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  1. Mamagigi

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    Already signed up for the October Hatch-a-long. Lavender Orpingtons, Splash Orpingtons, Blue Orpington over splash Marans, Silkies, BO/RIR roo over RIR and BO hens, and 2 surprises (in olive eggs) are already 1 week into their incubation. Going to candle them in just a moment to see how...
  2. Mamagigi

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    Tomorrow most of my chickies will be a week old. I did lose one on Saturday late evening but thus far that is the only one. I had a scare Tuesday morning when I woke around 4:30 to hear the chicks cheeping from the cold. Our power had gone out and the temps were dropping. So what did I do...
  3. Mamagigi

    September Hatch-A-Long!

  4. Mamagigi

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    I don't know what I was expecting, but my chicks that hatched Thursday night and yesterday have feathers on their wings. They are so precious. I can officially confirm that my babies have made it through their first day. I'm so amazed at how wonderfully adorable they are. Just out of...
  5. Mamagigi

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    29 successful hatches from the 32 chicken eggs today! The last 3 are drying off right now and getting ready to go into the brooder. I haven't been this tired in a long time!
  6. Mamagigi

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    Update: We have 23 eggs finished hatching... 3 died. 1 was the 2nd chick of a double yolked egg, 1 from opening a vein, and the other possibly suffocated as the membrane was shrink wrapped over it's body. Otherwise it was perfectly fine. 9 left to go and 2 I'm kinda worried about. The...
  7. Mamagigi

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    Our 32 chicks started hatching yesterday morning. Well some made their initial pips to let us know they were soon to hatch. Overnight 16 of them made their appearance. It has been a LONG night of worrying ~ 1st time hatcher here. Our double yolked Silkie egg bore 1 live, 1 dead. One of our...
  8. Mamagigi

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    Over half of the 32 are pipped and 2 are starting to zip. Love watching the beaks pop out and hear the chirping. They need to hurry up. I'm ready to see babies!
  9. Mamagigi

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    32 eggs in lockdown yesterday. Tonight as I go to turn off the lights for bed, I hear cheep, cheep, cheep. I was doing my best not to pester them tonight, but the cheeping got me. Not a single pip that I can see yet. But it sounds like they are all talking to each other right now. Reminds...
  10. Mamagigi

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    My 32 chickies are in lockdown now. I marked and then put the aircell so it is up when I laid them on their sides. I just went back to check humidity and temps. Some of them have rolled over. I have them in individual cupcake liners so they don't break each other open through their efforts...
  11. Mamagigi

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    I'm actually hatching these for a friend. She keeps them outside when they are bigger. Not sure what she is planning on doing with this batch. I've got 5 already completely hatched now and 2 still working at it. These two have spots of blood on their shells though.
  12. Mamagigi

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    Turned around 30 minutes and already had 4 hatched. last 3 are working on it. 1 has a bit of blood on the shell though.
  13. Mamagigi

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    I have quails pipping!!! 4 of 7 thus far. YEAH!!!! I've GOT to get a new camera so I can take pictures of these babies!!! Oh my this is terrifically exciting!
  14. Mamagigi

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    Just locked down the 7 quail chicks. 4 of them are already rocking and they are due to hatch on Tuesday. However, I noticed that 2 of the 5 silkie eggs and a Blue Andalusian that are due to hatch this coming Friday are rocking a bit in the turners too. Is that an indicator that they might...
  15. Mamagigi

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    Glory be this is a great day! Today is our fully half-way mark. We set 41 eggs, 1 was a dud, and I'm thinking another one is as well, laid by the same mama. However, ALL 39 of the rest of them are growing babies. I have 1 though that looks as if it might have 2 babies in it. I'm sure if it...
  16. Mamagigi

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    I have finally candled my eggs, day 7. I have some quail eggs that I can't see through. Some of the BO/RIR eggs were really hard to see through too. HOWEVER, I do have 22 that have movement I can definitely see. What does a bloodring look like? There is 1 egg that may be a dud but I can't...
  17. Mamagigi

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    I have some quail eggs in with my regular hen eggs and I've been reading that I may have just goofed up (different hatch days.) How would you recommend I handle the quail eggs which need to go into lock down 3 days earlier than the chicken eggs? If you find eggs that aren't developing, would...
  18. Mamagigi

    September Hatch-A-Long!

    This is our first hatch. I'm so excited. We put 41 eggs in our incubator on Friday and promptly 3 hens went broody within the next 3 days. Today there are 17 eggs in the nests
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