August 2022 Hatch-a-long

[junior67]

Peeked again. 1 I wasn't sure on has something in it,. 1 I am 95% sure it does. The other I don't think it does. 3 clears still look clear. So as of now I would say 18/22 growing!

 

[junior67]

My cousin lived in Fayettville and I lived in Perryville for a bit after college before heading back north to stay.

My eggs all hatched before today, so I technically made the July hatch group though today was day 21. All 6 hatched and we lost one baby overnight last night. The rest are running, eating, drinking and pooping! Made them a ramp tonight to get out of the coop and will be opening up the enclosure door tomorrow morning. Was going to do it today but needed to put down some fresh mulch and build a ramp,then my kids needed to eat and some attention and they have been neglected since the 1st chick came Sat

Good luck with the ramp. Hopefully your chicks cooperate better than mine. My mamas stayed in the coop 3-6 days with them. Well think it was 6.... One mama was very cautious. The one I gave chicks to went out the following day... One ended up outside my run and I still have no clue how it happened as it is secure, nothing else has ever made it out, there are zero holes... But I got it in and both mom and baby stayed next to each other with the hwc between them. After that she stayed in another few days. Lol

 

[BarnyardChaos]

Who has eggs set to hatch in Aug?

I do! Two batches, in fact!

I've had 34 chicken eggs in one incubator, a styrofoam still-air by Miller Mfg. with no turner (except by me). They go on lockdown tomorrow, for hatching on Fri. Aug. 5 I'm so anxious about this batch, because the incubator belongs to a friend, who's had horrible luck with it. I offered to check it out, test it, try to calibrate and figure out what's going wrong. After a couple of weeks trying different things, I believe the problem is too high humidity, and I could never get consistent readings even with 3 different hygrometers. So... I'm trying a "dry hatch" with very little water, in a tiny cup, one in each corner. I didn't like how the eggs on the outside edges stayed cooler than those in the middle, so I added cushions of paper towels all around them to make a kind of 'nest' and retain heat more evenly. I rotate eggs from the outside to the center as I turn them. Tomorrow morning, I'll add water into one channel, and keep a close eye on humidity then. Lockdown!

Then, tonight I also set 12 more eggs in my trusty little Kebonnixs incubator, for hatch on Aug. 21-22. I'll follow standard protocol in this one. I've always had a 90-100% success rate. (Pay no mind to the digital readings in this pic. I had literally just put the eggs in and placed the lid. Wish them luck!

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

Has anyone tried to buy blue eggs On ebay? I really would like to have some colored eggs but I have no access to any of them locally.

I bought some from her on Ebay but then I saw that she had a website and I ordered more.
My Self Blue Ameraucanas haven't started laying yet but they are beautiful birds.
https://tarboxhollowpoultry.com/product/self-blue-ameraucana-hatching-eggs/

 

[WIchickMama]

@BarnyardChaos good luck with the two hatches, that is a lot of babies! I love how there is just one white egg in each set

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

I do! Two batches, in fact!

I've had 34 chicken eggs in one incubator, a styrofoam still-air by Miller Mfg. with no turner (except by me). They go on lockdown tomorrow, for hatching on Fri. Aug. 5 I'm so anxious about this batch, because the incubator belongs to a friend, who's had horrible luck with it. I offered to check it out, test it, try to calibrate and figure out what's going wrong. After a couple of weeks trying different things, I believe the problem is too high humidity, and I could never get consistent readings even with 3 different hygrometers. So... I'm trying a "dry hatch" with very little water, in a tiny cup, one in each corner. I didn't like how the eggs on the outside edges stayed cooler than those in the middle, so I added cushions of paper towels all around them to make a kind of 'nest' and retain heat more evenly. I rotate eggs from the outside to the center as I turn them. Tomorrow morning, I'll add water into one channel, and keep a close eye on humidity then. Lockdown!
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Then, tonight I also set 12 more eggs in my trusty little Kebonnixs incubator, for hatch on Aug. 21-22. I'll follow standard protocol in this one. I've always had a 90-100% success rate. (Pay no mind to the digital readings in this pic. I had literally just put the eggs in and placed the lid. Wish them luck!
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I just add more containers of water and put a sponge/rag in them, it helps to boost the humidity at hatch time.

 

[BarnyardChaos]

@BarnyardChaos good luck with the two hatches, that is a lot of babies! I love how there is just one white egg in each set

I have 38 layers, but only one (Leghorn) lays white eggs. Every single day without fail!

 

[WIchickMama]

I have 38 layers, but only one (Leghorn) lays white eggs. Every single day without fail!

I have one Leghorn too, and yep lays like clockwork

 

[junior67]

I do! Two batches, in fact!

I've had 34 chicken eggs in one incubator, a styrofoam still-air by Miller Mfg. with no turner (except by me). They go on lockdown tomorrow, for hatching on Fri. Aug. 5 I'm so anxious about this batch, because the incubator belongs to a friend, who's had horrible luck with it. I offered to check it out, test it, try to calibrate and figure out what's going wrong. After a couple of weeks trying different things, I believe the problem is too high humidity, and I could never get consistent readings even with 3 different hygrometers. So... I'm trying a "dry hatch" with very little water, in a tiny cup, one in each corner. I didn't like how the eggs on the outside edges stayed cooler than those in the middle, so I added cushions of paper towels all around them to make a kind of 'nest' and retain heat more evenly. I rotate eggs from the outside to the center as I turn them. Tomorrow morning, I'll add water into one channel, and keep a close eye on humidity then. Lockdown!
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Then, tonight I also set 12 more eggs in my trusty little Kebonnixs incubator, for hatch on Aug. 21-22. I'll follow standard protocol in this one. I've always had a 90-100% success rate. (Pay no mind to the digital readings in this pic. I had literally just put the eggs in and placed the lid. Wish them luck!
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Good luck with your hatches. Aug 5 is my bday hoping you get lots of babies that day.

 

[HonkABC]

Candling pics:

Trader Joe’s fertile egg #1: Looking good with nice healthy veins!

Trader Joe’s fertile egg #2: A little delayed, but developing.

Colored egg #1: Unfortunately, this one seems dead, no visible veins, just the circled darker spot where I think the blood gathered. There were veins earlier today.

Colored egg #2: This egg has faint veins and embryo, but not visible in the picture.

Colored egg #3: Faint veins, not visible in the picture.

Colored egg #4: Unfortunately, this egg most likely has quit.

Colored egg #5: This egg is one of the best, with a clearly visible embryo!

Colored eggs #s 6 and 7: These two eggs have veins, but they are hidden by the shell.

Colored egg #8: This is another one of the best eggs, the embryo is visible as the reddish dot on the yolk near the light.

Colored egg #9: Doing great! The embryo is in the circled area .

Colored egg #10: Doing really great!

Colored egg #11: This one had the clearest veins of all! (Don’t mind the blood spot.)

Quail eggs #s 1,2,and 3: Nothing visible yet.