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  1. Jennrz

    Incuview Incubator

    Hi there! I'm on day 17 of my current batch of chicken eggs. This is the 4th year I've used my Incuview and probably the most hands off I've ever been with it. I check the humidity a couple times a day and add a bit of water if it drops. Temperatures are holding steady, but two things: 1...
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    The 10th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!!!!!

    Broody hen hatch final results. Initial Set: 12 Final Set: 9 Final Hatch: 7 Mama Hen doing fine with her chicks. Finally got up off the nest and started eating and drinking. 2 BCMs 2 Golden Laced Barnevelds 1 Silver Laced Barneveld 1 Jubilee Orp 1 Olive Egger
  3. Jennrz

    The 10th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!!!!!

    Thanks! Appreciate the steps. Wasn’t sure how it was going to work. Looks like I’m not going to be able to do this right now after all. I have to go out of town on a business trip and no one will be home during the day to keep an eye on them. I was hopeful to try it last night but Mama Hen...
  4. Jennrz

    The 10th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!!!!!

    Update on first broody hen hatch. Got 4 on Saturday (day 20) got 1 today (day 21). She still sitting on 3 eggs and I saw 2 pips when she got up to get water. Hopefully will have 2 more by morning. Once this hatch is complete and giving the babies @24 hrs to rest, do you think it would be ok...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Thank you all for talking me down from my new broody hen hatching nerves yesterday. We have three new babies today and she is doing just fine as a Mama Hen. Still keeping a close eye on and she is still sitting on 6 eggs.
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Eeek. I didn’t lift her completely off just an inch or so to peek under. Hopefully I didn’t do too much damage. So I just checked on her and she pooped on the nest. Kinda runny and gross. I’d like to clean it but don’t want to disturb her any further. Thoughts?
  7. Jennrz

    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Thank you. ~this is me sitting on my hands....sighs~
  8. Jennrz

    The 10th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!!!!!

    I'm nervous about her... it's day 20 and not seeing any telltale signs. Granted she's blocking my view. ;) I did peek a bit and didn't see anything other than eggs... Any thoughts on how long is too long to let her sit?
  9. Jennrz

    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    ...the chicks in.... :confused: I know there aren't concrete answers to all of this. Just looking for advice and or what to be on the lookout for. **I apologize for probably a repeated questions, but almost 3000 pages is a lot to read through. If someone can tell me how to run a search on a...
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    The 10th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!!!!!

    Hi Everyone! Update on my non EHAL hatch. 20 went into lockdown and 11 hatched successfully. 1 externally pipped but I think suffocated because it got rolled onto the pip. I'm happy overall although bummed about the one I lost. The other 9 did not pip and I left them for an extra 24 hours...
  11. Jennrz

    Incuview Incubator

    I think I might have. I didn't know what to look for with the first batch. The second I did. There were a couple that I let sit upright and I do remember having a few saddle cells, but I can't remember if those did/didn't hatch alright. My note taking dropped off once the excitement of...
  12. Jennrz

    The 10th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!!!!!

    Ugh! Blockhead moment here. I set 24 eggs on 3/25 which was a Monday. For some reason I thought I set them on that prior Sunday so I put them into lockdown this morning. :he . I weighed them and checked air cells. Everything looks like its on target for hatching. I've even seen a few...
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    Incuview Incubator

    Of the 24 eggs I set, 20 are in lockdown. Guess I worried unnecessarily about my Incuview holding up for the third year in a row. :D
  14. Jennrz

    Incuview Incubator

    Yep. I used shipped eggs for my first two hatches. First hatch the eggs were from MyPetChicken and it was a mix of breeds. I had 3 Speckled Sussex hatch successfully from the bunch. I don't remember the total I started with...not likely more than 12 tho. My second hatch was 18 White Rock...
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    The 10th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!!!!!

    So weird situation. I have 20 viable eggs in an incubator that will likely go into lockdown on Saturday morning. (not a part of his HAL) I also have 9 eggs under a broody that is due to hatch in two weeks (part of his HAL). My broody hen is in my brooder box and I'd really like to see if I...
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    The 10th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!!!!!

    Hi all. So I candled the eggs my broody is sitting on. She was none too happy about that. Lol. Anyway there wre two clears and one I pulled because it had a crack on the end where the air cell was. Would have attempted to repair but was seemed clear and smelled a little off. I put it into a...
  17. Jennrz

    The 10th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!!!!!

    Of the three BCM eggs I candles last night (day 10) I pulled one. Thanks to @UThobbyfarmer and @MagpieDucks I had a better sense of what to look for. I have 4 olive green eggs that are proving just as difficult. One looks like it might be an early quitter. There’s a small mass and possible...
  18. Jennrz

    The 10th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!!!!!

    Congratulations and thanks for describing your process. I have Maran eggs that are Day 10. Plan to candle tonight to see what I can see.
  19. Jennrz

    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Hello everyone. New to this topic and I just started my first broody hatch. She's a BO that I've had for 3 years. She went broody fairly regularly last summer so I decided to see what she would do with eggs that have the ability to hatch. (I can't keep a rooster in the city so I had to buy...
  20. Jennrz

    large fowl

    One of my Buff Orpinton's goes broody multiple times a year. My other Buff Orpington has never gone broody. However I have a friend who has a flock of @10 Buffs and she has 3-4 that constantly go broody. Hatchery stock on both counts. :confused: HTH. Good Luck.
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