April 1st. setting.. *hatching*| need a buddy.

[chickenfeverforever]

Day 19 and no movemement here yet.

 

[magoochie]

Lockdown!!!

I made a little tent out of the comforter and candled under there. LOL .... Of my 9 mutt chickens, all 9 have movement and i can even see a couple feet!

Of the 16 Marans eggs, only 6 of them have a chance of hatching. 6 never developed, 1 definite blood ring, 3 quitters.

They were shipped eggs though. The seller wanted me to keep him postd on how many hatch because the eggs might have froze on the way here. And I told the seller that since none of them stunk, i would give all of them the full 21 days or so. Then crack them open and see where they got to.

 

[tia]

Duck was out this morning. I think it is going to be fawn and white like its mom. Chickens are still rolling. No pips yet.

 

[fshinggrl]

Awww... so cute!

 

[magoochie]

Well I have made it all afternoon without looking at the incubator! Can you believe it?!?! LOL

Im excited. I hope I have chicks hatching before the weekend!!!

Since most of my marans eggs didnt develop, I was able to get a 2nd chance to buy on ebay. So I got 24+ black copper marans for $35! and free shipping! So I jumped on it.
It is from a different seller, so maybe the fertility, shipping, hatch rates will be better.

 

[chickenfeverforever]

Still nothing to report.....

 

[magoochie]

Nothing here either. Just checked the bator for the 1st time since lockdown this afternoon. Humidity is about 72% and temps are steady.

Just time for the waiting game....

 

[fshinggrl]

Nothing to report here either. My humidity is sticking around 35% which makes no sense since it was 40% before Lockdown. Any suggestions?

That is great about the replacement eggs on eBay!

 

[Azriel]

I went into lock down last night, might have been a little late but I wanted to wait till dark so I could candle one more time before lockdown. I only candled 3 time theough the whole time. My 3 mutt eggs from my flock all have movement, the rest are shipped EE eggs, I pulled 5 of them that were clear or very early quiters. So I have 19 in lockdown. The EE eggs are so hard to see, I may have had a few more that I could have pulled, but no stinkers so I just left them in just in case. I'm having a hard time getting my humitiy above 55% and I did a dry hatch keeping humitiy about 30-35% untill last night. I'll ty adding a little more water through the vent hole today to see if I can at least get up to 60%. I'm pretty sure my muts will hatch, they are either Buff Orp or GSL, with my B Aust. roo. But I really, really want some of the EE's to hatch. Keeping all my fingers and toes crossed for nice healthy chicks.
Good luck everyone.

 

[tia]

Good luck to you too Azriel. Good hatching vibes coming your way. : )