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This was my first hatch ever with a mix of eggs from my girls and roo. They were going to be backyard mixes but I didn't mind. I've learned a lot from this and my other half has promised if we lose the entire hatch again he's buying me a Nature Right 360 bc he's researched it and likes it...

Ok I was pretty sure it was something along those lines but didn't want to offend my in-laws by saying I think they're crazy :oops:. My other half has already set down and gone over everything we did with our borrowed ancient relic of an incubator and has laid out a detailed strategy for the...

Despite my spectacular failure of a first hatch I'm going to try again starting Sunday. I was given some advice after losing Uno that you should only set your eggs by the farmers almanac 🤨🤔🤨. Has anyone actually used this method or is this just more "wisdom" from my in-laws trying to educate...

They were the last 3 in their bin and my husband said he wanted those then the sales lady started in too so how could I say no to those fierce arguments? :D These little girls brightened my day up and now my 2 and 5 year old aren't literally fighting over the lone chick. I came home with 3...

I know I'm not hatching anymore but here are the cute babies I got today. I went in for 4-5 chicks ... came out with 9. My husband said get what I want and some I wanted were on sale and the sales lady literally pleaded with me to take the last 3 of one breed bc they needed the space. So of...

Thank you all for your support. Unfortunately we had to put Uno down. :hit:hit:hitWe got home with the new babies and they didn't want anything to do with him and pecked him when he'd get close. I picked him up to check to make sure he's ok and notice he had poop stuck around his tummy. I tried...

So my mother in law came for a visit and candled my eggs for me... we're down to 4 possibles. The one I was most hopeful about quit fully formed :hit now my husband has taken pity on me and we're off to the farm supply to buy babies to keep our lone Uno company.

Sooo how bad is it to candle your eggs during lockdown? :oops: I broke down and did and my one egg that I've been super positive about the whole hatch, was always moving in the shell isn't moving and I could see what looks like blood in there...

:hugs Sorry about you're roo

No, Uno is the result of one of my 7 month old BO girls and a Barred Holland roo. I have 6 girls that are 7 months old mixed with my father in laws flock of 5 hens and a roo.

:hugsThank you I'm still holding out that Uno was just an overachiever and is applying a military mindset of hurry up and wait for his siblings. My husband was a Marine for almost 10 years so it's something we lived with constantly of hurry up get everything done right now then wait forever to...

It is officially day 21. I still have little Uno all by his lonesome in the brooder. I checked the eggs at 4am and just a few minutes ago with no visible signs of progress. I'm trying to stay hopefully but my husband has been trying to prepare me for the possibility of it just being Uno we get...

Introducing Uno! Still not all the way fluffy but safely tucked in the brooder with food and water. My husband showed him where the water and food were. My husband also informed me that should none of the others hatch we can get some baby ducklings...and maybe some chicks if he doesn't go to...

I have not yet. I didn't want to open the incubator until he/she fluffed up all the way and possibly compromise the other eggs.

I have a question. So Uno, my baby that hatched yesterday is a full 2 days early and so far I haven't seen any activity from my other eggs. Is this normal? Will he/she be ok to transfer to my brooder box alone? My husband then posed a sad possibility that Uno will be my only one to hatch...

Thank you for the correction :D, this is my first time hatching and I'm still learning all the in's and out's of what's going on

The baby is out! Little one is all tuckered out but still cheeping when we talk to it. It's one of my barred Holland roo × Buff Orpington mama mixes. Also have what looks to be another external pip but not 100% yet

I have my first external pip! I was in my kitchen when I heard chirping and was thinking it was my kids show because there's no way they'd be starting to hatch this early. Nope! This little one decided to get the ball rolling early. I even had my husband in there grinning about it hatching and...

Lockdown day!! I'm so nervous. Of my original 22 only 10-12 seem viable at this point. The ancient relic spiked to 104 at one point but my husband caught it and got the temp regulated again. Also think my roo has been doing his business with most of our young layers vs our older girls because...

D14 I'm down to 16 in the incubator from starting at 22. Of the ones I've lost one was clear, 4 had the blood ring and the last had a partially formed baby that looked like it just stopped. I still have 2-3 questionable ones in the incubator that I'm keeping an eye on. I saw movement in 2 of...