Baby Chick Pictures!!!!! POST!

[PrairieChickens]

Quote: I keep the humidity up around 75% when I'm hatching, plus because of the shape of the incubator, the humidity doesn't "spill" out when I open it, so as long as I'm quick, the heat and humidity mostly stay in.

To be on the safe side, I don't open it if any chicks have fully pipped or are in the process of zipping, but I haven't had any problem with the humidity fluctuations affecting my hatch.

 

[PrairieChickens]

Here's the first five babies that hatched, already fluffy and dry. We've got some Polish Crested, Orpington, Welsummer, Barred Rock, and a whole lotta Easter Egger genetics going on in here.







Mother is my gold-laced Polish crested Bjork. Daddy is Gryffindor,


Not sure what's going on here, but I think an Easter Egger was involved.


Welsummer mother, uknown father.


Mama was an Easter Egger, daddy is unknown.


Some sort of barred rock mix. I've ended up with a lot of those these last few hatches!

 

[BaileyBoy]

my humidity is 64% is that ok?

 

[Nevaschickens]

My 5 day old silkies. One black and two splash. Just lovely little ones.

 

[PrairieChickens]

my humidity is 64% is that ok?

The instructions for my incubator said between 45% and 55% for setting, and 55%-65% for lockdown, but eggs can usually handle much wider ranges than that. I've seen several people post that they incubate their eggs without adding any humidity at all until they actually go to lockdown, and some folks keep the humidity as high as 80% or higher during lockdown.

Humidity should be relatively low during setting so that the air cells can develop, and high during lockdown so that the chicks don't dry out and get stuck in their shells while hatching.

 

[PrairieChickens]

You guys and your silkies! I can't wait for my little puff ball to get here! I'm so jealous.

 

[meapache48]

Maepache48

It refers to the color not the breed

Maepache48

It refers to the color not the breed

Probably a pure bred

You will probaly find out when they get older

Can't wait to see, thank you.

Probably a pure bred


You will probaly find out when they get older

how do you maintain humidity when you open up the incubator?

 

[gimmie birdies]

If anyone remembers Sal he is getting bigger and meaner he is the blue, the dark are black copper marans and the white is a Delaware.


these are some of my little bebes on the left is a BCM, Barred rock, naked neck, gray to the front is an EE, just a head peeking is an isbar, behind just the head is a GLW, and a silky and behind the barred is a buff o.

 

[gimmie birdies]

a friend gave me these to set the lower row is Swedish flower, the Darks are BCM the green is Isbar, and the blue are legbar.

 

[Peaches128]

My babbies are about 2 weeks old now this is what they looked like 2 weeks ago