Colorado

[Ashdoes]

I remember my first thought, during our very first hatch, "Holy crap, we made chickens."
For people who have never been around livestock on a daily basis, this is quite amazing. I still get excited watching them pop out of their shells.

 

[maggiemo]

That reminds me of the "Penguins of Madagascar".

 

[COChix]

@uzisuzuki love it! That shot of the babies standing at attention is super cute! Congrats on your success.


For everyone else, here is a hatch chart I came across and thought I would share. Gonna fire up the bator to see how it runs before putting eggs in there. We will be incubating in the house, we will put bator on top of wood stove, with a towel or wood underneath it.

 

[Ashdoes]

Well, one of my SFH is a frizzle. The seller thinks she mislabeled the surprise eggs. I'm pretty dissapointed. I really don't want a frizzle, but can't give it away. This blows. I'm so sick of this Mareks bull! I want to move, just because of this. I feel like a chicken pariah.

 

[uzisuzuki]

Nbr. 3 hatched out this morning! I was not expecting a 75% success. I wasn't expecting any success, to be honest! This is the first time I've ever seen something hatch from an egg. Except "my" baby robins that were in a nest right by my front door, but I had significantly less to do with that then these three. This is a lot different than getting mammals through pregnancy and birth.


All three are still hanging out in the incubator with the last egg until I get home from work this evening, when I'll move them into the brooder box (unless that last egg surprises the Cheerios out of me because I really don't think that one will hatch). I think the first one out will be named Mercury, after Freddy Mercury, because that little dude has a set of lungs. They don't look too much in colouring like pure Silver Sebrights, but I think they might end up with crests. They're heads kind of look like the GLP chick on MPC. I think I was expecting a serious dome on the chicks' heads and these little fluffs don't really have that. It'll definitely be interesting to see how they develop.

I wasn't too sure I made the right choice by dipping into my Cintiq Companion Hybrid tablet fund to buy the Brinsea, but after this experience I'm super glad I did.

 

[COChix]

Nbr. 3 hatched out this morning! I was not expecting a 75% success. I wasn't expecting any success, to be honest! This is the first time I've ever seen something hatch from an egg. Except "my" baby robins that were in a nest right by my front door, but I had significantly less to do with that then these three. This is a lot different than getting mammals through pregnancy and birth. All three are still hanging out in the incubator with the last egg until I get home from work this evening, when I'll move them into the brooder box (unless that last egg surprises the Cheerios out of me because I really don't think that one will hatch). I think the first one out will be named Mercury, after Freddy Mercury, because that little dude has a set of lungs. They don't look too much in colouring like pure Silver Sebrights, but I think they might end up with crests. They're heads kind of look like the GLP chick on MPC. I think I was expecting a serious dome on the chicks' heads and these little fluffs don't really have that. It'll definitely be interesting to see how they develop. I wasn't too sure I made the right choice by dipping into my Cintiq Companion Hybrid tablet fund to buy the Brinsea, but after this experience I'm super glad I did.

Wow, just wow. That is amazing and the way you describe it is making me not want to wait to experience this little miracle. Great job and can't wait to see what they turn into.

 

[Mama Hen 1]

Good morning Colorado chicken friends! If I may, I'm wondering what you all would suggest for an organic food. We get our chicks this Friday! I found one nearby that sounded and looked great bit it's $15 for 5 lbs. .. I don't mind the price but if you all know of something better please share (buff orpington, black australorp, easter egger, and silky)

 

[Double Kindness]

I have organic non gmo 23 % protein chick starter non medicated from Ranchway feeds (loxal) I have mine custom milled gluten-free for me because I have celiac disease and no chicken feed is gluten-free

Wardel's sells a 40 lb bag for $35.

And CONGRATS uzi!! I'm so glad you went with the brinsea, because this is a scene from my incubating/homestead office. Yes, that's a rooster checking out my bf working on the incubator. I have a pet /lap chicken. Gah

I have my hovabator 1588 wrapped up and a heating pad under it on low and the independent hydrometer reads 99f and 70% humidity on day 4.

I wish I had gone with the brinsea.

 

[Ashdoes]

I have organic non gmo 23 % protein chick starter non medicated from Ranchway feeds (loxal) I have mine custom milled gluten-free for me because I have celiac disease and no chicken feed is gluten-free

Wardel's sells a 40 lb bag for $35.

And CONGRATS uzi!! I'm so glad you went with the brinsea, because this is a scene from my incubating/homestead office. Yes, that's a rooster checking out my bf working on the incubator. I have a pet /lap chicken. Gah

I have my hovabator 1588 wrapped up and a heating pad under it on low and the independent hydrometer reads 99f and 70% humidity on day 4.

I wish I had gone with the brinsea.

To help the 1588 keep temp, I put mason jars full of water inside, with the lids on. That was the only way to keep temp up once the eggs are put in the bottom for hatch.
I also wish we had just spent the money for the Brinsea.

 

[COChix]

So for all you experienced hatchers, have any of you done the dry hatch method? Just curious about results as I have read various approaches. I thought this article was helpful...



https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/how-to-incubate-hatch-eggs-using-the-dry-incubation-method