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[astecksouls]

Im waiting on my pumpkin hulseys to hatch any day now

 

[chickenmeadow]

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Hope your incubator/s stabilized. I'm back to work on Monday too, we just have to cram in as much fun on weekends as possible. I usually try to wait until the weekend to do incubator things, it works out really great when I can plan a setting to end up with the lockdown on the weekend. Happy hatching thoughts coming your way.

 

[chickenmeadow]

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Ok, you've got me on that one. What are "pumpkin hulseys" sounds cute & yummy at the same time!

Welcome new member!

 

[ClutteredCounty]

I'm in! I have not incubated eggs since 2003! I was quite addicted to it. I have promised myself that I will not get addicted again. I only need a few chickens. I have 27 black and blue mottled arriving today and 12 splash frizzle arriving Wednesday (I hope Wednesday). If they arrive on time then I will be setting them in the incubator sometime Thursday. I am so excited!

 

[txmel]

i'm on day 13 and just candled my 10 blrw. out of the 10 eggs 2 are developing 3 are ? and 5 don't look like they ever really got past day 3.

i was so hoping to have a better hatch this time. my last hatch only 1 hatched out of 8. i have had some weird low temp readings that seem to only happen at night
i'm not sure what to do about them i can't catch when its happening and its always back up to temp when i check it in the morning. last night it dropped to
74 some time after 1am but was back to 100 at 5

 

[GlitterKitty]

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Awesome!! And thanks! She sure is determined. I have to throw the treats in her nest box because she wont leave that egg to come down and get a few

 

[krstms]

I guess I'm a little crazy.

It's day 10 and when I candled I noticed I miscounted in the beginning. I had 10 ameraucanas and 9 mutts. Not 12 and 11 or whatever I said originally.

Out of the 10 A. eggs one quit and the other 9 have movement. Out of the 9 mutts one quit and 8 have movement. So at day 10 having 17 out of 19 aint bad.

Hope they all make it to hatch!!

 

[chickenmeadow]

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Not bad at all!!!!

 

[chickenmeadow]

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Awesome!! And thanks! She sure is determined. I have to throw the treats in her nest box because she wont leave that egg to come down and get a few

Thanks for the tip on sneaking in treats for your broody. I recently added a veteran broody, a Silkie & although she has not started setting yet, one of my last year hens did start & won't hardly budge from the nest. Haven't done the "broody" hens before, just collect eggs quickly; so I'm new to this. I'll be making sure that she gets food & water too, she's so good at this so far.

 

[Illia]

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Ok, you've got me on that one. What are "pumpkin hulseys" sounds cute & yummy at the same time!

Welcome new member!

Pumpkin Hulseys are a gorgeous and rare game bird - Look up Pumpkin Hulsey, and you'll find images and a feathersite article for them.

So far my Marans, Jersey Giants, and some of my Ameraucanas are doing well. The rest, however, probably aren't. I tried buying a fan for my Little Giant, but guess what? I DOESN'T WORK!!! I am really upset, because I spent WAY too much time allowing the eggs to cool while fiddling with it and trying to make it work. In the end I spend $49 for nothing.

SOO. . . If any eggs in the Little Giant survive and develop by day 7-10, and if I find any quitters in the Hovabator - I'm moving them and replacing the quitters.

I'm tired of my Little Giant. Even with close supervision I got a 0% hatch rate on the second try. There were 4 eggs that developed, but on hatch day and even before that - There was no sign of activity or life. I cracked them open, and found dead, underdeveloped chicks.

Atleast they were from my own chickens, and not paid for eggs.