Christmas is coming early Hatch-A-Long!

[2ndTink]

How is everyone?? Still good. Have you took another look at Cotton Ball??

I didn't see any more development in Cotton Ball, it seems Santa was needing her for the poof on the tip of his hat

 

[2ndTink]

Development progress time again.

Splash silkies are on day 17
Fancy silkies, EEs and SLW are on day 16
White silkies are on day 9.
Oofta!

Eighth day - beginning offeathers

Tenth day - beginning of hardening of beak

Thirteenth day - appearance of scales and claws

Fourteenth day - embryo gets into position suitable for breaking shell

Sixteenth day - scales, claws and beak becoming firm and horny

Seventeenth day - beak turns toward air cell

credit:
https://extension.msstate.edu/content/stages-chick-embryo-development

 

[TwoCrows]

Development progress time again.

Splash silkies are on day 17
Fancy silkies, EEs and SLW are on day 16
White silkies are on day 9.
Oofta!

Eighth day - beginning offeathers

Tenth day - beginning of hardening of beak

Thirteenth day - appearance of scales and claws

Fourteenth day - embryo gets into position suitable for breaking shell

Sixteenth day - scales, claws and beak becoming firm and horny

Seventeenth day - beak turns toward air cell

credit:
https://extension.msstate.edu/content/stages-chick-embryo-development

 

[TwoCrows]

You can do it eggies!!

 

[GreenJay]

grow little chickies! Almost hatching time for some of y'all!!

 

[21hens-incharge]

See here eggies. If a puppy can do it you can too! Lets keep growing!!

 

[2ndTink]

I can't count! The fancy silkies are on Day 15 not 16!

Advice needed again I'm loving this Brinsea and how steady it is. I plugged in the NR360 for 2 days and it was still working on warming up, so I know I'll have to move it into the living room and keep the room heated. Do I move the white silkies to the NR360 and leave the D15 and D17 eggs in the Brinsea? The splash eggs go on lockdown tomorrow, can the 2 day younger ones go on lockdown that soon?

Or do I transfer locldown eggs to the NR360 and leave the others developing in the Brinsea? I do have 2 NR360s, so I could do each batch of silkies into lockdown on their own days. I kinda hate to move any of them from the Brinsea!

 

[TwoCrows]

I can't count! The fancy silkies are on Day 15 not 16!

Advice needed again I'm loving this Brinsea and how steady it is. I plugged in the NR360 for 2 days and it was still working on warming up, so I know I'll have to move it into the living room and keep the room heated. Do I move the white silkies to the NR360 and leave the D15 and D17 eggs in the Brinsea? The splash eggs go on lockdown tomorrow, can the 2 day younger ones go on lockdown that soon?

Or do I transfer locldown eggs to the NR360 and leave the others developing in the Brinsea? I do have 2 NR360s, so I could do each batch of silkies into lockdown on their own days. I kinda hate to move any of them from the Brinsea!

Its always best to turn eggs until day 18, but technically development wise, you can stop turning eggs at day 15. So if these younger eggs fall into this category of day 15, I'd just go into lockdown on day 18 for all these eggs. Don't jack up the humidity until day 19 so the younger eggs aren't subject to too much moisture yet. It should all work out. I don't like to stagger hatches but lots of people do it with no issues.

 

[ElfenLied89]

Twas the morning before lockdown
For some of the babies
The others were growing; trying to be more than maybes
Each hour that passed they grew more and more
Until it was time to lock up the door
They were biding their time to get their pip on
Hatching out those shells and taking a yawn
Cause hatching is hard work for someone so small
Chicks come out looking like drowned rats yall
In a few days there will be new life in the bators
We can't wait to see all the new lil taters
This is the end of this weird cheesy rhyme
Now we wait for the babies. We have nothing but time.

Edited to add this: Go Green Ranger go! (Aka Grinch!)

 

[The Welch Chickens]

Twas the morning before lockdown
For some of the babies
The others were growing; trying to be more than maybes
Each hour that passed they grew more and more
Until it was time to lock up the door
They were biding their time to get their pip on
Hatching out those shells and taking a yawn
Cause hatching is hard work for someone so small
Chicks come out looking like drowned rats yall
In a few days their will be new life in the bators
We can't wait to see all the new lil taters
This is the end of this weird cheesy rhyme
Now we wait for the babies. We have nothing but time.

Love it!!