April Hatch Thread--Come Join Us!

[jphendrix]

ok, so I got my 1st order of eggs yeasterday Sultans and Coronation Sussex

I ordered 8 of each and got 4extra sultan eggs!!!!!

I scrubed my hands before handleing them and set them all fat end up for the night... I uped my temp to 99.8 and I am lowering my humidity to 35%
I ordered a better light to candel but it has not come yet, maybe today...

I need to candel eggs and mark air cell... and weigh them
if they have moving air cells then I need to NOT turn them for at least the first 4 days and then re-check the ones that had detached air cells, and if they do not move then I can start up the auto turn then....

BUT my other ordr of eggs was held up and is being sent to day!

that means they wont be here for two more days! I hope they dont have any detached air cells! so they can be turned with the others when it is time.... otherwise Ill have to hand turn the others for a few days..... NOT what I wanted to do....

I will be keeping my fingers crossed for you that they arrive in great condition!!!!!!

 

[allsummedup]

X2 I'm hopping the same!

 

[Serenity Lane]

I woke up to my first pip.. Can't wait for some chicks!

 

[annabell254]

O WOW! I have eggs piping in the coop!!!!! the eggs that were in the still air bator, I moved to a broody hen last week.... with very little hope for them as the bator ran low (like 94-96 with spikes up to 104) and THEN the broody hen started to get off the nest for several hours in the morning, and just when I though I would toss the eggs, another hen is picking up the slack and is also only part time broody.... so somehow between the two hens we got chicks!!!! I brought them into the still air with pads filled with water as the hens are off the nest right now and one pip looked dry....
THIS IS DAY 25 for them!!!! there were 3 I set and two have piped... I still have 7 eggs out there that were put in 4 days later... so im leaving them to my two part time broodings and who know maybe in four more days I will have more surprise chicks!

 

[jphendrix]

O WOW! I have eggs piping in the coop!!!!! the eggs that were in the still air bator, I moved to a broody hen last week.... with very little hope for them as the bator ran low (like 94-96 with spikes up to 104) and THEN the broody hen started to get off the nest for several hours in the morning, and just when I though I would toss the eggs, another hen is picking up the slack and is also only part time broody.... so somehow between the two hens we got chicks!!!! I brought them into the still air with pads filled with water as the hens are off the nest right now and one pip looked dry....
THIS IS DAY 25 for them!!!! there were 3 I set and two have piped... I still have 7 eggs out there that were put in 4 days later... so im leaving them to my two part time broodings and who know maybe in four more days I will have more surprise chicks!

 

[MissBroodyHen]

Lol and it's a good thing I had a clear enough head to only buy the one. I'm fighting the urge to buy another after joining an egg swapping thread. MUST RESIST!!!

I want sell chicks here locally on obviously a very small scale. Alaska doesn't get much in the way of interesting breeds.
I wish you the best of luck! I love hearing people who have a passion for chickens.

I found it on eBay and looked at all the reviews here. Most people seem to have 100% hatch rates.
My thing is where was this website when I was raising chickens years ago. I've learned so much.

Oh god yeah. I know what you mean I've been raising chicks for years but first time hatching. I've learned everyone's years of experiences in a matter of days! I absorb info like an sponge would to water. I just can't get enough of the machine tho. I have a very busy home and work life and don't have time to turn eggs. I've been doing it but this is just awesome!! Only I feel as though I keep forgetting to do it. Well funny. Took apart the old bator and I think the sensor was way way to close to the fan. So I've moved it and it seems to be the heat is now cutting out. So I'm going to see if I can get a constant temp and humidity over the next few days then I may pop the eggs back into that all being well and hatch them in there. Which means I won't have to clean up two machines just the one! And to top it. I got a refund. Because it wasn't working. So that would be awesome. I never get a bargain like that!!

 

[annabell254]

I woke up to my first pip.. Can't wait for some chicks!

go chicky go

 

[jphendrix]

I woke up to my first pip.. Can't wait for some chicks!

WooHoo!!!!!

 

[MissBroodyHen]

:yiipchick go chicky go:yiipchick

WooHoo!!!!!

Woo Hio x 2

 

[Mtn Margie]

Woo Hio x 2

Yeah! Come on chickies!!!!! I am still waiting here, day 20.........