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We had chickens for a long time, Buff Orpingtons, roosters with them. We left a broody hen in the coop, with the others, and her egg hatched. The first morning when I went to check as usual, the chick poked her head out from under moms feathers and peeped, and all the others like ran over to get...

Hello! Welcome to "motherhood" . We've hatched out / brooded chicks in both scenarios. I / we firmly believe that if she sets for the duration, that she, the mother hen, would be the best route to care for the chicks. We make thier needs as far as foods and water readily available, but mom shows...

Face down I mean the pip hole they create, if the newborns push the eggs around in the incubator, and they are / do, when they are done "rolling around" sometimes the pip hole is down at the bottom is all. We had a total of 5 hatch, 3 before 9PM last night, and 2 more sometime in the night. I...

Well we had one hatch out at 10 AM yesterday morning, then when my eggcited wife got home, two more hatched at 8;30 PM, and she said there was another one that had just broke through. She came to bed, and this morning we awoke to 5 very frisky chicks! We set up a large box with papers / food /...

Also, how soon do I need to get them into a box with food water heat lamp etc after hatching? Once they "fluff out" or say within 24 hrs or so???

I can post pics once I figger out how. Been taking a few on my iphone. Now, if a chick is like "face down in the shell, will it roll around to get itself into position to get out? Have you ever "helped" any, say, pull a chip away and break the "liner / sac" they're in so they can breathe some...

Air sacks I really never thought about other than setting them down with the sac on a slight uphill grade in the incubator. My wife's at work, she wants to rush home, and cancel our camping trip for the weekend.

Well, today is the 22nd day, and just now, I heard some peeps. I checked, and THREE are pecking their way out. As far as humidity goes, there's water in the incubator, it's one of the Styrofoam ones with the wells in the bottom. took them out of the turner 2days ago and laid them on the wire...

Hello Yorkshire! Well, today I guess was spossed to be the day, I said we set them the 14th of June, but probably the 15th. Haven't seen an egg wiggle, or heard a peep to date. I can't hear but my wife says it's pretty quiet in the incubator. We had 7 that looked really good, eyes / viens...

Hello again, here it is day 21 and not even a peep. First time so, like I said, we'll be lucky if they or any hatch. Took them out of the turner Friday night, laid them flat on the wire grid in the incubator. When and if they get ready aren't we supposed to hear peeping ? Do the eggs move /...

We use hay, have used shavings too, but prefer hay. They seem to like kicking it around to build their bowl, and I line em sometimes with dried green cuttings from the lawn.

I do not have a candler. Everybody has a flashlight,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,don't they ???

Hello! Glad yer getting into it, it's very beneficial in more ways than one. I have a small "coop" I built that's the same size as yours, that we used for a "brood coop" When one of the girls sets, we put her and her clutch in it, kinda private, secluded. Her own water and feed. Truth is, you...

Hi Peeps ! we're new to the incubation process. Wife Karen's eggcited, we're candeling tomorrow when she gets home from work ! We put them in the bator the 14th. Temps been right on. Been looking at pics for a while, reading posts etc, learning. Have had chickens for several years now, and only...

going to check em tomorrow, day 8,,,,,,,,fingers crossed !

Been here a long time Diva n Bantam, just not in here as much, thanks!

Awesome info Yorkshire! I was wondering if there would be split hatchings, and with a week for collection, there'll be no problems ! Thanks again !

Hello Peeps! We been members here for years, just ain't been on much lately. Wife and I have Orpingtons, one rambunctious Roo, and 6 girls, that free rage for the most part, and have 3 egg laying stations around our property of 1/2 acre. Yes we have a coop with a 1200 sq ft run as well, and it...

Our girls and the "ol man" don't care for snow either, but if I shovel, they're outside. If it's snowing and blowing, t5hey just sit by the pop door and peek out every now n then. We put sawdust down on the coop floor, mixed with hay. Hay in the laying boxes, and 1/2 a bale for them to kick...

don't know the weight here, I'll check tomorrow ;) we had RIR too, one left, but they were prolific egglayers !