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

[meshellrose]

what about walmart? they should have chick starter from mana pro ? Gee I worry about that feed your giving them !! its so sad that we dont want you loose more chickies !!!

They are still doing ok. ty, I will look at walmart. I saw some in our local store.

 

[chicken fever]

Second Bator round is going fab! 90% growing!!! I do have a question tho, when I put them into lockdown, how fast do I need to be when taking the tray out and moving eggs to lay in the Bator? Or how do yall do it? Just wanna make sure I'm doing this all right.

 

[mohillbilly]

just fast enough to get it done without breaking the eggs.
but its better to lay them in the tray instead of the bator...
if they are laying in the tray now just quit turning them and up the humidity.

 

[silkymom1986]

Second Bator round is going fab! 90% growing!!! I do have a question tho, when I put them into lockdown, how fast do I need to be when taking the tray out and moving eggs to lay in the Bator? Or how do yall do it? Just wanna make sure I'm doing this all right.

I always candle one last time when going in lockdown, so it usually only takes me 20 minutes, depending on how many eggs you have, when hens are broody hatching they get up everyday for a little while to eat, it's never effected my hatches. Good luck!!!

 

[silkymom1986]

My broody hen is on hatch day today!!!! This is her first time and mine so Im excited and nervous, she wants to bea mommy soooo bad I can tell! I hope when we get back from church I here some peeps coming from under her!!!

 

[Melissa Rose]

Happy Day

I have been sooo tired from my construction projects that I haven't been on much! I have my Sportsman coming tomorrow and am sooooo very egggcited

!!! I had a horrible shipment of chicklets die as well

! I ordered two cream legbar pullets to go with the pair my sweet hubby got me for Valentines Day and then 4 lemon cuckoo orpingtons to go with my others and Richard Jordan generously sent 4 legbars with the lemons. They were to be overnighted but they did not come for several days because the Post Office just let them sit somewhere uncaringly for days. When they arrived most were dead

! It was totally awful. Two died slowly after they arrived! It wasn't Mr. Jordans fault and I feel as bad as he does I'm sure. It was just awful! I have been building little grow out pens and have one totally completed and two almost done

!!! My girls are laying eggs for me now too

I hope to be on more often now that most of the really hard work is almost done

Happy Day All and Happy Hatching

 

[aaggjg]

So I had 4 of my mutts hatch yesterday!! I hatched them for a friend of my mom's who now decided she isn't going to take them!!!

I used cartons this time to hatch and had read that the styrofoam ones were the best because the eggs won't stick... WELL I am SO UPSET ..... the one silkie egg I had in there pipped and had not progressed at all in 24 hours so I opened the bator took out the fluffy chicks and went to inspect the pipped egg well it was GLUED to the carton.... I have no idea what fluid seized up like glue but needless to say that egg did not hatch.... It is so sad as I can see the little beak through the hole

I have lavender orpingtons going into lockdown tomorrow morning so hopefully one of those will hatch and cheer me up

 

[silkymom1986]

My broody silkie hen cinderella hatched her first chicks yesterday!!!!

She was only sitting on 4 eggs, but I saw 2 head poking out from under her wing, I couldnt get a pic of both but did get this one which I think is adorable!!! I'm so happy for her, she's been wanting to be a Mommy for a while now!!!

 

[silkymom1986]

Happy Day

I have been sooo tired from my construction projects that I haven't been on much! I have my Sportsman coming tomorrow and am sooooo very egggcited

!!! I had a horrible shipment of chicklets die as well

! I ordered two cream legbar pullets to go with the pair my sweet hubby got me for Valentines Day and then 4 lemon cuckoo orpingtons to go with my others and Richard Jordan generously sent 4 legbars with the lemons. They were to be overnighted but they did not come for several days because the Post Office just let them sit somewhere uncaringly for days. When they arrived most were dead

! It was totally awful. Two died slowly after they arrived! It wasn't Mr. Jordans fault and I feel as bad as he does I'm sure. It was just awful! I have been building little grow out pens and have one totally completed and two almost done

!!! My girls are laying eggs for me now too

I hope to be on more often now that most of the really hard work is almost done

Happy Day All and Happy Hatching

Oh I'm so sorry to hear about your chicklets!!!

It's so sad the PO doesn't care what they are hurting! I know you have to be excited about getting your sportsman, hopfully one day I will have one of those!

Miss you and bikerchik!!!

I don't get on as often either.

 

[thebanthams]

you can see it in her eyes how happy she is !!

My broody silkie hen cinderella hatched her first chicks yesterday!!!!

She was only sitting on 4 eggs, but I saw 2 head poking out from under her wing, I couldnt get a pic of both but did get this one which I think is adorable!!! I'm so happy for her, she's been wanting to be a Mommy for a while now!!!