25 chicks hatched!! Yay. Hoping more do. See a few have pipped. One is trying to break shell.
After 2 days of being hatched, it was time to pull a few out.
Yay!!!
Hi Everyone,
I have 5 pure breed Light Sussex hens, this spring(last month) one went broody and i bought fertile eggs for her. Good day came, we had cute chicks in our coop.
Happy moments finished here, now the very first day i let the broody mama out with chicks into the run with other flock...
Hi Everyone,
I have 5 pure breed Light Sussex hens, this spring(last month) one went broody and i bought fertile eggs for her. Good day came, we had cute chicks in our coop.
Happy moments finished here, now the very first day i let the broody mama out with chicks into the run with other flock...
YAY!!! quail are finally pipping. Heard a little chirping. And we got a wiggly egg.
The eggs went into the incubator on Sunday November 21st. I didn't count the 21st... and did not expect them till December 9th on day 18.
Super exciting...
I know someone whose been trying to hatch chicks with no luck. I visited him on day 23 and asked if I could have the one egg he hadn't tossed yet. I set up a temporary incubator in the bathroom as it's the only place I can get enough heat and humidity at the moment. There is no movement from the...
Quail.
We actually wanted quail first. But as things evolve and happen, quail hadn't.
We got fertile hatching quail eggs as a gift. Shipped in the mail.
We were so over joked and excited. When I pulled the tiny carton from the box the little eggs were so cold. Of course it's winter. My heart...
10 little duck eggs waiting to hatch. In lockdown.
Someone recommended glass gems or stones to better regulate heat. I have a large glass mug and three shot glasses. They also are holding water for humidity.
As always the incubator was full cleansed after last use.
Trying to watch the temp &...
We had one smelly egg that we removed and candles the remaining eggs more than a week ago. Today is hatch day and we haven't even had a pip yet. So worried.
A whole month of turning eggs and fretting over temp and humidity...
So I had it all planned. Lol
One incubator, one crappy Styrofoam back up and as lockdown hatcher.
I had both set up to incubate eggs... then our eggs got the boot from the good incubator to make way for quail eggs. So...
We debated about buying another Styrofoam incubator --> but in all...
My hubby's aunt sent us some quail eggs. Yay!!! We had some extra room in the incubator so
-->> thankfully a local(ish) farm had some more. Incubator full now.
And of course... I can't be trusted, so we got quail chicks too!! Lol