Late Feburary-Early March 2016 Hatch-A-Long!

[Purpletie3]

Three more chicks hatched!!! Bantam Mille fleur Cochins :-D

pics pics pics... Congrats!

 

[Violetsfeathers]

One of my eggs has pipped!

 

[caesargirl]

Three more chicks hatched!!! Bantam Mille fleur Cochins :-D

Excellent!!!! Pics.....

 

[caesargirl]

Turned and candled this morning. Everyone is simmering nicely. The 3 due on the 16th have gone almost to dark to see much, just flickers at the edge of the air cell. The 11 due on the 20th have lots of movement, webbies kicking all around!

 

[Purpletie3]

Turned and candled this morning. Everyone is simmering nicely. The 3 due on the 16th have gone almost to dark to see much, just flickers at the edge of the air cell. The 11 due on the 20th have lots of movement, webbies kicking all around!

Excelllent!

 

[Danielle2189]

I'm on day seventeen with my first batch of little chickies! Mind if I join in? It's been a rough journey so far. Definitely a learning experience. Started with 48 and down to 28. about halfway through I had a major temp spike up to 113 and caught it within an hour but still lost a lot. Also, one was a clear, two came cracked and I accidentally cracked one. Now, I'm really worried because I think my air cells are much too small for day seventeen. I haven't added water in two days and humidity is on 18% but they still seem small. Any advice/ideas? If I barely even pour a tiny amount of water into the incubator, humidity jumps up to at least 50%. Maybe I shouldn't add any more water until the first pip? I'm so nervous I've ruined this entire hatch. I feel like a terrible chicken mommy!

 

[HerbGir1972]

Candling tonight, got one egg with something weird going on inside. Gave it a few extra days before we removed. Large dark space in 3 day candling....we'll update. Had 16/18 EE developing on day 3

 

[DuckingCrazy]

I'd like to join this!!!
I've got 4 due February 28th khaki campbell Cayuga mixes and 7 more due March 3 mystery ducks!!!!

What color do those mixes come out? I have 2 welsh harlequins and was wanting to get a male and female Cayuga. I have tried googling WH/ Cayuga mixes and have not found much. I'm curious if they are just black still or spotted or???? Have you hatched them before and have any pictures by chance?

 

[Purpletie3]

I'm on day seventeen with my first batch of little chickies! Mind if I join in? It's been a rough journey so far. Definitely a learning experience. Started with 48 and down to 28.

about halfway through I had a major temp spike up to 113 and caught it within an hour but still lost a lot. Also, one was a clear, two came cracked and I accidentally cracked one. Now, I'm really worried because I think my air cells are much too small for day seventeen. I haven't added water in two days and humidity is on 18% but they still seem small. Any advice/ideas? If I barely even pour a tiny amount of water into the incubator, humidity jumps up to at least 50%. Maybe I shouldn't add any more water until the first pip? I'm so nervous I've ruined this entire hatch. I feel like a terrible chicken mommy!

Are those lines where you are now? If so, they are a very small area for the chick to pip into. How are you measuring your humidity? Did you calibrate your hygrometer?



We all have ruined hatches in some way or killed baby chicks along the way. Hatching is more of a skill than I could have imagined and an addiction-lol So, please don't beat yourself up too bad on this if it doesn't turn out okay. I am hoping for you that it will. I don't know how to advise you on this. I would probably try and keep the humidity on the lower threshold of the hatching spectrum and candle tomorrow.

Is there a way you can candle them or see in them at lockdown to monitor their air cells? I know sometimes if you have a bright light and light eggs you can actually see the air outline without opening the bator.

Candling tonight, got one egg with something weird going on inside. Gave it a few extra days before we removed. Large dark space in 3 day candling....we'll update. Had 16/18 EE developing on day 3

Hey Herbgirl- How's the hatching going? These are your own EE's, right?

 

[Morigen]

It was 21 days ago today that I put my 19 chocolate orpington eggs in the incubator. On my previous 2 hatches (1 RIR, 1 duck), I had activity well before the hatch date (the RiR's started pipping on day 17).

So, I was starting to think I had horrible luck with these shipped eggs. But I was taking it in stride. This is my first time dealing with shipped eggs and it was a learning experience.

But just checked and I have a crack on one egg where the chick is trying to pip, and I can hear peeps coming form the incubator.

I know 8 of the eggs appear clear, so not expecting anything there, but looks like this hatch won't be a total bust after all (hopefully).

Keep your fingers crossed and hopefully I'll have chick pics to post later tonite or first thing in the morning.