Any Christmas / Dec 2012 Hatch a long's?

[BantamBabesFarm]

My Xmas chicks are all growing. 7/7! Very exciting and addicting! Lol. My New years babies only went in yesterday. 7/? On them!

I love the process!

 

[BantamBabesFarm]

Sorry, for double post!

Does anyone else name their chicks? Mine are of course getting theme names lol

 

[Tammy N]

Yes we have Molly,henery etta < henery possibly> polianna all Brama
chelsy,anne,micky,bonnie all Bard rocks
Pippi Long stalking Hampshire
so on and so forth

 

[Tammy N]

Ill be doing turkey eggs now my new incubator arrived .
what should i do with the new hova bator that wont keep its temp ?

 

[KPenley]

Ill be doing turkey eggs now my new incubator arrived .
what should i do with the new hova bator that wont keep its temp ?

How far off is it? And age? I'd call gqf and ask their advice. They have amazing customer service and replacement parts.

 

[Little Wing]

I just candled and 7 out of my 32 were either not fertile or had blood rings. The rest look good.

 

[Peggy-Sue]

We wont have xmas chicks but we should have new years chicks We put some bantam Easter eggers in the incubator on Monday! This is our first time trying to hatch eggs so we are supper excited hahaha... We want to candle them to see whats going on but I read you should really only do it around day 8 and day 17...

 

[KPenley]

We wont have xmas chicks but we should have new years chicks We put some bantam Easter eggers in the incubator on Monday! This is our first time trying to hatch eggs so we are supper excited hahaha... We want to candle them to see whats going on but I read you should really only do it around day 8 and day 17...

Most people recommend day 7, 14, and 18 just before lockdown. But then I've also heard that newbies should just candle around day 14 since "they don't know what they're looking for"...heehee I guess they don't know about BYC!

Congrats everyone on your growing babes! Little Wing, do you eggtopsy the ones that didn't survive?

 

[Little Wing]

Most people recommend day 7, 14, and 18 just before lockdown. But then I've also heard that newbies should just candle around day 14 since "they don't know what they're looking for"...heehee I guess they don't know about BYC!

Congrats everyone on your growing babes! Little Wing, do you eggtopsy the ones that didn't survive?

My wife does.

I have been having problems with Marans eggs mainly. They look full term when she opens them but just never pip. It seems like such a waste when that happens. These are out of my homemade cooler-bator but it has a turner and a good fan and holds even temps. My Christmas Day hatch is in a Hoova-bator with a turner and fan so maybe hatch rates will be better with it.
I usually candle twice, once around 10 days and when they go to lock down. Good luck everyone!

 

[Kristin Brown]

I no longer will have the joy of Christmas chicks hatching! My broody hen began with 11 eggs, then kicked two out of the nest within days. Therefore, it was down to 9 eggs when I candled last Saturday (Day #6). I then candled again Thursday (Day #11), which 5 eggs were M.I.A?! Of those I candled I left only 2/4 eggs which appeared to be developing. Today (Day #12) I opened the coop this morning to find mama hen off the nest which is a rare sight. Only one egg to be seen... hours later it was clear she abandoned it. I am so bummed! My suspicion is my overzealous lover-boy rooster is crushing the eggs under mama hen. There doesn't seem to be enough bedding in her nest area of choice because she tends to kick it away until she finds the bare floor. My idea is to replace her favorite nesting spot with a shallow crate that will serve as a nest. Any suggestions or pictures of you own solutions?