Incubators Anonymous

[Faraday40]

I just went in and found the last two blrw chicks dead They were both doing fine last night, and even this morning they were looking good. I left for a few hours and when I came back, one was gone and the other was taking its last breaths.

My sympathies. That really stinks! Perhaps you'll be able to find some more blrw eggs.


Hatches here have been OK - but not good. (Normally I get well above 80% but this year only 50-75% are hatching.) Part is due to switching up the flock. I added new blood last summer, and although the beautiful new girls are laying, the young handsome roos are not doing their part. They're 10-11 months now, so hopefully they'll get some technique soon.

To make up for the lower fertility, I've been adding more eggs. Chick numbers are higher than normal!!!

....... but that may not have been my best idea. It's A LOT of work. If DH actually counted, I may end up sleeping in the coop with the chickens. LOL

 

[Jessimom]

I just went in and found the last two blrw chicks dead They were both doing fine last night, and even this morning they were looking good. I left for a few hours and when I came back, one was gone and the other was taking its last breaths.

I am so very sorry!!!

 

[OneMountainAcres]

So last night, with a little help from @Jessimom I won a raffle on one of the Facebook chicken raffle clubs! I'm pretty sure she shared her good raffle luck with me! I now have at least 9 blrw and 6 lavender English orpington eggs coming in the mail next week! Beyond excited! Let's try this again, shall we?

 

[Faraday40]

So last night, with a little help from @Jessimom I won a raffle on one of the Facebook chicken raffle clubs! I'm pretty sure she shared her good raffle luck with me! I now have at least 9 blrw and 6 lavender English orpington eggs coming in the mail next week! Beyond excited! Let's try this again, shall we?

Congratulations on the eggs!
I really hope you get your blrw, but you're going to absolutely LOVE the lav orps.
The lavs are adorable as both chicks & adults. (Many English orps only look good for the 1st week & again as adults. The lavs don't seem to have that harsh adolescent stage.)

I hope you have a great hatch!

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Congratulations on the eggs!
I really hope you get your blrw, but you're going to absolutely LOVE the lav orps.
The lavs are adorable as both chicks & adults. (Many English orps only look good for the 1st week & again as adults. The lavs don't seem to have that harsh adolescent stage.)

I hope you have a great hatch!
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Thank you! I have a brooder fill of orps right now. Mostly chocolate, blue and black but there's 1 lavender in there (and some kind of weird color from the chocolates). The lavender is the sweetest little thing!

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I'm terrible. Along with the group of eggs I just won, I looked around on eBay and bought another dozen blrw eggs from someone else I'm determined to have these. Watch, every single one will hatch and service and I'll be swamped with them lol. Hobby doesn't know about either of these yet He was nice enough today though to give me a few $ to buy quail hatching eggs at TSC this morning lol. I need to stop setting eggs!

 

[aliciaplus3]

I am waiting for my hatcher to come to temp so I can transfer a few eggs and set some beautiful turkey eggs.... these are from the same source I hatched from in Nov..... so no I do not have a problem everything is under control. If I had more grow out space it would be better but... lol

 

[Faraday40]

To all those moms out there.....
Happy Mother's Day!

 

[aliciaplus3]

OK so lock down for the next hatch will be thursday.... so long to wait.
But on a positive note 3 of the turkey eggs from my hen are growing

 

[Faraday40]

OK so lock down for the next hatch will be thursday.... so long to wait.
But on a positive note 3 of the turkey eggs from my hen are growing

Sending good hatching vibes your way.

I'll be prepping tomorrow for Fri's hatch. These last few days are the longest. It's my 1st time trying turkey eggs. All 6 looked good when I candled. I also started some of my own chicken eggs a week after the turkeys to have them all hatch at the same time.