so i hatched 6 babies in september :) yaa!! actually 7, but i died - he had an outside yolk and he kicked it opened. :( 7 out of 9 is not bad i think !!
i took the chickies outside this week, in their box for some fresh air. My adult chicken was hearing them and talking back.. Well.. she...
my first pipped at 1 am ( 2 of them)
then another at 4 am (another 2)
the other ones were late. they zipped after some had already hatched
at 5 pm that day 2 zipped- that took about 15 minutes each
at 6 pm another came
at 9 pm another 2
at 11 pm the final one - this one had the largest pip...
sorry to hear everyone has lost someone :(
i lost a few guys- a lot last time-- the whole batch actually... but im trying to think of it this way.
they were loved and cared for, before birth, as well as a mother hen would do, and we did all we could.
they made it farther than some eggs...
mine were not dry today - after 15 or so hours.. i emptied the incubator completely of water. got the brooder ready and put them in there. the humidity is now around 50 in the brooder and there all dry. a few have crusty heads or backs.. but are completely dry otherwise now.
i had one splayed...
i just literally had two hatch in about 5 minutes :)
the one is trying to walk and i think his foot is curled.. the other one is walking around. there sleeping near each other.
3 out , 3 still in.
my eggs have all pipped. there are beaks and combs sticking out of the eggs. :)
it has been this way for 12 hours.... how much longer !!!!!!! doing something?
there talking to each other. and breathing. but not moving. and definitely not going fast enough --lol
my yolkster died :( he...
i have 2 chicks :)
one i noticed today around 3 was popping a hole. hes out. he shoudlnt be out. his shell is bleeding and hes got yolk still...
ughghghg
the other is sleeping right now and has a bit of yolk out- like the end of a pencil.
gosh darn it on the first one.. grrr..
can i do...
thanks for writing that ;)
i wrote the first post and was like UGHGH my eggs are doomed... bc of the way i turned and my temps..
but then i was like hmm.. i have read my way was ok.
im on lockdown as of today.
hurry up thursday!!!!!
my hatches are due sept 5th. I go into lockdown tomorrow.
i am so nervous. this is how far i got last time, and had no live hatches :(
i have now inc'ed ... 43 eggs ( 24 were bad right off the start-- and i wont talk about that).
I am also babysitting a chick, who hatched on his way to my...
wow!! i want to see too !!
someone told me peacocks NEVER hatch .. which makes no sense to me. BUT this person also didnt tell me the difference between guinea hen eggs and regular..
Post photos!!
i am using the hovabator 1602 ? the very basic model. no fan,
im a bit of a fanatic. i have 4 thermometers and 2 hygrometer ( one is way off - but its attached to one of my thermometers.
2 thermos on the eggs and 2 on the floor. one on each side.
ive already incubated 36 eggs and ended up...
i am using an egg carton right now, instead of an egg turner. i love it. i have one of those 18 egg cartons and its a perfect size.
i also then can candle right in the box, and dont have to touch the eggs. i just take the lid off, and candle in the incubator.
i am also keeping my eggs in egg...
i have my eggs in egg cartons right now - i just lift one side of the incubator, and then tilt the other side every time its time to flip them.
i also have both plugs out of my incubator. i put in a dry sponge -- hoping thatll help suck some of the humidity out.
24 is still a lot of babies...
i posted this in the wrong month, so thought id repost over here.. my eggs are due september 6th
i am on day 6 of this cycle.
i have 10/11 with veins :) but 1 red ring :(
i also have one baby whos ahead of the game and was moving yesterday ( day 5), saw his heartbeat on day 4.
i do have...