August Hatch-A-Long!

[Marynash88]

Day 11 and it looks like 2 of my dozen have a blood ring but I am going to wait a few more days and see if there are any advancements. As for the other eggs, they're very active XD I have a special marking on one because it has some cracking over the air cell that you can only see when you candle the air cell. Dunno if that is going to cause a problem or not. The aircell is growing well.

 

[BY Chicken Lady]

hello there
I think my 8-6 hatch I think is over.   It started on the 5th   this morning the 7 th no more had hatched this last night at midnight.
Those chicks need to come out and get a drink.
6 crested legbars   I think 3 girls  and 3 boys.  14 eggs set  Shipped eggs  very happy that many hatched.
5 EE? amerucana splash roo.    10 eggs set
There was  24 eggs.   My EEs don't hatch real well.   lots unfertile eggs.   And the ones that do I get alot of roosters.
Oh PS   I left the eggs going just in case there is some slow pokes.
Next hatch due   8-10  wyandottes shipped eggs.   and brown leghorns homegrown
Happy Hatching

Glad you left the stragglers going...you never know what might come of them.

 

[sweetappleacres]

I also keep reading about marking the aircell... what's that about?

 

[BY Chicken Lady]

Day 11 and it looks like 2 of my dozen have a blood ring but I am going to wait a few more days and see if there are any advancements. As for the other eggs, they're very active XD I have a special marking on one because it has some cracking over the air cell that you can only see when you candle the air cell. Dunno if that is going to cause a problem or not. The aircell is growing well.

During my first hatch I had two that I thought might have a blood ring. I let them go a little longer and it turned out one of those was fine. The one with the blood ring looked not like a ring really, more like someone used a small paintbrush and painted a dark swipe about 1-1/4" long inside...not a 'ring' at all. Eggtopsy showed it died about day 12.

 

[turkenlurken]

So while I am waiting for something to happen I played with the chicks and took pics.

Grey one is Chief Chirpa (some Ewok the boys like--she chirps constantly and loudly too)
Partridge is Chewy--short for Chewbacca

 

[sweetappleacres]

I had a blood ring on 1 of my 11 eggs. It also looked completely diff from all the others, so I decided to let it go at day 11. we cracked it and it was goopey inside. I'm glad I got it out before it exploded.

 

[Heidisgran]

Do you think that I could place my bator chicks that will be born 1 week earlier than my chicks hatched by broody in with them a day or so after those have hatched? Or should I keep them separated. I'd like the hens to raise them but not if there's going to be casualties.

you can try but in my experience the incubator chicks won't listen to mama!! they'll be too long without her..they would have to be with her within a day or so... I've tried...my mama would have taken them but they wouldn't listen to her so I couldn't trust that they'd be safe

 

[Heidisgran]

So while I am waiting for something to happen I played with the chicks and took pics.

Grey one is Chief Chirpa (some Ewok the boys like--she chirps constantly and loudly too)
Partridge is Chewy--short for Chewbacca

how old are they

 

[pickitfarm]

Here are my silkies from Sunday. 15 total out of 21 set. I got 8 whites, 3 partridge, 2 porcelains, 1 mystery(blue?) and 1 paint

These are adorable.

 

[Heidisgran]

I also keep reading about marking the aircell... what's that about?

some people like to keep track of the size of the air cells to make sure they grow big enough by time to lock down...so the chick will have a big enough air pocket when it's time to pip its air cell...there are some great pictures of development stages...try a search for candling chicken pictures or something like that...I remember a chart

NOTE shipped eggs usually have wonky air cells so I don't bother