Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[SteveH]

pips&peeps :

Finally got my new incubator and hatcher in:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/5845_incubators3.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/5845_incubators2.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/5845_goose_eggs.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/5845_hatching_eggs.jpg

Very professional looking setup.​

 

[eversole6]

100% hatch! Yay! But all mine have been hatching on day 22 and 23 as well....

 

[cackleberrycoop]

Phenomenal hatch rate! Were these shipped eggs?

 

[eversole6]

Nope, all from my own hens. We did a test batch at 75%, first batch was 90%, and 2nd batch was 100%... but all hatching late? Seems pretty common in here lately.

 

[Goose and Fig]

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Yeah- mine too! The ones that aren't quitters, anyway. The lavs are always a day early though. Probably because the eggs are small and they can't stand it any longer.

Mazeltov!

 

[cackleberrycoop]

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Dittto on the late hatches. We have a sportsmans 1502. It says to set it at 100F, but we upped it to 100.5 and are still getting hatches on day 22 and 23. It doesn't seem to affect the health of the chicks at all. We are still using the paper trays and I know that this is affecting air flow - sort of wonder if it could have anything to do with the later hatch dates.... Are you using the plastic trays with yours?

100% is just such a great hatch! how are you storing your eggs while you gather them for the incubator????

pips&peeps - nice set up. I envy you that hatcher.

 

[chicks&kids]

Same here for late hatchers and for quitters. The odds are so much better with our own eggs rather than shipped, but this year we're relying on a lot of shipped eggs so it's been a bit of a bummer.

 

[Illia]

Wow pips&peeps. . . . Those are amazing!

 

[wolftracks]

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I wish I had been able to go back and pick up the hatcher that was with my Sportsman when we got it.

Very nice. Makes mine look even older now. LOL

 

[donnie]

jean , i love my sportsman 1502 , i have already hatched a ton of eggs in mine ... o and i thought i would share a pic of the egg color im getting from the trio of whites i got from you