Anyone HATCHING?!?!? Newbie's and addicts WELCOME!!!! Hatch Calendar page 1!!!!

[Melissa Rose]

Oh YAY!!!! For new chickies!!!

Sorry for ones that didn't make it.

Can;t wait to see some pics!!! I moved my broody last night, she didn't seem to happy about it so we will see how she does today in the new location.

I all most lost a lot more!!!

My humidity was too high during incubation and I realized this at lockdown so I put a bowl of uncooked rice in and it worked great. The aircells looked perfect on hatch day. Well the chicks were tooo large to zip properly because the humidity was to high for the first part of the incubation and by the time I realized it I had lost several ! I should have realized it because it had happened on one of my first hatches! I'm just glad I did figure it out before I lost them all

 

[Melissa Rose]

It looks like I might have a roo and three pullets in the lemon cuckoos though

 

[bikerchic]

Melissa Rose you know I couldn't pass up a auction!

Congrats on your new peeps! I bet they are darling! Pics?

 

[silkymom1986]

Oh I can't wait to see pics, don't think I have seen lemon cuckoos!!!

 

[silkymom1986]

I all most lost a lot more!!!

My humidity was too high during incubation and I realized this at lockdown so I put a bowl of uncooked rice in and it worked great. The aircells looked perfect on hatch day. Well the chicks were tooo large to zip properly because the humidity was to high for the first part of the incubation and by the time I realized it I had lost several ! I should have realized it because it had happened on one of my first hatches! I'm just glad I did figure it out before I lost them all

So what does the rice do?? I haven't heard that before but I'm glad to know it for the future!!

 

[Melissa Rose]

Quote:

It takes the humidity out! Our natural humidity can be so high that even when I dry incubate it is too much humidity! I put the rice in and it made the aircells expand to the right size so the chicklets won't drown but they had still grown too large to zip properly

 

[dwegg]

hey guys...now don't be mean to all us who follow this thread to get our chick fix..please post pics of all your new babies...

it is also continuing to be a source of learning from y'all failures and success stories... thanks...

 

[silkymom1986]

hey guys...now don't be mean to all us who follow this thread to get our chick fix..please post pics of all your new babies...

it is also continuing to be a source of learning from y'all failures and success stories... thanks...

Oh we would never be mean!!!

All are welcome, we are all here to share and learn.

I am waiting on pics as well, lol.

 

[bikerchic]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/gallery/image/view/id/4885697

I can not figure out how to post pics! Grrrrrrrr

 

[suzeqf]

I'm so excited

I candled my eggs last night the 4 silkie eggs all have air sacs are at the top of the eggs and i saw 2 teeny tiny little heads up around the sacs so it won't be long now. My turken eggs are a week younger but are looking good so I'm hoping my silkie girl will keep it up until they hatch too. This broody hatch is going so much better than the last one. As much as I would love to have chicks now I really hope they wait until the weekend because we are supposed to get some nasty cold wind and snow tomorrow. The boys aren't going to like when they have to stay inside they say we can get gust up to 40 mph and windchill of single digits and since it's been in the 50's for the last 2 weeks it's going to be a major shock to them