August Hatch-A-Long!

[kkowa]

well I got eggs in the bator due to hatch today so if I get more I will

 

[Spud Chicken]

Hi I'm uk and have put 8 buff Sussex eggs under my broody wilma yesterday x never done this before so fingers crossed x one question my other chuck Betty is laying eggs in same nest is it oki for me to take her eggs daily from under broody wilma or should I leave alone and not have eggs for a while x HELP please x lol x

I would remove the eggs. I hope you know which eggs are which. I would suggest you put a mark on the hatching eggs, so when you check under wilma any unmarked eggs can be removed. Sometimes broody hens are as hatch crazed as we are and will let the eggs keep piling up.

 

[familypendragon]

My Welsummer eggs came! I did my best to candle them and from what I can see they look pristine! My first time candling such dark eggs though so mot sure I am not just seeing variations in the shell thickness at that end of the egg?? LOL! Went ahead and put them in along with 3 more of mine. Bator is full. Now trying to decide what I am going to use for a brooder. I've never had (potentially - I know it isn't likely) 41 chicks at a time. Considering a kiddie pool on the porch with wire on top to keep the pets out. Not sure the sides will be high enough to keep my son out though... With it being so warm this time of year, I am thinking they won't need to be in a brooder for too long. I am also considering ordering some day old chicks so I can get all the chick brooding done at once

 

[jammyjammy2112]

My Welsummer eggs came! I did my best to candle them and from what I can see they look pristine! My first time candling such dark eggs though so mot sure I am not just seeing variations in the shell thickness at that end of the egg?? LOL! Went ahead and put them in along with 3 more of mine. Bator is full. Now trying to decide what I am going to use for a brooder. I've never had (potentially - I know it isn't likely) 41 chicks at a time. Considering a kiddie pool on the porch with wire on top to keep the pets out. Not sure the sides will be high enough to keep my son out though... With it being so warm this time of year, I am thinking they won't need to be in a brooder for too long. I am also considering ordering some day old chicks so I can get all the chick brooding done at once

all youd need is a box and you could leave them out during the day if your around.But with 42 chicks youd need a pritty big box or boxs

 

[familypendragon]

I remembered the PVC "Fort" I made my boys and currently had stored in the shed. It's something like 5' x 8' x 6' and I think I can frame it out with wire/aviary netting/coroplast and make a pretty cool area for them. I also stuck some wire bathroom shelving in there that isn't being used and would be a good play ground for them. I should also be able to hang a feeder and waterer from it

And the heat lamp can be in one corner where I have a 3 sided double wide milk crate I can set up as a nesting area. The whole thing will be on our screened in porch. I think this should work really well!

 

[BY Chicken Lady]

A storm just went through here a little over an hour ago. The power went out at the beginning of the storm. I immediately took the backup battery6 from my computer and plugged my incubator into it. Fan and heater are running on battery. Turner is off. I hope the battery lasts until the power comes back on. Hubby brought in an inverter from his work truck and is ready to hook up a car battery if this backup unit runs out of poop.

Something everyone should think about preparing when eggs are in the incubator.

 

[turkenlurken]

I set 9 Silkie eggs tonight that I picked up locally from a breeder nearby. August 7th for the hatch date. Her birds are beauties! Thanks so much jnjmanning for the help.

I candled the other shipped eggs and saw nothing and the air cells were wonky. I opened them and most were scrambled and the rest were unfertilized. Disappointed, but at least I have some good eggs now.

 

[jnjmanning]

I set 9 Silkie eggs tonight that I picked up locally from a breeder nearby. August 7th for the hatch date. Her birds are beauties! Thanks so much jnjmanning for the help.

I candled the other shipped eggs and saw nothing and the air cells were wonky. I opened them and most were scrambled and the rest were unfertilized. Disappointed, but at least I have some good eggs now.

Glad I could help! Positive thoughts for a good hatch. I have 36 silkies with a hatch day of Aug 4th!

 

[CGinJCMO]

I just candled even though it's only day 5 for my eggs. I just wanted to see if I could see anything. Many eggs I saw veins, some eggs I couldn't see much, and I few I even saw the eye (I swear one had a pair looking at me LOL). I put smileys on the eggs with certain good development. One egg, was stuck to the turner. Turns out it was leaking so it got removed. It was an egg I had collected on the 16th of June so it was one of the old eggs. I have one egg that's older so we'll see if it develops or deteriorates like this one. There is a little bit of dud egg goo that dripped to the bottom of the incubator that I don't know how or if I should clean up. I did dribble some water on it to dilute it but should I take the eggs, turner and wire out of the incubator to clean it all out? Will it cause a stink? Will it cause bacteria to grow in or on the styrofoam and possibly invade the eggs? Which will be worse, leaving the goo or cooling the eggs, lifting the turner and taking a chance that I break something (egg or turner or both)?

Thanks for any advice,
CG

 

[ChickenFox]

Woo! My bantam EE eggs arrived today! Unfortunately it was while I was at work and the driver set them upside down on my porch. Didn't even knock or anything apparently because hubby said he just happened to walk outside and see them there. He immediately brought them in and set them in the kitchen for me...upside down. Oh well. At least they got here in mostly 1 piece. I bought 22 they sent 24 but 1 was cracked. I'm so happy they're here! Going to leave them in their carton pointy end down until morning. Besides letting them settle anybody have any advice on shipped eggs? I'm thinking of filling that 1 spot with one of my pullets eggs. Figure it would be a good fertility test to see if Hellions dancing is paying off.