Anyone Hatching on the 27th or 28th? - I Need Hatching Buddies!!

[kingmt]

Probably the 28th. Bantam.

 

[retiredwithchicks]

Just got home and have 3 babies out and another almost ready to pop out. There is at least one other small pip. Hopefully tomorrow, day 21, I'll have all 15 out and walking around. Then comes the problem of getting them all out for my second round of hatching come Thursday. If I lose any of them from having to open to get out first hatch, I guess all I can do is blame the USPS for taking six days to deliver the package from Georgia to TN.

I think it will all work out. I think they will all be hatched before the other group pips and the humidity will be real high from all the hatching.

Positive attitude.

 

[chicky gal1]

We are hatching on the 28th. We have 31 in and of those 24 look really good. no pips yet, just took the turner out. how does the egg carton hatch work? I have mine right on the wire mesh, but I'd like to hear what you guys are all doing

happy hatching!!!

 

[walkswithdog]

My first of this hatch pipped yesterday and is out today! Go baby - it's a barred rock looking thing which poses some weird genetics questions since I lost the barred rock roo over a month ago... And partridge rock roo over a barred rock hen should yield a black bird, not a barred baby... And this is a wee black with the proper bright white dot of a barred hen... hmmmmmm.

I sometimes wonder if chickens actually read genetics books and then decide to ignore them...

 

[emvickrey]

Well I had a itle banty chchin spash hatch about 1 am this morning and another mix that had troubles so I helped him get started. When he kicked out of the shell there was a dat bit of yolk in it and it also had a few drops of blood come from its little belly button. He's not moving much either, but breathing fine. I sure hope I didn't dtep in too soon. It piped through last night around 7 pm and I was afraid it was dried out inside. He was still chirping but not near as much as he was before. I hope my attempt to save him didn't kill him instead. I have another one working on zipping out and a few more pips. Its the blue orp zipping. I sure hope its a hen.

I took pic put have to get them on photobucket before I can show you all. The other one may be out by then. I have very slow internet service.

Here is the one that I helped. He isn't bleeding anymore but I sur hope I did n't do harm.

Hre is the banty cochin splash. So cute and mostly dry. For some reason the pic are turning out to bright. Probably because of the white styrophome. Anyway he is with his bator made and the one Blue Orp that is zipping. HIs color appears to be a slivery grey and has feathers on his tiny feet. So cute.

I was talking to him and tol dhim to go and wake up his little bator mate and he actually walked over to the black one and pecked it on it's head a few times. Just so cute.

I'll send more as they come out

 

[Freckle Face Farm]

Great keep showing pics... How cute.

 

[DouglasPeeps]

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Nice! Can't wait to see pics!

 

[DouglasPeeps]

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Hope you have a great hatch.
Well, since mine are under a broody, it doesn't count.....cause I am really not doing anything but waiting. My first hatch was in an incubator and I used egg cartons to hatch. Not sure if I would do that again or not.

 

[kristenm1975]

I have 10 grocery store bought fertile eggs under my broody gold-laced wyandotte. She's due to hatch them out on the 27th. I have no clue how this is going to turn out. I've never had a setting hen before, and I've never personally known anyone who's used store bought eggs to hatch out. I don't have a roo though, and the poor thing was determined to sit on something so I thought I'd give it a whirl.

I'm concerned about how it's going to work out though because of all the worst luck, I'm scheduled to work away from home that day, even though it's usually my day off. I'm hoping like hell they don't hatch until Friday when I can be there to observe and offer help if needed.

She's in the hen house with the other 6 adult hens and 7 young ones only a couple months old. I'm hoping that the new little ones, just introduced to the coop yesterday, will distract the adult hens from any more babies suddenly appearing.

I really debated on taking her out of there and getting her set up in a broody hutch, but I didn't have one available as the only one I have is currently being occupied by a little silver Silkie sitting on 5 duck eggs. Can't wait til those hatch!!

I'm trusting the mama hen on this one, relying on the fact that she's very fierce and pecks anyone who gets close to her and hoping that that behavior extends to protecting her new chicks too.

 

[DouglasPeeps]

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I think it is time to give your flock a copy of that book!

Can't wait to see your barred baby!