April Hatch Along

[Calichicken2015]

Candled today for day 10 and looking good!!! 20 Bantam cochins, 5 ducks and 5 quails all going strong

Well...from what I could see of those tiny, dark, spotted quail eggs!

Still watching my air cells closely and keeping humidity up so they don't grow too fast

Red is my 10 day measurement....thoughts?


Duck egg #1


Duck egg #2


Chick egg #1


Chick egg #2

 

[Kyanite]

Candled today for day 10 and looking good!!! 20 Bantam cochins, 5 ducks and 5 quails all going strong Well...from what I could see of those tiny, dark, spotted quail eggs! Still watching my air cells closely and keeping humidity up so they don't grow too fast Red is my 10 day measurement....thoughts? Duck egg #1 Duck egg #2 Chick egg #1 Chick egg #2

Awesome! Glad to hear that everyone is going strong. My 10 day Air cells were about that, maybe a tad bigger. I think you're on track. But what do I know. I'm a first timer! LOL!!!

 

[Calichicken2015]

Awesome! Glad to hear that everyone is going strong. My 10 day Air cells were about that, maybe a tad bigger. I think you're on track. But what do I know. I'm a first timer! LOL!!!

Thanks!!!! Last year they grew too big, too fast so most of my babies didn't make it to hatch

looking much better this year so far! I could see them moving around in there

So amazing to watch!!!

 

[slantrhymes]

Finally, some decent pictures of my single hatchling!

 

[Kyanite]

I had to add water and the bator hasn't been opened since I last candled, so I went ahead and opened it up to add water the easy way. I also took the opportunity to spot check a few eggs. One that I put a ? on at day 10 still looks like a quitter, but one was moving really good! Nobody stinks though, so all left in. Onward we go!

 

[Birdydeb]

My heritage Dom eggs arrived today! Letting them settle until tomorrow and then they're going in with some bantam cochin eggs! So excited!

Excited for you! My friend and I have heritage Dom eggs being shipped to us the first week of May. Good wishes for a great hatch!

 

[Birdydeb]

Small consolation, but at least you proved its not your hatching abilities! Good luck with the ducks. Speaking of cochins, I got 2 new splash hens yesterday!! They will make some beautiful babies with my male.

Well that is very true. For one set of eggs to be pretty much a success and the other set a total failure...yeah, I think I can quit beating myself up that I did something wrong. These Bantams aren't just cute...they are STINKING cute. LOL The 2 splash hens are beautiful! Funny thing....those 2 mixed chicks I kept from my first hatch are colored so much like them. They are the BR over an ISA Brown mix. What I read said they would be white with black splotches....they look gray with black spots. Interesting...right?

 

[orrpeople]

There are some Cream Legbar pips in the incubator this morning!!

 

[orrpeople]

Finally, some decent pictures of my single hatchling!

So sweet!! I hope she has a friend! (One gal on another hatchalong joked that she needed a little tiny baby sling so she could actually get something done around the house besides hold her lonely chick! )

 

[orrpeople]

And... Buffy the broody is still sitting tight! We moved her night before last and all day yesterday she was committed!! Good girl!