4th Annual BYC NYD Hatch-a-long

[Brechin]

I have heard peeping from at least one egg. At this time I am just SUPER IMPATIENT! I will not open that incubator to save my life because I know how important it is for the chickies. I have some of my beer making equipment pulling double duty for me. This allows me to add hot water from my tea kettle into the incubator to maintain a high humidity between 63% and 75%. I hope this is an OK range. I might have to go outside and do some chores or something. I AM GOING TO DIE!!

 

[Countrypunk92]

Now HOW did I get almost 500 posts behind?

 

[babymakes6]

Now HOW did I get almost 500 posts behind?

By the way, is your refrigerator running?

 

[Hurley]

Counted up the eggs in the incubator currently:

6 mint green eggs from the Lavender Ameraucana Bantam x Iowa Blue
10 blue eggs from the other Lavender Ameraucana Bantam x Iowa Blue
5 olive eggs from the blue cuckoo bantam Marans/Ameracuana F1 x Iowa Blue
(all these eggs going towards a Blue Egg Laying Bantam Iowa Blue project, aka the "Bantam Iowacana" project. LOL)

29 Iowa Blues
(Iowa Blue Selection)

5 Olive Eggers - more for the laying flock

Looks like 14 of 18 for NYD are still going plus 13 of 15 set 4 days later....plust 29 set last night.

Have only thrown out 6 eggs so far of the 62 set. Hope they continue on as well!

 

[deelake71]

Since this is the first time we've ever had a turkey and she has decided to start laying; what is the best way to get her to lay her egg somewhere safer and cleaner than the coop floor.  Is there a way to build her a nest that she would use in there?  Her roommates are my Orps and Barnevelders, who do lay in the current nest boxes.

I'm catching up on the thread so someone may have already answered you.

What I did was made a frame 24x24 and placed it on the floor, filled it with pine shavings and put half a twin bed sheet drapped over it with an opening for her to go in and out. She's been laying great in there.

 

[MarineCorpFarmr]

Happy end of the world yall!

 

[deelake71]

I think they want to go sledding. but they should have asked yesterday, the snow's all melting today.

That's cute!

 

[gabrielle1976]

Happy end of the world yall!

I turned 35 and its sapose to end the world sorry

 

[MarineCorpFarmr]

I turned 35 and its sapose to end the world sorry

least i dont feel old now lol im 33. least for another few months

 

[gabrielle1976]

I have heard peeping from at least one egg. At this time I am just SUPER IMPATIENT! I will not open that incubator to save my life because I know how important it is for the chickies. I have some of my beer making equipment pulling double duty for me. This allows me to add hot water from my tea kettle into the incubator to maintain a high humidity between 63% and 75%. I hope this is an OK range. I might have to go outside and do some chores or something. I AM GOING TO DIE!!

Just make sure if you put super hot water in there that it dosnt spike the temp. That humidity sounds ok to me. IF there pipping they may not make alot of noise , I have foun some chicks are very vocal in the egg and some are pretty quiet and just get down to busness, just like some chicks pip rest like 30 minutes and then zip and hatch in like 10 minutes wham bam and some chicks pip then sit and contemplate the mysteries of the universe for a good solid 12+ hours befor decideing to zip then they can ether slow poke zip at like an inch every 20minues or go all out and bam be done . they are all indviduals I woudnt worry about he pips unless its been at LEAST 12+ or even 24 hours.
Its so hard to wait for them but hatching is sooo amazeing its worth it.