August Hatch-A-Long

[ChickyChickens]

So.....I wanted to start a thread for us 'Chicken Mommies/Daddies that will have little chickies in August! So here is my STORY!
I have got 4 hens left that are laying that should hopefully go broody( I also have 3 broodies on eggs and 5 broodies with 48 little chickies!! One of the nest boxes already has 15 eggs in it and today I noticed the hen is starting to pull her breast feathers out and is staying in the nest! I will then wait a week to see if she is not 'playing' with me! Those should then start to hatch in august! And Spot, one of my broodies that just got 'rid' of her chicks, has started laying today! She is a very broody hen and has in 2 1/2 years raised 13 batches of chicks for me! YAY!!! Lets hope she goes broody on some more eggs again soon!

So lets sit back and enjoy the.... August Hatches!

 

[calichicken]

I know , I have had a look at the egg colour chart but there are so many with different looks but similar egg shells and these will be hybrids probably anyway as they are all pure but freeranging together so it could be anything, counting down... Size days til they are due lol

HAHA...even with the egg color chart you will get it "figured out" and then they will turn out to be something different

I think surprise is part of the fun of hatching

Good luck with your hatch!

 

[Puddin Fluff]

Over all, I think we humans over think the entire incubating process. Mama hen wiggles the eggs around when she feels like it (not on a schedule), jumps off to eat/drink/poo and lets the eggs air a bit. I think unless we are scientist doing an egg hatching experiment that we just think/worry too much. We will get what we get and we just do our best getting there. Even Mama hen doesn't get 100% every time. Best of luck to everyone!

That being said, I can't wait to candle tomorrow night.

 

[Mermaid909]

I hope to use broody hens once my chicks are adults, but for now diy styrofoam cooler it is.I did place an old computer fan in the bator to move the air around.

 

[calichicken]

Lockdown!! Woohoo now just to wait patiently... Might have to go out tomorrow to stop myself checking the viewing window every two minutes lol!

YAY...yes you should be out and about...away from the bator!!! LOL

 

[calichicken]

Yes I always do, I find the smaller the egg the better success with air cells reattaching or arriving intact through our particularly rough postage. (Only based on my hatches with buttons and coturnix, I find that the coturnix quail tend to have more detached cells than the buttons despite dealing with same awful posting and the 18 ducks all had detached cells which didnt reattach for this hatch which was a first). Hatch rates have suffered and I have always had a few assisted from malpositions each hatch, but I havent hatched chicks or ducks before so not sure!

Well, that gives me some hope as far as success with smaller eggs and attaching because I have Bantam eggs, so they are small

I am really hoping my broody bantam cochin will be able to hatch and mother some little ones!!!

 

[calichicken]

Ten Silkie shipped eggs in the incubator now, due to hatch August 1, I wanna join the club!

YAY!!!! welcome....silkies are so cute

front hen is my girl Peep who is broody and the one I am giving Bantam Cochin eggs,,,in the back is Chirp...such a sweet girl

Good luck with your hatch!

 

[ChickyChickens]

Not long chicky chicky!Mine are due tomorrow but two have pipped today

Actually they are due on Wednesday but I can already hear them chirping inside their eggs so I think there will be some little fluff balls tomorrow morning!

 

[calichicken]

Just realised my picture of miracle looks like he is playing dead, here he is with the others!

LOL...yes do not scare us like that! Your babies are adorable balls of fluff

Unfortunately I stink at identifying so no help from me there! I am just here to ogle your chicks

 

[Mermaid909]

Thank you! I received 2 Assorted Bantams, 4 Easter Eggers, 2 Speckled Sussex, 2 Black Australorp, 2 Buff Orpington, 2 Barred Rocks, & 2 Rhode Island Reds. I can't seem to identify an air cell in any of them. I candled them when they came & I set them fat end up in the basement for 24 hours, then last night I candled them as I was putting them in the incubator (I let them warm up to room temp for 6 hours 1st). I can see darker blobs that float at the fat top, is that the yolk or do you think that is detached air cells? I hope your 1st attempt at shipped goes well! I had to use clear fingernail polish on 4 eggs with small cracks, too. 

Welcome Wendy! I also got my eggs from Meyers. The eggs have been in the incubator for 9 days, all seem to be developing great. Good luck.