27th or 28th May hatch, looking for buddies

[natchlaly]

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Nikki hope you hatch goes well and just remember that we are very fond of pics on this thread so have your camera at the ready

 

[Nikki1976]

I sure will!!! Camera is charged and ready to go!!!

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Nikki hope you hatch goes well and just remember that we are very fond of pics on this thread so have your camera at the ready

 

[natchlaly]

Well lock down has finally arrived

I will start uping my humidity at around 9 pm tonight after a final turn and a quick candle (maybe)

cant believe these little chicks have made it this far after all the ups and downs they have been through

that they will hatch well. If their determination so far is anything to go by I should have fuzz butts by the end of the wekend

so the next few days this is gonna be me

 

[Tala]

My R-COM is automatically "locking down" tonight

 

[natchlaly]

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Keep us posted on how things are progressing Tala

look like we will has fuzz butts together

 

[GeoKan]

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Keep us posted on how things are progressing Tala

look like we will has fuzz butts together

Good luck to both of you! It's getting down to the wire now.

 

[Lightfoote]

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Okay - I have to ask (newbie question) - what is an "R-COM"? I presume by context that it is an incubator, but I am not familiar with the make...

 

[natchlaly]

Has anyone else noticed that the closer we get to hatch day the more time we are all spending attached to our computers

 

[Lightfoote]

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Very salient observation, Natchlaly.

"Lockdown" for me will be mid-morning on Wednesday the 25th, so I was giving all my eggs a preparatory, careful, attentive once-over, and I had to throw out one of my Ameraucana clutch last night, unfortunately.

It somehow did not look right when I candled it (the "dark mass" inside was too uniformly dark, when held with aircell upright, the fluid slopped around in a "sludgy" manner...) and when I applied the "sniff test" it had the beginnings of a vague off-sulphur scent.

I removed it and set it outside in the cold, damp night.

If I'm lucky, some wayward crow or starling will abscond with it and suffer the ill effects of consuming its contents.

You've had no further untoward luck with your hatch-berries, I trust?!

Lightfoote

"Thy word, O Lord, is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."

 

[natchlaly]

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Very salient observation, Natchlaly.

"Lockdown" for me will be mid-morning on Wednesday the 25th, so I was giving all my eggs a preparatory, careful, attentive once-over, and I had to throw out one of my Ameraucana clutch last night, unfortunately.

It somehow did not look right when I candled it (the "dark mass" inside was too uniformly dark, when held with aircell upright, the fluid slopped around in a "sludgy" manner...) and when I applied the "sniff test" it had the beginnings of a vague off-sulphur scent.

I removed it and set it outside in the cold, damp night.

If I'm lucky, some wayward crow or starling will abscond with it and suffer the ill effects of consuming its contents.

You've had no further untoward luck with your hatch-berries, I trust?!

Lightfoote

Everything is going to plan

so far had to remove an egg last night too how freaky is that

was due to lock down at 10ish tonight but as during my last hatch with the same breed my first chick hatched on day 19 have locked down a few hrs early. Humidity is at a steady 60% and temp between 99 +100

. whats the betting this time they hang on til day21