FEBRUARY Hatch-A-Long 2015:Please Read First Post To Join H-A-L

[Double Kindness]

3 hatched today and 2 more have pipped!!

 

[Loc20chick]

3 hatched today and 2 more have pipped!!

All the best!!

 

[LisaLouHoo]

I'd like to jump aboard with 7 OE eggs in my Brinsea Mini Advanced. We're on day 11 and all 7 are growing. 5 of my eggs will be f2 olive eggers and the other 2 are EE eggs with Blue Marans roo over both. At least I hope that the marans roo is the baby daddy! There is a possibility that it could be a Swedish Flower Hen roo, too. Seems like anytime I witnessed any action, it was from Big Randy. I wish everyone good luck! We're due on Feb 25.

 

[LadyHawkeAvry]

3 hatched today and 2 more have pipped!!

 

[mattsinger]

Ive got 11 going into lockdown tonight.... Here's hoping for good results

 

[Heron's Nest Farm]

Candeled today!
4 clears and 2 quitters.

2 are questionable, the rest hoppin'!

When I first candled the eggs I was concerned that one was a double yolker (day 3). Now I am worried that the same one has two babies in it. I'm going to try and get pics tonight. 2 distinct bobbing masses not far apart.

I now wish I had taken the egg out at day three. If it is a twin this will more than likely end in heartache. It weighs 72 grams at day 7!

21 left growing!

 

[Purpletie3]

Day 15, candled and 24 of the 42 were not developing. Not a single brown or green egg will make it to lockdown. I'm not sure if they froze before I gathered them (it is very cold here) or if the roster decided he only wanted to breed the 3 White Leghorn.

Disappointed at the moment since I was hoping for more RIR hybrids, but I'll try again in a few weeks once this hatch is over.

Sorry they didn't develop. Hopefully soon you will have a ton of fertile eggs to hatch! Best of luck with your remaining 18!

 

[bamachicks8]

I'd like to jump aboard with 7 OE eggs in my Brinsea Mini Advanced. We're on day 11 and all 7 are growing. 5 of my eggs will be f2 olive eggers and the other 2 are EE eggs with Blue Marans roo over both. At least I hope that the marans roo is the baby daddy! There is a possibility that it could be a Swedish Flower Hen roo, too. Seems like anytime I witnessed any action, it was from Big Randy. I wish everyone good luck! We're due on Feb 25.

Either way gonna be pretty babies.

Ive got 11 going into lockdown tonight....  Here's hoping for good results  

Good luck! Can't wait to see pics.

Candeled today!
4 clears and 2 quitters. 

2 are questionable, the rest hoppin'!

When I first candled the eggs I was concerned that one was a double yolker (day 3).  Now I am worried that the same one has two babies in it.  I'm going to try and get pics tonight.  2 distinct bobbing masses not far apart.

I now wish I had taken the egg out at day three.  If it is a twin this will more than likely end in heartache.  It weighs 72 grams at day 7!

21 left growing!

Interesting...

 

[Purpletie3]

Is there such a thing as a brooder that is too big? I guess it depends on how many chicks, but I turned a 50gal rubber maid bin into a brooder, will have a hot plate in it from premier, and I cut a window in the side and put in hardware cloth so I can see them more easily without looming over them. Max number of chicks I could have hatch Tues would be 6, with another hopeful in a week and another 8 or so in 16 days... Expecting fewer but ever hopeful!!

Should I block off half the brooder at first tho'? I didn't expect it to be so big, I was really worried about not enough space, but the thing looks HUGE empty, even with the hot plate and feeder/waterer in there. Will put in a few baby perches but it's still going to be a lot of floor space for those little legs. Don't want a chick to get 'lost' too far from the hot plate.

50 gallon may seem huge at first....give them a few weeks and they will grow right into it!

 

[ChickenLady2014]

3 hatched today and 2 more have pipped!!

Good luck!