Final count is 10 chicks. The 3 remainng never hatched..had formed chicks in them one of them was not fully formed, just died at some point before hatch day for some reason..Oh well im satisfied with 10 out of 13, they are all happy little fatties eating and drinking away. I just love them!
the remaining 4 eggs hatched while we were at the creek yesterday. The EE is so cute its yellow with a charcoal stripe down its back and furry cheeks. The other three came from brown eggs There is a striped one that looks like a brown leghorn would and another reddish colored one and a reddish...
day 22
#6 came out between 3-5 am this morning. Still have 4 more pips. This one came out of the remaining white mystery egg.
the remaining 3 eggs are not pipped and make no sounds movements, I think these may not hatch. but 10 out of 13 fertil eggs isnt bad I dont think..Especially for the...
DAY 21
Egg #2 600 PM- White egg hatched a very spunky gold chick..im going to name her/ him councelor because she began walking right away and walked around peepin at each pipped egg encouraging them to come out
Egg #3- 645 pm- Large beige color egg- got to watch chicken number three...
I have 3 different set of eggs in this bator..the first set hatching today is the Astrolorp, RIR, EE, and who knows what else that i got from Joann's neighbor. 13 eggs left in this one. The second hatch is 12 Conturix Quail eggs that are suppose to hatch next friday, The next hatch are the 11...
DAY 21! ok guys last night I went on the web and read some more about hatching..It said 65 or higher..so what i did was I went and opened the two oxygen holes I had made (it stressed I needed to open all oxygen holes at hatching) This brought my hummdity down to 65 which is where it is...
Tomorrow is day 21...no pips yet...but I thought i heard some peeps for a second this morning...Humidity is running at 85...I hope i wake up to some pips!!! I would hate to know they came this far with so many living and moving with thier little hearts beating and not hatch out...Everyone wish...
Just got done candling the rest of the eggs. Down to 13 out of 18 still developing growing and moving . The other 4 were not fertil. 1 looked like a tiny spot just stopped devloping. 5 days til hatch day.. this is going to be nerve racking! At least I got all the rotton ones out so I wont have...
SWTangel, That is a gorgeous Buff silkie you have in your avatar. Yesterday I seen some buff silkies for the first time! I gotta have some!! Do you ever sell any eggs?
Hi everyone..Well as most of you know, I just finished building my new "Miss Prissy Chick Bator" a few days ago. I was lucky enough to get 2 dozen eggs fertile eggs from Joann's Neighbor. Mixed breed layin variety..Rooster was RIR and she knows he has some Black Astrolorp hens and I got a green...