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

[FluffyBottomBantams]

Hello, it’s a little late to join, but I have three blue Belgian bearded d’uccles and my mom has three New Hampshire red bantams due to hatch either this Sunday or Monday. Because we are staying home now we won’t miss the hatch...I’m sure we aren’t the only ones...yay silver lining!

 

[gmjarvi]

Well I’ve done pretty good picking which eggs are silkies- I’m pretty proud! The Sebright and silkies eggs look so much alike the only difference is a slight sheen and I tried to set all silkies. I did get one bantam who I almost lost during assisted but turned out ok. Also found one baby outside from my broody girls, it was in the coop but wandered out of the nest when I found him he was very cold barely moving i can’t believe it recovered but it did! After that I tooked the babies my girls hatched inside that was a close enough call for me so I took it as a sign. I’m so thankful it made it ❤

Yay, they are so cute! It seems like you've had a much better hatch this time which I am so glad to see! ❤

 

[gmjarvi]

Oh, man, I didn't log on for like a day and had nearly 10 pages to catch up on lol. Welcome to all the joiners, it is absolutely not too late to post in here! Even if your babies hatch in May, I am sure everybody will be happy to read about your experiences in here. There is a May hatch a long, too, though! Join both!

I will be candling 20 eggs tonight - most are D7, 3 or so are D6.

 

[FluffyBottomBantams]

Aw yay good luck!! We candled tonight and all six were wiggling all over, a couple even looked like they were playing soccer or doing a little river dance

 

[FortCluck]

For anyone who needs the May hatch a long link it's down below

May Hatch-A-Long

 

[CindyinSD]

Hello, it’s a little late to join, but I have three blue Belgian bearded d’uccles and my mom has three New Hampshire red bantams due to hatch either this Sunday or Monday. Because we are staying home now we won’t miss the hatch...I’m sure we aren’t the only ones...yay silver lining!

It is never too late until it's over.

 

[Phillyndilly]

Yay, they are so cute! It seems like you've had a much better hatch this time which I am so glad to see! ❤

Yes! I did thank you so much I’m so happy! It really did go better just knowing what to expect I assisted I believe at least 5 so I’ve gotten good at that as well. There was one I may have assisted too early but after my little crippled one I left in too long I kind of have a fear. It went really good I’m waiting on my last one to hatch it internally pipped so I made a safety hole and hopefully it’ll be out by morning!

 

[Akoharski4]

You don't need a specific temperature so much as you need comfy chicks. If they cluster under the heat source, peeping loudly and/or huddle in a pile, they're too cold. If they avoid the heat source, they're too hot. If they run around in and out of the warm zone, eating, pecking, drinking, playing, they're just right.

They were tending to spread out along the edges of the brooder, when they slept... which is why I was under the impression it was probably too hot. I never noticed any open mouth breathing or obvious signs of heat issues. And god knows I’ve been spending way too much time looking at them The brooder is large enough that they had plenty of space to roam. But it really was such a warm bulb. It heated up my entire 10x12 mudroom!

I also don’t want to inhibit feather growth by keeping it too toasty. I briefly read somewhere that it can cause them to feather out more slowly
(no idea if that’s true or not).

Thanks for your helpful response!

 

[gmjarvi]

Pulled 2 out of 20 eggs - one blood ring and one non-starter. The rest appear to be doing well! Lots of wiggly beans .

 

[SongBird1798]

Hi everyone! I’ve got some serama, Japanese bantam, and crele bantam eggs in the incubator. It’s day 8 and so far 9/12 are doing wonderfully. Hand turning with a contraption I made for help

1- no sign of development
1- early death (got a nice blood ring going)
1* - not sure about this one I thought there was a blood ring but there are still veins???? And I thought I didn’t see movement but after I looked at it for a bit I think I did? (Obviously losing my mind )