Anyone doing a later year hatch that wants to share stories,experiences and pics?

[8 Chicks 1967]

That is just day 6...

 

[KikiLeigh02]

Looks good!! I'm so happy for Inna.

 

[KikiLeigh02]

Still waiting for a pic of Inna and her chicks....

 

[8 Chicks 1967]

Still waiting for a pic of Inna and her chicks....

sorry, tomorrow is a new day. got much to do now that the flower eggs are good.adding on to the new coop. The smallest one flew across the coop today. don't even have tail feathers yet.. it was a mess at best.

 

[8 Chicks 1967]

Just to clear things up.. Inna has the chicks and farria has the developing eggs.

 

[RubyNala97]

@RubyNala97 do you normally run the temp higher? Do you get a better hatch rate that way? Good luck!

I read that bantams eggs may hatch early, the LF eggs started hatching yesterday too though! Today is Day 20. 6 bantam eggs made it to LD, 5 hatched. I think the other one quit around day 13-14, but it was a blue egg I couldn't see in very well. Last time I counted there were about 22 chicks total so far. 29 of 42 eggs made it LD. Most of the one that haven't hatched were either too dark to see anything but the air cells.

Yes, I run around 100.5. Which is technically a degree higher then it should be. But it works for me. I hatch (probably way to much, lol) a lot year round and usually whatever makes it to lockdown hatches, maybe minus 1.

Right now there’s 25 eggs in there (all looked alive) and so far 5 external pips! Sounds like you’re doing a great job hatching!! Congrats on all the babies that made it out so far!

Are White eggs easier to candle? The Flower eggs will be a week old tomorrow. Going to see what they look like.

You know what are the best eggs to candle? Duck eggs! I swear when you candle them they seem translucent. You can see every little detail inside the egg from the moment develop starts, around day 2. They are my favorite for candling!

 

[lins girrls]

So, day one went as bad as it could possibly be. I went down before work to feed them some grapes and some left over watermelon and as I approached I hear Inna fussing about something.

I open the door to see a 4 1/2 foot Black snake. My heart fell in my pants and then protective parent kicked in. She was fighting the snake and kicked it my way. I grabbed the snake without thinking and threw it into the yard behind me. I looked at Inna and she had a bloody face and 3 of the eggs were broken. That's when pissed mode kicked in.

I know it's not the snake's fault. It's just acting on natural instinct and hunting for food but, I just got those eggs that was very costly and one of my girls were hurt.

I usually just relocate black snakes as they are helpful more than hurtful but since this one knows where my hens nests are, I disposed of this one.

I guess I will get blasted over this one but, what would you have done? Inna still had 5 eggs left and I cleaned her up and put some medicated save one her face.

 

[lins girrls]

Hi, OMG my heart would have been in my throat and I would have gone into ninja mode. No one messes with my girls. I would have done the same thing. I hope she is okay and that you get a hatch out of this.

 

[aliciaplus3]

Silly broody turkeys.... I gave darling my turkey some eggs that were due today, yesterday when I went to check on her stilts, a younger turkey, was helping her sit on the nest...... sigh between the two of them they had managed to squish 4, 3 still in the eggs and 1 that was dried and out of the egg. Stupid birds. So now I am waiting for the next eggs that are due on the 6th and 7th.
If every turkey egg had hatched I would be over run with turkeys

 

[KikiLeigh02]

I believe you on the duck eggs! My husband loves duck eggs, sometimes I trade chicken eggs for duck eggs with a friend when his duck is laying. I always candle them because I crack them just to be safe because she like to sit. They really are translucent. I'm not sure I have patience for hatching ducks though...

Today is Day 21, so far I have 26/29 chicks!!! I really probably should have only put the 28 in lock down though. I think we may get one or two more today. Hatching is so addicting. Marans are next on my list, but they won't be here until the end of August. My husband is really wanting some Coutornix, and I've had my eye on some quail that lay blue eggs. I think I may try to find him some this weekend. I may need an intervention....