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  1. naightengale

    November/December "Hatch-a-Long"

    oct #1 hatch was due yesterday so now on day 22 with no eggs wiggling and no pipps.. batch #1 started with 24 eggs.... not giving up yet but loosing hope. oct #2 hatch is on day 18 today 29 ee and oe eggs.. hope they are more on time than hatch 1.. oct #3 hatch on day 14 and wiggling...
  2. naightengale

    November/December "Hatch-a-Long"

    decided to sneak in a candle before i got any pips..only caught 3 wayos moving around couldnt see much in the marans but air cells but the egdes of some air cells were moving so im hoping......... culled 6 wyaos and 1 maran egg... 2 of the eggs some how missed first cull and were infertile..and...
  3. naightengale

    November/December "Hatch-a-Long"

    22 in lockdown today..hope they are ok.. wish maran eggs were easyer to candle...so i have no clue on those. BUT a few did "fight"back when i picked them up lol
  4. naightengale

    November/December "Hatch-a-Long"

    yeah i had my brooder all set up for my first batch of chicks to go into last month and about a week before hatchday the hubby brought the kids home a bunny and the brooder was the only thing we had to put it in...it was originally in my little brooder (i use to put new hatches in inthe house to...
  5. naightengale

    November/December "Hatch-a-Long"

    OMG wow i just realized im out of time... ive got a batch going into lockdown saturday!!! and i still havent got my bunny out of the big brooder that i need to put the 3to4 week olds into so i can put the new hatches in the little brooder!!! ahhhhh.. i guess time has flown by taking care of...
  6. naightengale

    November/December "Hatch-a-Long"

    bought a new bulb for my candler.. 440 lumens!!!! i see babies bouncing.. those marans are still pretty hard to see but i can now see the air cells and i think a dot!! so better than nothing.and i can now see veining and dots bouncing in the EE eggs.. but it makes the creammy eggs minear...
  7. naightengale

    November/December "Hatch-a-Long"

    ok so now rhere are over 7 doz eggs in my incubators.....since all hatching is done until oct 8th. we put more eggs in there to grow until then... i think my egg supplyer is liveing vicariously thru me since her family wont let her hatch more chicks... love the idea of all these fuzzy butts...
  8. naightengale

    November/December "Hatch-a-Long"

    just got done modifying the junkubator#1 it now will hold 6 dozen eggs. yay!! now to get it back to temp so i can put the eggs back in....(put them in junkubator#2 during revamp of #1) #2 is my hatcher but the eggs in there arent due till monday so i figured itd be safe. so once #1 is back up...
  9. naightengale

    November/December "Hatch-a-Long"

    im just trying to get some chickens that will be laying next spring lol so hatching bunches and bunches (cause my luck i'll hatch mainly roos) think this will be the end thou until i know all are healhy im having to cull my whole flock due to illness and i want a healthy flock. (40+ chickens)...
  10. naightengale

    November/December "Hatch-a-Long"

    just got 30 more eggs to go in the junkubator tommorow. EE and OE.
  11. naightengale

    November/December "Hatch-a-Long"

    i have 24 eggs incubating for a Oct 8th hatch. 8 black copper marans and a grab of wyodottes. home made bators with scores of issues, first hatch in them got 80percent hatch.(if i did the math correctly) wish me more luck on these!!
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