Anyone hatching April 5-7 or so? ALL DONE, READY TO BE LOCKED

[bburn]

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We don't have a generator exactly, but we do have a power inverter that plugs into the cigarette lighter of the car. If I needed to I could pull the car up to the window and power my incubator and my cpap machine.

Hey.....I have one of those too!!! Will be gathering things up!! I also have a down jacket in there and will wrap up the bator if I need to!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

I have eggs due on the 6th and 7th of April.

9 B/B/S Project eggs and 6 Buff Orp eggs from my flock due on the 6th, and 25 B/B/S and Lavender Bantam Ameraucanas due on the 7th. And then I also have 12 Olive eggers and 6 LF White Am's due next month.

 

[Suechick]

Hi Mrs. Fluffy Puffy

can't wait to see those chicks!

still waiting

I'm on day 10 sigh.

 

[destinydot6]

I have a batch of chicken eggs going in lockdown on the 6th
and 100 quail eggs lockdown on the 8th

 

[Chicken Chickita]

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy :

I have eggs due on the 6th and 7th of April.

9 B/B/S Project eggs and 6 Buff Orp eggs from my flock due on the 6th, and 25 B/B/S and Lavender Bantam Ameraucanas due on the 7th. And then I also have 12 Olive eggers and 6 LF White Am's due next month.

Me too! Can't wait to see your pics!!​

 

[Chicken Chickita]

My chicken went broody the day before I placed my eggs in my incubator, so I took some of the fertilized eggs I had ordered and gave her three to add to the 2 she was sitting on. I candled all the eggs last night and she is doing much better than my incubator. I have about 50 eggs in 2 bators and saw definite movement in 2 and veins in about 70%. Out of the five she's hatching, I saw movement in 3 and veins in the other 2. She's doing great!

Then, surprisingly, she laid another egg today. My DH said he heard her sing her song so she must have laid an egg. I thought no way - she's been broody for over a week. But, sure enough, she's sitting on 6 now! What a talented little lady!

 

[Suechick]

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yay for broodies
That's cool, I thought they couldn't lay eggs when they were brooding. Chickens always surprise me!

That last egg probably won't make it to hatch under her though. Once her babies hatch she'll leave the nest to take care of them, the remaining egg will be abandoned. Maybe you could grab it before she leaves the nest and pop it in the incubator.

 

[Chicken Chickita]

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yay for broodies
That's cool, I thought they couldn't lay eggs when they were brooding. Chickens always surprise me!

That last egg probably won't make it to hatch under her though. Once her babies hatch she'll leave the nest to take care of them, the remaining egg will be abandoned. Maybe you could grab it before she leaves the nest and pop it in the incubator.

That's a great idea. I'll do that. I've gone a little egg crazy and have order several dozen more eggs (and will likely need incubator #3). I'll put it in with those.

I didn't know they would lay eggs when broody either. She's a little silkie and from what I hear they are really seriously broody, so that surprised me even more! I went to a similar on developing show chickens today where one of the presenters said "yes, silkies are amazingly broody - they could hatch golf ball.)

 

[chevgrl]

Hey everyone I posted some pictures of my eggs from candling on day #10 I haven't really recieved any replies to the post. I posted them on the hatching forum acouple hours ago with the title of "candling question" do you guys think you could check post out and let me know what you think? I'm at a lost i've always sucked at candling!

 

[Suechick]

I trained mine on golf balls! Just love them chickens.