"Springing in the Chicks" 2016 April Hatch-a-Long Hosted by Mike & Sally

[mammat]

Broody momma #2 hatched out one chick 3 days ago Her other eggs still nothing? Not sure when she started sitting so how long will she wait? I candled and they still look viable-can see veins and they are full grown.Will she know if they are dead? Baby number one is doing great eating and drinking

 

[Chaos18]

I have a bad feeling about this hatch. It's a new incubator. I actually feel more confident with my styrofoam bator!
This one does make good coffee though!

Why not use the styro bator?

 

[slordaz]

I think that should work

and wow lots of chicks
Oh wow, that is a lot of eggs, chicks, and broodies! Lol out of curiosity how come she has so many?

because everyone contributed and she kept accepting them and wouldn't let us take any out , she finally tossed 6 eggs out and brooded 24, 11th one hatched sometime late morning today

I wouldn't try messing with a broody especially her first time brooding on how many chicks she was gonna sit on. Thats dangerous to your health, seems how we didn't give her any eggs.

 

[BullChick]

Why not use the styro bator?

For the coffee?

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Both merlerault have pipped!

WoohoooO!!!

I have a bad feeling about this hatch. It's a new incubator. I actually feel more confident with my styrofoam bator!
This one does make good coffee though!

Well at least you can enjoy coffee while you wait

Why not use the styro bator?

Coffee, did you not read that?

For the coffee?

mmmm

 

[BullChick]

WoohoooO!!!

Well at least you can enjoy coffee while you wait

Coffee, did you not read that?

mmmm

I must ponder. Are you versed in the art of drinking coffee from an incubator?

 

[junebuggena]

because everyone contributed and she kept accepting them and wouldn't let us take any out , she finally tossed 6 eggs out and brooded 24, 11th one hatched sometime late morning today

I wouldn't try messing with a broody especially her first time brooding on how many chicks she was gonna sit on. Thats dangerous to your health, seems how we didn't give her any eggs.

Be prepared for her to leave those eggs. She'll need to get up to take care of the hatched chicks soon, and once she does, she's not going to come back to the nest to sit. That's why you should mark the eggs you give her to set, and remove anything that gets added. Once those chicks start hatching, her instincts shift from sitting on eggs to care taking of chicks.

 

[BullChick]

Be prepared for her to leave those eggs. She'll need to get up to take care of the hatched chicks soon, and once she does, she's not going to come back to the nest to sit. That's why you should mark the eggs you give her to set, and remove anything that gets added. Once those chicks start hatching, her instincts shift from sitting on eggs to care taking of chicks. 

I have seen that people have success with removing the hatched chicks, then returning them when the hatch is complete.

 

[Jessimom]

I posted this in the chat thread, but thought I'd post it here as well...

I have 17 Auto-sexing EEs, 11 Frizzled EEs and 6 shipped silkies in lockdown
I have 15 Blue Wheaten Sulmtaler set on 4/9, 17 BCM, 24 Mille Fleur D'uccle and 6 Black Crested Polish set on 4/15, 12 Blue Buff Cochin, 4 BCM, 13 Olive Eggers, 2 Biefielders, 4 CCLs and 10 of my silkie eggs set on 4/19. I'm also hatching 60 eggs for Gotro17 - a mix of Lavender Orpingtons, Lavender Cochins, and BCMs also set on 4/19. Shellee's chicks will hatch at my house, then go back to her house. LOTS of eggs, 4 FULL incubators!

Happy Hatching everyone!

 

[junebuggena]

I have seen that people have success with removing the hatched chicks, then returning them when the hatch is complete.

That's not always possible. Some hens will reject or kill any new chicks after the first 72 hours. Don't count on her accepting those late hatchers. You can try it, but be ready to brood them yourself.