August 2023 hatch-a-long

[Sstuder]

#1 set 8/28. 28 EO shipped eggs plus 2 Orpington from my flock.
#2 set 8/30. 29 Orpington from my flock plus 1 EO shipped that had a crack.

Air cells look quite good in shipped eggs. A bit small on the ones from my flock.

I removed 4 spoiled eggs from #1, none from #2.

A good amount of the shipped eggs developing, and 14 from my flock are developing too.

Hatch date 8/18 and 8/20.

I am super excited but also very nervous since this is my second attempt and the first one didn’t go well.

 

[Hedgeland Farms]

The babies are thriving!!
All eating and drinking...
Flapping and running...
Barely any time spent under their heat cave....(They are, of course, indoors currently...move out at abt 2 wks..)

We have a window AC in the room running 68...but they are a good ways away from it...

It's so fun watching them be babies!!!

Now the bet is on for how many boys I will have

...
Hubby bet 5...I say 7 ...with no real reason at all...

 

[The crazy Poultry hoarder]

(Oops I did it againit's a habit ) i filled my incubator about two days ago there are quail and chicken eggs in there.

 

[CozyDia]

Goodness I been so busy that the incubation time just flew by! To make matters worse one of my eggs has suddenly hatched just now! A day earlier than expected and its soccer balling the others!

 

[Massachuchicks]

The babies are thriving!!
All eating and drinking...
Flapping and running...
Barely any time spent under their heat cave....(They are, of course, indoors currently...move out at abt 2 wks..)

We have a window AC in the room running 68...but they are a good ways away from it...

It's so fun watching them be babies!!!

Now the bet is on for how many boys I will have

...
Hubby bet 5...I say 7 ...with no real reason at all...

Are you using the little weights as roosts?? What an awesome idea!

 

[Hedgeland Farms]

Are you using the little weights as roosts?? What an awesome idea!

Yep, I usually toss a couple in the brooder. They enjoy climbing on them...

But I don't enjoy cleaning them off

I swear they try to fly over them!!!

 

[Hedgeland Farms]

Stuck a 2nd trough in their brooder....

HOGS!!!! Is all I've got to say....


And....they are already sprouting wing feathers!!!

Also, heat cave...its one of the best things I've come to habitually do when I brood...I LOVE it...and so do they!

 

[PrettyCoolChicks]

Thanks for posting pics of the twins!
Lovely to see all the new hatches.

One of my duck eggs was still clear after 10 days, so i threw it out. Just candled the three other ones and they look pretty lively in there. Hopefully they all make it!

 

[Chikyboy]

My bantam cochin is sitting on five eggs that should start hatching in the next few days. She had six eggs, but one went bad. They will be pure, which I'm really excited about.

This is her third time hatching chicks and she is only a year old. Gonna hatch turkeys with her next year lol. Will update.

 

[junior67]

My Aug babies are all doing great! They are 11-12 days old and growing so fast. I need to get them to the outside brooder with the others but need a day I am home to watch them, but life has been crazy.

Remember that little straggler that hatched with the crooked neck? The neck straightened out some but is still a bit bent. It eats and drinks but doesn't come out to play with the rest. It sort of walks in a circle and hasn't grown at all since hatch. It is now 10 days old. The pics are from tonight with another CCL that hatched with it, so 11 days old.... I don't have it in me to cull it and it doesn't seem to be suffering but I can't put it out with the almost 4 week olds so that is part of why the others haven't gone out.... I didn't expect the chick to make it this far.