APRIL FOOLS HATCH, give or take a day.....who's in ??

[grammypam]

18 little eggberts just went into lockdown. Good Luck everyone.

 

[Highland Moongazer]

There's a party in the incubator!
*hops around anxiously* Come out little peeps! I want to see what you look like!!

 

[tennessee]

Mine went into lockdown yesterday evening, so I am in on this too! This will be my first spring hatch.

 

[tennessee]

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This is day 19 for me too! I'm trying to not check every few minutes but it's hard.

 

[maryrob]

update

one of the green americanas hatched about 8:30 pm
still waiting on the other one

then there will be 3 left but i can wait til thursday at least (lockdown was last saturday)

but what i dont understand is that my babies are all black

well daddy is black and red

or will they change color later??

rhode island reds i thought were born red not black

and my americanas are a range or yellow, grey red or red and tan

just doesnt make since to me

 

[MobyQuail]

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Hi Mary, sounds like your "americanas" may be EEs (easter- eggers) a cross between, either an ameraucana and a heritage chicken, or an araucana and a heritage chicken or something in-between, welcome to the madness of the "ameraucana". and yup- there is no "i" in ameraucana

-lots of threads on it here if you are so inclined to go to the mountaintop and ask the wiseman. also, I think black is a dominant color in your case, break out your mendel squares.
been a nice ride with ya, good luck on those 3 left!

 

[kelseygirl707]

Well, I Got to play a rousing game of find the stinky egg in the incubator before it explodes! Found it and put 11 RIR, 1 Lav Orp, 1 Lav Silkie, 1 SQ Polish, 3 Buff Cochins, 2 White Cochins, and 2 Partridge Cochins into lockdown. Sadly None of the Sussex (which I wanted most next to the Lav Orp) and none of the Black cochins made it to lockdown

 

[lucky123]

emjay, if your temp has been reading low that long ajust it up a little. Just watch it!

 

[kelseygirl707]

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If your thermostat is touchy, I would just leave it, the chicks will be fine 1 degree off, at least in my experience.

 

[MikeS(erama)]

As of this morning I have 6 pips! A little early, but I've had chicks hatch on day 20 and they are still doing good lol