How sweet is she!!! As long as she doesn't try taking them swimming...lol just teasing! Good luck!We have a few red star's and 1 speckled sussex eggs under our broody mallard hen at the moment, we only have about 3 eggs in there to run as a test to see if this even works. If all goes well they will be hatched on the 24th! This will be our first time hatching out eggs.
Well...of course if you are ALREADY in the bator, might as well check all the eggs...right???Yes I have my plugs open and will continue. I'm going to have to fight with my humidity a little since like a dummy I had just added water yesterdayI did candle!!
Its day 10 on the second group but was only day 12 on the first, but I couldn't help it...lol I do feel a little bit better on the second group, I think there might be 3 or 4 going good. Much better than none. The first group has 9 with one questionable on what its doing. I'm going to take a little more time on thursday, being day 14, and I will actually take out eggs that are bad. Still none smell bad or weeping so I should be good till then. I kinda feel like thursday will be my day to really see whats going on and Monday, which will be lock down, I will be taking out turner. I might have a couple eggs I will have to leave in egg carton for hatching but will see. I have one egg I'm a little concerned about. I noticed today that its air sac is completely on the side if not almost at other end. Not sure how that is but its not where all the others are and I believe it is a live chick.
I'm just to new at this with no knowledge of chickens so its hard for me to worry about to much of it. I will learn though...lol Give me most any other animal and I'm great but never hatched chicks! I also was wondering how everyone does or feels about merricks vaccine on day 1 for the chicks. I would like to do the rt thing but I never have given a chicken an injection before! lol I worked in vets office and on people but never a chicken
Awww...good luck! I have always wondered how the mothering part works when a hen hatches ducks or vice versa...one swims...one doesn't? You will have to let us know what that looks like!We have a few red star's and 1 speckled sussex eggs under our broody mallard hen at the moment, we only have about 3 eggs in there to run as a test to see if this even works. If all goes well they will be hatched on the 24th! This will be our first time hatching out eggs.
Awwww...she is adorable
I looked Sunday and realized I had an empty egg!
This is what I found. We named her Early.
This is Early today. Already 2 days old!
OMG!!! Soooo cute!! I can see why people like to hatch baby ducks! Congrats!
I looked Sunday and realized I had an empty egg!
This is what I found. We named her Early.
This is Early today. Already 2 days old!
