1st hatch ready for lockdown.

[Fluffy-Butt-Farms]

ok, so far...1 light brama, 1 sizzle, and 2 barreds...and an emergency trip to walmart when the thermometer stopped working, and pure panic when the 2 year old opened the bator and let out all the humidity....

and then because of that, wrapping one in a wet paper towel and gently peeling when 1/2 the shell had dried to it's head. oh my. this is worse then child birth.

 

[ginbart]

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Isn't that the truth.

congrads on the babies so far.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Congrats on the babies!

I've already been "preparing" my kids that NOBODY is allowed to open the bator when they start hatching. (actually lockdown, but they don't know that term)

 

[monita]

that is the exact reason i am gonna use some medical tape to tape the lid on.... lol i know as soon as they are told to not touch it and i turn my head they will be messing with it. i am putting tape on the sides and both windows. if i need to add water i can use the straw and syringe method.

 

[Fluffy-Butt-Farms]

ok, well, today is day 22 and nothing else is moving.

this is what i learned:

put a deadbolt on the door the incubator is in. (done, incubator and brooders are in a walk in closet)

get a job so you dont check the eggs every 10 minutes. (ok, well, can't get a job, but sure can go shopping)

and nothing you do is gonna make all of them live.

i ended up with 5 total..and believe it or not, 2 of them were refridgerated eggs. so the total is 1 light brahma out of 2 eggs, 1 sizzle out of 7 started 3 that made it to lockdown, and 3 barred rocks out of 18 started, 6 made it to lockdown(one died in shell, never absorbed yolk).

cosidering that this LG would not temp in my house (old mobile home) so for the last 22 days i have woken up or gone in to check on it about every hour. The new hovabator that is sitting right next to it, i haven't touched in 9 days except to add water, and out of 42 shipped eggs that started, i've only lost 1 so far. you figure it out. so i know my dismal hatch rate was from wildly fluctuating temps (they went from 95 to 104 on occasion, and the usps, who i swear to god, if you write fragile, or eggs on it, they drop kick it from here to china.

thank you all for your hatching prayers. i have 5 very adorable and soon to be spoiled babies that i will try to take pictures of today.

 

[Happy Chooks]

That's a bummer, but at least you got some chicks out of it. Good luck on your next hatch. (in the hovabator)