Poor baby, maybe he wanted breakfast.I locked down my 6 eggs. Then, I went outside to give fresh water to the chickens. Come inside, my 19 month old boy is standing there holding two of the eggs, incubator wide open.
No eggs where broken- so I sure hope no damage done
That's really super great! Congratulations
That particular competition is impossible, absolutely impossible to choose!Good Morning...
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LOL, I'm such a lightweight, not in lbs, and my husband served wine with dinner. I had one glass over a long period and it did warm me up nicely, but then I start to get woozy a bit, I don't like that, just the warmth, LOL It's kind of sad! I love the taste, just can't take much! (wmipy)
Hee hee hee, if I could, I would hatch all the time, there just isn't space here!
Oh, I'm so glad!
Oh wow, the cutie pictures are starting to roll in, OMG, ducklings are SO CUTE!!! WOW! Love the chipmunks, didn't know they hatched from eggs as well??Here are the pictures so far of my Mystery NYD swap eggs! (my eggs came early)
I had 6 out of 6 quail hatch!! 2 out of 6 OEGB hatch yesterday morning and this morning when I moved my mystery ducks to the brooder, 2 more hatched. Pictured is 8 of them but 2 more are in the incubator. I can't tell about the remaining 2 eggs, they may have pips. I will post pictures of them tomorrow!! What a great hatch, Thank you silkie sensations and _________?
I think my ducks are Khaki Campbells?
ROFL, I was doing that in the beginning. I hope I don't laps back into nightmares here at the finish line!!!
Oh, I hope it's ok!I went downstairs to check my bator, and the temp was 102.4!!!! It was in the 101's last night, so I turned it DOWN. I know I turned it down, I double checked... So why did my temp go UP??? I hope it didn't hurt anything! I'll be pretty bummed if something catastrophic happens this far into the hatch!!
Just checked, I haven't gotten any notifications for a while either........
Wow, great numbers, even for being your own!Not sure if/where we are supposed to post lock down picture, but here are the 38 out of 40 I set.
You might want to try using a paper towel on top of the wire, it'll make clean up easier, it'll allow air to move through it, and it won't reflect heat too bad??Thank you! I did think of that and stuck a glass thermometer in there yesterday. It says 99.5 while my digital says 99. (The digital only gives me whole numbers, and it has said 99-100 steady since the first couple days, except dropping a couple degrees when I would candle, but it goes up fairly quickly.) Next time I will try your idea, too.
The other thing I thought of the last couple days, is that I lined the bottom of my bator with aluminum foil. Could that cause a problem? I wouldn't have thought so at such low temps. It is just plain old foil.
So, next time I am only going to candle 2x. I am glad I did watch them so much this time, though, as I learned a lot, and feel a lot more confident about when they are doing well, if they didn't develop, if they died, ect.
No foil in the bator.
use 2 thermometers.
I think I will also get myself a turner, so they get turned more often, and so I won't be opening the incubator so much
Here is my lone egg going into lockdown. (Thank you Sally for posting the basket idea! It solved that issue for me.)
I found someone who has chicks that are less than a week old. I am trying to decide if I should pick them up now, or wait and see if it hatches. It will have to be alone a couple days anyway, until it is old enough to be put in with the older chicks. The place is an hour away though, and I am going through there today.
That'd be awesome. I caught your camera at the end last time, and it was really fun to watch! Had a better view than if I had watched directly as the camera blows it all up nice and big! How fun that was!
Amazing! Do you have a camera set up near where they nest? How fun!I still have to wonder how mother nature gets away without the lock down. It's very cold for these Eagles at hatch time, but still, take a peek at one that's hatched, turn the others, and there it is, one that has pipped or is zipping. They all hatch. I have watched the Decorah Eagles for two years...amazing. I always shook my head when I saw her...or him, get up off of the eggs when there was a pipped egg, and let all that cold air in. ??
I think I'm going to lock down now, even so it's a little over an hour early. Since there is no rule to that one, LOL. They all looked good last night when I candled. Now it's just a waiting game!
COOL!Ok officially candled last night, 39 out of 41 made it to lockdown woot! So 39 eggs were locked down about a half hour ago, I am a little early but I don't think its a bad thing because 4 or 5 of my eggs are rocking like crazy
Gonna do mine now! LOL 1 hour n 15 min early but who cares? LOL
Unless you really do not want chicks I'd get them now if they are an hour away you will need em. ID get 2 , 3 chicks are good.
My broodies keep pipped eggs under them and seem to keep fairly steady humidity. I as really surprised what they do with their feathers.I still have to wonder how mother nature gets away without the lock down. It's very cold for these Eagles at hatch time, but still, take a peek at one that's hatched, turn the others, and there it is, one that has pipped or is zipping. They all hatch. I have watched the Decorah Eagles for two years...amazing. I always shook my head when I saw her...or him, get up off of the eggs when there was a pipped egg, and let all that cold air in. ??
Chop chop!! autocorrect is mad today apologies if I make no sense.
I see you Jim
