Beginner's Hatch-A-Long

[Mamahumecky]

day 4 and i'm dying to candle...temp has been holding perfectly no fluctuations and they are a turnin away...i'm excited to see what is going on in there

 

[DavidKerk]

day 4 and i'm dying to candle...temp has been holding perfectly no fluctuations and they are a turnin away...i'm excited to see what is going on in there

Yea, it is very interesting how they can move around so much in the egg!

I'll get some pictures of my little chick as soon as I'm done curing her splayed leg.

 

[ivyrash]

Incubator set up last night and eggs showed up here today! Will be putting in eggs this evening, can't wait! Frizzled Bantam Cochins, Buff Orpington/ Americana crosses and a few Silver Duckwing Bantam eggs for my daughter. Hoping for lots of success!

 

[DavidKerk]

Incubator set up last night and eggs showed up here today! Will be putting in eggs this evening, can't wait! Frizzled Bantam Cochins, Buff Orpington/ Americana crosses and a few Silver Duckwing Bantam eggs for my daughter. Hoping for lots of success!

I hope your hatch is successful! Just a question, are Duckwings a real breed or just a mixed breed? I've heard other people talking about them and I'd never heard of them. Thanks!

 

[nettifer]

day 20 and 2 pipped

another sleepless night watching

 

[ivyrash]

I hope your hatch is successful! Just a question, are Duckwings a real breed or just a mixed breed? I've heard other people talking about them and I'd never heard of them. Thanks!

I don't really know, I have a pair that was bought at Orscheln's a couple years ago and my daughter took them to the fair last year but other than that, not sure. Do a google search. I don't really care for them but my daughter loves that little hen so we threw a few in just for kicks.

 

[SA Farm]

I candled for the first time last night. Saw some definite growth going on in two of the three eggs I checked. There are 17 or so in there, so I wasn't going to do all of them. Too much heat escapes when I open it. But I'm excited now

they should hatch next Friday

 

[Mamahumecky]

yay! i am wondering if I should candle all mine or jus a couple....burt i can't wait to see something happening to ensure that i'm not just heating up a batch of spoiled eggs

 

[WhiskeyTango]

Wish I had seen this thread sooner. My eggs were due to hatch last night but all of the Spitzhauben eggs hatched early. The first one to hatch had a hard time but is up and around now eating and drinking. I think it will have a deformed wing. One of them pipped on the underside of the egg and drowned. I set six and the other four are very healthy and running around in the brooder. I also set 4 Japanese bantam eggs and one has hatched so far. These are from my breeding pair so I hope the rest make it. 5 out of the 11 Cochin eggs I set have hatched and one has pipped and is currently chirping away in the hatcher. This is my first hatch also and the wait is agonizing. I have more Japanese bantam eggs in the incubator and Golden Salmon Marans as well so I get to do it all over again soon.

 

[BeccaBeeOly]

Hi all!
I set 7 Ameraucana eggs (black Ameraucana roo X blue Ameraucana hens) on 5/5/13, & tucked in two more on 5/6/13. It's my first ever hatch, and I'm using a Brinsea mini eco.

I am doing this on a whim as I bought two fertile blue Amaraucana hens, and thought "why not?!?" I think that I am not as stressed as I thought I would be because I didn't spend a ton on eggs. But still... It'll be crazy if I get any healthy chicks our of this hatch!

I also chose to set this hatch knowing I would be gone for the hatch. The good part is I have a friend acting as egg/chick sitter and his whole family is SUPER excited! I have a feeling they will be asking to adopt the chicks He even asked me if this was a chicken pyramid scheem,