well i am ending up with more than i thought i would have.. that is a good thing. i had to take some out of the bator so there was more room for hatching ones. I did not get a chance to take pics as i was getting ready for church. Had another 5 hatch while i was at church. I do have a live...
I will be posting pics tommorrow. I have 11 in the bator running around but i want to give the rest some time to hatch before i open it. This morning is when the first one hatched so i figure sunday after church they should be dry and will put them in with the rest in the brooder.
update
there is 2 hatched and more that have a single peck in them
once i take them out i will take a pic of them.
the ones that hatched already are doing great and running around
Help----
i woke up and 1 running around and curping away... I think he is going to be a bull in a china shop. He is walking around bumping and rolling eggs around... what to do???
He is just about dry..
how long should i wait after they are dry to add them to the day olds received yesterday.
live feed of the brooder--- http://www.ustream.tv/channel/kywilber
Mine are due saturday. No moving or anything yet. The chicks i ordered made it here today. 2 days early but they arived safe. Will keep you up to date.
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I'd say lockdown as soon as you get up on the 18th day... Wednesday.
I'm locking down either tonight or tomorrow morning.
thank you for the reply i will put on lockdown at 4am when i wake up on tuesday... thank you again
Wednesday is 18th day. I can't wait... I do have a question. I put the eggs in at 5pm on a Saturday. And i was told to have day 1 start on sunday. The question is Should I lock down on the 18th day or on the 17th after 5pm?
I can't wait to candle again to see more growth. I just hope i don;t...
ok i got to wondering and candled them.
bought 42
receviced 47
broken 6
left 41 to hatch
of the 41---
14 are going strong
12 are questionable
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culled
6 not fertial
9 blood ring
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will candle on day 17 so it is before lockdown.
today is day 9 for me. Going to wait till tommorrow to do a candle and cull the ones with blood rings. Will post the results tommorrow. I am hoping for the best but with the rough packing not sure how it will end up.
Day 7 -- everything looks ok. I have tried to candle some but looks like alot will not make it due to the rough handling of post office and the very BAD packing the seller did.
On a good note today i will be working on my brooder. I will post pics of it prob tommorrow when i have it done.