APRIL Hatch a long ......Anyone?

[pogmobum]

Ok well here we go....

Set to Hatch:
15 Lavender O's
11 Ostrich

In the Incubators:
70+ Ostrich
24 Lavendar O
17 Elliot's Pheasant
10 Silver Pheasant
3 Hume's Bar Tailed

Baby pics to follow... whoop whooop!

Yay pics Im a picture freak on this site but theres not many interesting photos when your hatching with a broody, good luck!

 

[Joshua G]

Quote: Yes, they will generate heat. I think I lowered mine to 98.7 so far.
This is the first time I have ever lowered the temp in my incubator so I hope they turn out okay.

 

[linzross31890]

Not my hatched birds but a few assorted bantams from tsc. I got 6, must be crazy because we curretly have a full bator...

 

[Roxannemc]

Thats how chick fever is! cant get en ough

Finally candled my lavender orp eggs tonite.. new roo Sterling 2 doing a great job. 9 of 10 eggs look good.One has a blood ring.Accidentally candled one of my catdance silky eggs. its on day 7..Notgood news.looks like a yolk in there thats it.Have 2 others here to candle in 2 more days and hoping some of the 15 in my friends cabinet incubator are growing:. a few anyway?

 

[Corny Caleb]

I wiggle tested my april hatch-along emu egg, and it was positive for wiggles! there will be a little emu chick here in a couple weeks

 

[Roxannemc]

Wow! thats a gorgeous shell!! Too bad she cant come out without breaking it!

 

[SkylineFarms]

I set 24 Barred Rock, 12 Salmon Faverolles, and 6 Black Sex-Link (Salmon Faverolles Roo over Barred Rock Hen) eggs last night. I've got a full incubator!

Lockdown should begin Monday, April 14th. I had a bad time with bacteria getting into the thinner shelled eggs during my last hatch, so in addition to disinfecting the incubator I also dipped the eggs in a bleach/water solution to disinfect them too so we'll see what happens. I've successfully hatched out eggs washed in Dawn soap but I haven't tried eggs disinfected with bleach water yet. I'll update when I candle in a week.

 

[Corny Caleb]

Wow! thats a gorgeous shell!! Too bad she cant come out without breaking it!

I know right?! lol. Some times when the eggs aren't fertile people blow them out, and sell the shell for about 20 bucks for people that want to carve designs them!

 

[29PalmsRanch]

Yay pics Im a picture freak on this site but theres not many interesting photos when your hatching with a broody, good luck!

Ok... here's the first ostrich from this batch 4 others have partially busted out. Chickens started to pip this morning as well!

 

[Anikaanimalgirl]

Not my hatched birds but a few assorted bantams from tsc. I got 6, must be crazy because we curretly have a full bator...

I don't think I've ever seen more adorable chicks in my life!!!!!!!!!!!!