Thank you Kizanne for these beautiful eggs with SO many extras! We had a great hatch as far as shipped eggs goes. 7 beautiful little babies yesterday! They were all very strong and are doing well. Thanks again!
I have no clue...2-3 weeks perhaps? He did say the others are White Rocks so perhaps this one is a Barred Rock. It was the only black one in the pen, so of course my three year old had to pick it!!
Just got this little black one today. Feed store guy says Black Sex Link, but I don't think so. Jersey Giant perhaps? Had to buy some "friends" for my lonely Blue Orp.
Are you monitoring your humidity with a hygrometer? The percentage of humidity should be 65% for lockdown. I have a Hovabator and I can achieve that with much less water.
I just had a really poor hatch (only 1 chick out of 9 hatched) due to high humidity. I live in Florida so I'm trying a dry hatch this time around as our relative humidity runs so high. All the eggs that developed, the chicks were fully developed and drowned in their shell (I learned this from...
I'm in the Ocala, FL area (Citrus County) and need a broody hen to sit on some White Orp eggs for me. My incubator didn't do so well and I need to iron out the kinks. Would anyone have a broody hen for sale,
Rent or borrow?
Please PM me. Thanks :-)
That's awesome! I'm doing a presentation in my son's class end of next week and I'd love to have some to show them the different colors that hens lay. Then I can stick them in the 'bator! When would you suggest shipping if I need them by Thursday? Zip code is 34442. We are about 3 hours...
Not sure if you're still attempting this but...I hatched with regular light bulb about 6-7 inches from the egg...maybe try raising the heat lamp higher?? Try to stabilize your temp before you put them in. I know the light/heat passing through that glass will amplify the temp too. Really cool...
They are super cute! Mine are due this Sunday, November 11th. Lavender and BBS Orpingtons and Heritage Delawares. I have development in all 4 Lavs, 2 of the BBS and 2 of the Delawares. Hoping for a successful hatch too
Just set 13 in my Hovabator today!
4-Lavender Orps
4-B/B/S Orps
5-Heritage Delawares
Hatch Day is 11/11/12
Now for the awful waiting game. Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
I just set 13 today in my Hovabator. 4 Lavender Orpingtons, 4 B/B/S Orpingtons and 5 Heritage Delawares. Praying for a successful hatch
My Lockdown is 11/8
Hatch Date is 11/11
I've never had Delawares before. Anyone have experience with them?
Good luck to ALL!
When I was a young girl, one of our hens laid an egg and we snatched it up. My dad put it in a metal coffee tin and we put a light bulb in there with it. It hatched! Might be worth trying. (As for my little chicken, Eric...my beagle ate him.) I'll never forget hatching that chicken with a...