April 2024 hatch-a-long

[AusHen]

Hatch day snuck up on me. I gave the chickens treats before bed and checked on my broody Bella and heard a chick chirping in a egg, now almost 5am here and she has a chick with another pipping. Nithing in the incubator but they are a day behind.

 

[fuzzi]

Two weeks old...

They got fitted this afternoon with new zip-ties, the ones I attached just over a week ago were getting tight.

 

[Major_in_MS]

My results:

This picture is of the chicks that hatched a day early and were removed from the incubators. Yes, I did raise the heat lamp a little after this picture was taken. All 95 chicks that hatched are outside now in my brooder pen with the "Ohio Brooder."

 

[AusHen]

My girl Bella now has three chicks, one remaining egg I candled but didnt see movement. My incubator eggs have also started pipping although one is on the wrong end and I see blood.

 

[gimmie birdies]

do chickens stink up the room when they hatch?

Your friend asked if they smell. The water in the incubator gets gunked up, so that can smell. Also if you smell something, it may be a bad egg.

 

[AusHen]

I have 4 chicks out of 7 in the incubator. The chick that pipped wrong end and hit a vessel hatched (pictured resting) as did another sibling that pipped wrong end. My fault as this usually happens when I dont turn often enough. Two more have pipped on the correct end

 

[AusHen]

All 7 incubator chicks hatched. Lots of wheaten based thanks to the speckled sussex used to introduce the mottling gene (Australian SS tend to be eWh).

 

[fuzzi]

This is LC, "Little Chick". It's just two weeks old. As a one day old it was pecked and left unconscious, then the next day pecked again leaving a gaping wound. It's still smaller than the other chicks but keeps up. The wound closed, but you can still see the mark next to its eye.

They're all over the run, now, and I saw one chick using the adult waterer. They're growing up so fast.

 

[Silkiebegins]

My day 11 egg has been visible since day 3 and now I'm not able to see inside the egg is that normal? My day 12 I just see one distinct vein the leads to the yolk and. My day 18 I just see one big yolk and a hard to see vein inside that yolk. I think I have a few quitters but I'm just going to leave them in their. Here is a pic of a day 11 egg

 

[Honora]

Put 16 Swedish Flower eggs in lockdown, a couple of the air cells are drawn down and they look ready to go. 2 more days till hatch!