April 2020 Hatch-A-Long! All are welcome!

[Knighstar679]

Insomnia sucks! Except when you check on the hatching incubator and find two of the three eggs in it externally pipped. This green EE egg really wants to take its sweet time. No pip from it yet.

Then again it had just started its draw down last night before bed.

 

[Knighstar679]

The external pips of the two eggs this morning.

The green EE or Americanna is still getting to draw down.

 

[Trisseh]

the little guy all fluffed up. gimpy right foot is starting to straighten, he can’t stand on it yet but he’s trying his best. Haha. He’ll be getting extra niacin for sure, just in case. The other 2 are still taking their time, but I’m hopeful that maybe they’ll be out when I get home from work this evening.

 

[kelseyk]

As I was getting ready to close windows and go to bed last night, I heard this weird shreak and about 2 minutes later one of the roosters from my rooster pen started crowing. So I turned on our cow cam and spun it around to look at what I could of the chicken and rooster pens. I am pretty sure I know exactly what got my Silkie roo....a ginormous raccoon. Biggest one I have ever seen! He has got to be as wide as a metal trash can, 2 feet tall, and 3 feet long! When I first saw him, my first reaction was "What the heck is a bear doing in Nebraska?!" (I could not see his tail at that time.) I had borrowed my in-laws live coyote trap (in case it was a fox) and had it set but unbaited next to the night run where the ducks tend to hang out. He never went in. But when I saw him leave, I ran out with a container of scraps and relocated it to the front of the night run. I apparently caught him as the trap was sprung.....but he managed to get the door support unhooked and got out! Hubby says to set the regular raccoon size live trap, but I am not sure he will fit! So I guess I will set both traps tonight and see if I can get him.

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

As I was getting ready to close windows and go to bed last night, I heard this weird shreak and about 2 minutes later one of the roosters from my rooster pen started crowing. So I turned on our cow cam and spun it around to look at what I could of the chicken and rooster pens. I am pretty sure I know exactly what got my Silkie roo....a ginormous raccoon. Biggest one I have ever seen! He has got to be as wide as a metal trash can, 2 feet tall, and 3 feet long! When I first saw him, my first reaction was "What the heck is a bear doing in Nebraska?!" (I could not see his tail at that time.) I had borrowed my in-laws live coyote trap (in case it was a fox) and had it set but unbaited next to the night run where the ducks tend to hang out. He never went in. But when I saw him leave, I ran out with a container of scraps and relocated it to the front of the night run. I apparently caught him as the trap was sprung.....but he managed to get the door support unhooked and got out! Hubby says to set the regular raccoon size live trap, but I am not sure he will fit! So I guess I will set both traps tonight and see if I can get him.View attachment 2102365View attachment 2102366

Unreal. It's huge! You're lucky it just took out one rooster. We get racoons or other varmints on occasion and the loses are catastrophic. Like 20+ bird in 1 night. No survivors.

 

[Knighstar679]

My first chicken egg has hatched! It is cheeping up a storm in the incubator.


Looks like it is a blue and white or black and white something.

 

[Knighstar679]

Here is a better picture of baby number one with its fuzzy toes.

 

[kelseyk]

Unreal. It's huge! You're lucky it just took out one rooster. We get racoons or other varmints on occasion and the loses are catastrophic. Like 20+ bird in 1 night. No survivors.

When I was growing up, my parents had a flock of chickens, peacocks (like 6 of them), and pigeons. A whole family of raccoons got into the night pen and got everything but 1 pigeon. It was horrible. I thought for sure it was going to be a fox because there was no blood or drag marks....but as big as this guy is, I can see how he could have just carried him off!

 

[Knighstar679]

The second baby is out.



here is the first baby dried off.


My friend is thinking lavender orp and Salmon Frivioli

 

[Poultrybonkers]

i set 12 eggs April 1st for a April 21st hatch... forgot it was a day off so they hatched today here they all are a perfect hatch 9 females and 3 males