April Hatch Thread--Come Join Us!

[hokankai]

WOOOOOO HOOOOOO!!!!

I feel that way about mine!

I have not thought these 3 would hatch since about day 4 when my still air went from 98-104 every other hours! and now All three are have piped!

???????????????????????????????????????????????? Should I start them now or wait?????????????????

The less time between them the better, but your later eggs might not do as well since they won't have the full resting period. It's all up to you and how comfortable you are with your options.

 

[Bitterroot]

Your Cat is jealous.  Congrats

LOL. Actually, Vinnie IS jealous. He's a 14 y/o ragdoll who loves his spot on the couch and a good bellyrub. More Labrador retriever than cat, really. He's used to all sorts of animals and pays them no mind. No worries, he doesn't have access to the chicks.

 

[SymanSaysFarms]

Just weighed and set 29 eggs )))) I'm so nervous for them!!! I have 12+ more coming tomorrow in the mail but I just couldn't wait another day or 2 to set these. Wish me luck!!! And congrats to all whose little chickies have hatched today.

 

[allsummedup]

Much luck and happy hatching!!!

 

[MissBroodyHen]

My eggs are on day 9. They are araucana x white leghorns. I candled last night and all 13 have something inside. They have had lots of veining and last night I witnessed movement in 6 of them. I'm going to check the other 7 tonight but I didn't want to have the incubator opened too long.

I have a newbie question since this is my first hatch. When you say the eggs move toward the end when the chick is getting in position is it just the chick moving inside or does the egg need to be positioned a certain way? Our eggs are on some cloth in the incubator to stop the vibrations from the fan affecting the eggs. It's a thickish piece of material so I doubt the eggs could move/roll anywhere. So does it matter which way the egg is facing? As long as the air cell is up and the pointy end of the egg is down.

Basically you want lots and lots of Air to move around the eggs. It maybe and idea to get some egg cartons or a paper cup and shape them so they are flattish but can hold the egg and their after hatching contents or cut some nonslip roll into strips or squares and lay that down so they eggs do not move. They sometimes wriggle when they are getting into position but that should hold them in place a bit. I think cloth may stop airflow from the bottom of your bator coming up, when it is most needed. But also they need something that isn't smooth. Some people even use a wire mesh made up to cover the bottom floor of their unit. Why? Because this will in fact prevent Splayed Leg. If its grippy and has enough holes around for air flow and humidity. It should work fine.
As far as laying your eggs down. You just need to lay them flat the round end placed at a slight angle up!! The materials mentioned above should help with positioning.
Oh and good luck. Hope your having fun.

 

[pinkyglory123]

eight eggs from a naked neck easter egger set to hatch today under a silkie. Took a very quick peek and saw one yellow chick! Will take a closer look tomorrow night when everything should be done hatching. Love the yellow ones whether they turn out to be white or buff.

 

[allsummedup]

I <3 naked necks

 

[KuroKitsune]

unplugged the egg turner and the placed the eggs on the wire of the bator filled all the chambers and a couple small tubbewares with water to up the humidity. so hopefully on saturday i should have some chicks hatching! so eggcited! cant wait for them to hatch!

 

[rrrmamma]

hi warrens are a hybrid breed but i don't no what breeds make it sorry They are very similar to the lohmen brown and commonly used as commercial layers in the uk

. What breeds do you have?

I have a mixed flock of Barred Rocks, Red Sex Links, Rhode Island reds, Easter eggers, White leghorn chicks and cornish rocks. I hope to get some Black Copper Marans to start breeding pure birds. Wonder what it would take to get some warrens in the US. Does anyone know what the cross is? Are they common in the UK? Never heard of lohmen browns either. Educate me please.

 

[Velvet Sparrow]

Ten days to go until hatch and we have 15 healthy, ohsosquirmy embryos! So far the ReptiPro 6000 has performed like a champ, holding temp & humidity like a dream, recovering quickly when I open it to turn the eggs 5x a day. Thanks to yinepu's advice so far, so good!

I even have three hens that have gone broody, we may recruit one of them as a mom for the chicks. Of course, one is a Giant Cochin, the other two tiny Belgian d'Uccles, just for comic relief--I can only imagine 15 rapidly-getting-larger baby chicks climbing all over a d'Uccle mom. The only problem I had was that my flock's large breed eggs all ended up not developing, which I discovered when I candled. I did an egg breakout and discovered them ALL to be infertile! I had forgotten one thing--this was their first full winter in a snowy, cold climate and my Giant Cochins and Brahmas had responded by growing tons of feathers, including enormous, hilariously fluffy butts.

So fluffy, my roo wasn't able to seal the deal.

So my kid and I, armed with scissors, went out and gave everyone a fashionably crew-cut hinder. One week later, viola, fertile eggs!

I plan on starting a second, staggered hatch this weekend. NEXT year, I'll know ahead of time to trim fluffy butts!