7th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2016 Hatch-A-Long

[LocalYokel]

This is from early this morning.
There are more in there now but I am out getting icecream! It's also easier to post pictures from my phone than transfer them to the computer then post.

Anyone else use puppy pads in the brooder?

 

[TJChickens]

Ughhhh, Out of my last hatch, they were all upside down. Two hatched by themselves, but I needed to assist 6 others. A few that didn't get pipped, died. You just really have to keep an eye on them.

Just to clarify...by "last hatch", I meant last weeks hatch, not the New Years hatch which were all perfect.

 

[chonsey]

Still waiting......yes, I use puppy pads in the brooder-quick&easy cleanup!

 

[Wickedchicken6]

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Omg!!! How do you do it???

I can't keep up.

But I'm trying...

I can't even log off properly in my delirious state of overtiredness...came in this morning and I'm still logged in.

I thought I had logged out. (That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

)

 

[TJChickens]

Watch it and let it go as long as possible. Hopefully it will get out on it's own but you may need to help.
That is not right!

I have had that happen with an old line Delaware hatch.

I still have no idea why that one batch of chicks were all malpositioned. The chicks that all hatched perfectly yesterday are from the same parents....Must have been an incubation problem?

 

[TJChickens]

Omg!!! How do you do it???

I can't keep up.

But I'm trying...

I can't even log off properly in my delirious state of overtiredness...came in this morning and I'm still logged in.

I thought I had logged out. (That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

)

I never log off...I just keep the page up and it looks like I'm always lurking. I'm usually outside though

I can't keep up either, though this thread is easier than Sally's Hatching with Friends, which I try to stay part of....

 

[darkbluespace]

Here is my first cutie....

I have one silkie out that looks like it might be lavender and a few zipping very slowly. I had several malpositioned chicks, not sure why, I lost a few already that didn't make it through the night . I am hoping I end up with six or seven. I have one more Serama that I helped this morning that looks good.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

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But I'm so quiet. My roosters don't even know I'm at the farm in the house.

(I LOVE them too)

(Maybe I have too many roosters.)

And I forgot how LOUD the chicks are! WOW!

We were playing a board game when the first chick announced it's arrival. Whew...it had a nice set of lungs. I'm SO glad that the other chicks have arrived so they're quiet. I have my bator at the office (old farm house where the coop is too.) I can leave it and go home and not hear the loud cheeping. You guys do well to have them nearby...lol.
How did I forget they're that loud?

 

[LocalYokel]

Can't wait to get back home and check on TJChickens Bantam EE!
Already have one hatched that I know of
Super psyched!
I love love love blue eggs and I'm not sure why

 

[TJChickens]

This is from early this morning.
There are more in there now but I am out getting icecream! It's also easier to post pictures from my phone than transfer them to the computer then post.

Anyone else use puppy pads in the brooder?

Sometimes I use puppy pads in the brooder and as liners for the dog beds...

I'm coming over for ice cream!