April Hatch Along

[Birdydeb]

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

Yay!

 

[orrpeople]

Yay!

Seriously... . Going to have to go out for a run - "a watched incubator never...."

 

[Jessimom]

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

Yay!!!

My 4/6 hatch gave me 2 silver and 2 black Americaunas and the chicks I hatched for Gotro17 went over to her house this weekend. My Easter HAL is still hatching. Last night I pulled 10 dry babies, and this morning there are 5 more. The rest are showing no signs of life.

I went a little nuts on the Auction and BIN pages on BYC and one more Ebay BIN. I received the Serama and Golden Sebright eggs, and I have the Biefelders from Gotro17 that I will set today. The Birchen eggs will ship Monday or Tues. The Lav Orps shipped yesterday, as did the Tolbunt Polish. Gotro17 is also having me hatch some Maran eggs - those shipped yesterday as well.

I will set these as staggered hatchig. The Seramas need higher humidity, then the Marans, then the rest. So, I think 2 incubators will be running...maybe 3....

 

[Kyanite]

Seriously... . Going to have to go out for a run - "a watched incubator never...."

Haha!
I'll have to keep this in mind. Not sure if I can resist hovering come time.

 

[orrpeople]

Haha!
I'll have to keep this in mind. Not sure if I can resist hovering come time.

and...we have 2 new CL babies and they are both...drumroll please... PULLETS!!!!!!

 

[Jessimom]

and...we have 2 new CL babies and they are both...drumroll please... PULLETS!!!!!!

Congratulations! I have one CL hen and she is skittish, and unfriendly. Is that normal for the breed?

 

[Chicken Chat]

Hi everyone, on day 19 here, stuck working a weekend and going a little crazy not know if humidity is still holding steady, and everything else that could go wrong!

Loving all the picture of the new babies, makes me want mine to hurry up and come out already!

 

[orrpeople]

Congratulations!  I have one CL hen and she is skittish, and unfriendly.  Is that normal for the breed?

I'm still trying to figure out their personalities. My oldest are only 5 weeks old and they are curious but don't want to be touched. I only have 2 pullets in that group, so it will be interesting once I separate them from all their brothers if they warm up a bit.

 

[RoseViewFarm]

I'm so excited! I had to open the bator up today to add my calibrated hygrometer, so I took the opportunity to candle a few of the BBS Ameraucanas. It is day 4 and I already could see that the 7 I candles are fertile and growing well!!
I tried to take some pictures, but they came out hard to see.

I even candles one of my bulgy eggs and that one showed development as well!
As for my BBS English Orps, I had to toss three eggs on day 2 because they were weepy. I cracked them open and the one I didn't break the yolk on (I'm really not good at opening eggs in bags...) was fertile so that's a good start. As they all had detached air cells (except one) they are currently residing in an egg carton. I have a rack turner that doesn't go passed 45 degrees so I think after day four for them I will put them in that.
The seller is being exceptional and still will replace the whole lot depending on development.

 

[Calichicken2015]

Finally, some decent pictures of my single hatchling!

Such a sweet baby!!! I LOVE the color!!!

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!

WOOHOO!!!

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

YAY!!!!

Good little momma