27th or 28th May hatch, looking for buddies

[Sorin]

Hello! Can I join in? This is my incubator......

It's the Gretta 3000! Self turning, self heating, self humidity regulating incubator!

I don't have an incubator yet, and I have never hatched eggs, and.. This is her first time being broody, she is the sweetest girl I felt sorry for her so I gave her 8 eggs to try and hatch

the father is a Polish/Cochin mix and the eggs are from a Black Star, a Bantam Partridge Cochin, a bantam which I think is an OEGB, and some white hatchery egg producer who's breed I don't know! Not to mention Gretta (BO) has one under there. I put them under her on the 7th so assuming she does a good job they should hatch around the same time as everyone elses

 

[RonnieAtkeson]

Ive got 35 game eggs in the bator for a friend. Im only keeping a few chicks out of this hatch. Not sure how many we are gonna have growing he didnt seem to know exactly how old they are but said they should be within 2 weeks. I prefer 10 days or less. I set the eggs Friday the 6th so I should be right around the 27th of May. Lets all keep our fingers crosses shall we.

Mrs brown, i love hatching out mutts, you never know what cool little surprises your gonna find when that bator opens and them chicks dry off.

 

[LilyD]

My hatching is due on the 29th I have four quail eggs in the bator and I am excited to see how they do.

 

[Sorin]

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Sounds cool

I'm gonna have to read up on Quail, maybe I can get into that too!

 

[GeoKan]

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Welcome Gretta and Sorin! Glad to have you both onboard. Nothing beats Mother Nature's incubator!

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Welcome LilyD! Hope your quail eggies run through a stressless hatching!

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I'd say your friend is lucky to have you hatch his batch! Good luck with your hatching and I have my fingers crossed for you!

I'm anticipating an awesome hatch crew!

 

[Sorin]

Thank you for the welcome!

I'll be back, I'll need some advice with candling in a few days

 

[GeoKan]

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Let me know what you find out Sorin! I'll be doing my first candling on Saturday morning.

 

[natchlaly]

Morning all and welcome to or new hatch buddies, I am well miffed someone has knocked the lid on the bator (one of the dogs I think) during the night. When I got up temp was at 92.8

have re-stablized temp now but as not sure how long it has been so low just gonna have t keep my

. Gonna candle on Friday night along with henny.

Sorin there are some really good pictures of day by day candling on here somewhere I will see if I can find you the link and post it later today. Would do it now but need t get kids ready for school n me ready for work.

 

[naakte]

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Now thats just one very cool bator haha
Donna in branson

 

[Lightfoote]

I'm in for a penny and a pound!

I've set a clutch of 15 BBS True Ameraucana eggs as of this past Saturday noon - first time I have tried my hand at this. I have them temporarily under a basic 125w brooder lamp and two separate thermometers (one of which reads humidity as well) , and am hand turning them, whilst I finish constructing and testing my home-built incubator cabinet.

Once I figure out how to properly upload them, I'll add photos I have taken of the inc. building process, step by step. I'll also add another two dozen eggs later this week - 12 Black Australorps and a 6/6 split of French BCMs and Delawares. I have no idea what kind of hatch rate I'll get, so this will be interesting