- Feb 3, 2008
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Just wanted to put up a few picturs of the orpingtons I hatched out this last Tuesday/Wednesday that I received from corancher (eggbid auction). Nine chicks hatched (4 Blue, 3 Splash, 2 Black), which is the highest number I have ever had out of a dozen shipped eggs
. I also are also five ameraucana chicks that I hatched with this group, that you will notice in a few of the photos:
One of the blue chicks
One of the splash chicks
One of the black chicks
A group of three of them
Another group photo
One interesting this about this hatch, is that the ameraucana eggs were five days ahead in development, so out of concern that the higher humidity needed when the ameraucana eggs hatched would adversly affect the orpington eggs, I hatched them out at only 50% humidity and surprisingly had no issues with the chicks sticking to the shells. After that I decided to have the orpingtons hatch out at the same level of humidity, and had a similar result (none of the chicks had an problems hatching, in fact one of them hatched when I was at work, and the humidity was only at 40%when it hatched) It is not that my house is very humid (South Dakota winters are very dry, the current humidity in my house is typically around 25 to 30% this time of year. It just makes me wonder how high the humidity truly needs to be for consistent hatches (previously I was always hatching eggs at 60 to 65% humidity).
Z
One of the blue chicks
One of the splash chicks
One of the black chicks
A group of three of them
Another group photo
One interesting this about this hatch, is that the ameraucana eggs were five days ahead in development, so out of concern that the higher humidity needed when the ameraucana eggs hatched would adversly affect the orpington eggs, I hatched them out at only 50% humidity and surprisingly had no issues with the chicks sticking to the shells. After that I decided to have the orpingtons hatch out at the same level of humidity, and had a similar result (none of the chicks had an problems hatching, in fact one of them hatched when I was at work, and the humidity was only at 40%when it hatched) It is not that my house is very humid (South Dakota winters are very dry, the current humidity in my house is typically around 25 to 30% this time of year. It just makes me wonder how high the humidity truly needs to be for consistent hatches (previously I was always hatching eggs at 60 to 65% humidity).
Z
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