hatching for @ChicKim062. There are no external pips yet, but I did hear a couple peeps! I’m super excited and I’m hoping for an external pip soon!

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

All 16 garbage can eggs hatched!

You'll have to remind me why you call them that. I imagine they were destined for the trashcan because they were old or dirty or something?

 

[MROO]

We have THREE BABEEZ! This is the first time ... EVER ... for a 100% hatch rate! I know it was only three, but with the odds against this breed (Nankins,) I really did not expect more then one ... and even that was just being hopeful. What did I do differently, this time? I left them alone! No candling until lockdown, no constantly fussing with the humidity, I just talked to them and left them pretty much be. I don't know if that made a difference or not, but I'll take it!
I still have eggs in the incubator (Nurture 360,) but they went in from two to six days later, so they weren't counted for the HAL. Still, I'm hopeful we may get a few more littles. Four are Nankins, and five are crosses. I really don't expect any from the mixes, especially since one hen is a BFG rescue and she towers over my tiny Nanny roo. She's really only in that pen at all because she had to go somewhere and the Bachelor Coop wasn't an option. She's so mild-mannered that she fit right in, so I let her (and her "sister," a rescued NHRed) stay with the rest of the girls. I don't see how he could possibly reach her to fertilize eggs ... but it sure doesn't keep him from trying! Even though they were an experiment on staggered hatching, I almost hope we get at least one baby from that cross, just out of sheer curiosity!

 

[atalanta]

I would have left it alone, but it was already up to 103 and the temp on the incubator had already stopped and regulated. I watched it for a good 10 minutes to see if it would go back down, but just kept going up. This is my old incubator that I was going to try to use as a hatcher that I have been talking about where I have to have the thermostat set at 105 to get it to 99.5/100 inside....so it has me nervous that it is all of a sudden going to decide to work "right" and then spike up to 105. I've read many reviews about this particular incubator having a tendency to temperature spike randomly for long periods of time. I was also beckoned by the hubby to help go move cows, so didn't want to risk cooking them for an hour or more. I got home 2 hours later and it was down to 97. So adjusted it back up to 103.5....and now it is a pretty steady 101 in there.....so off to go adjust it down again and try to find it's new "sweet spot" for temp. I should have a new still air hovobator on the way this week. (I'm not going to stress myself out trying to get this thing to work any longer than I have to.)

FYI still air hovabator has the same issues. Plug in the Hovabator into one of these, crank up the hovabator wafer and allow this unit to do the temperature control with it's temperature sensor that turns off the power.. The unit will turn off the hovabator if it goes past a certain temperature. https://www.amazon.com/Zacro-Thermo...words=thermostat+lizard&qid=1586709039&sr=8-9

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

I can't remember if I posted this or not but the last duck egg piped! We're well on our way to having 7/7 hatch at our first attempt hatching ducks.

On a side note the Easter Bunny put out way too many eggs this year. The kids had to stop half way through to empty their overflowing basket before heading back out for round 2. We're going to have to have a chat about that. Or maybe next year he brings bigger baskets?

 

[atalanta]

You'll have to remind me why you call them that. I imagine they were destined for the trashcan because they were old or dirty or something?

A friend found that an escapee hen was laying eggs next to the garbage can. The impressive number is because the sister hen was also laying eggs there with her.