Creole Dorkings????

[yinepu]

First of the crele project eggs has hatched.. pretty little silvery grey like the one you have pictured... several more eggs are pipped

 

[Rockashelle]

First of the crele project eggs has hatched.. pretty little silvery grey like the one you have pictured... several more eggs are pipped

Yay!!! Take pictures..

 

[yinepu]

Quote: Lol.. i will once everyone is dry and fluffy.. chick # 2 looks to be all black (not quite out of the shell yet...)


I'm hatching these guys "dry" too.. meaning I have not added any water at all to the incubator during "hatch"

and before anyone has a cow over it.. I hatch DRY a lot of times (incubating dry plus hatching dry). The humidity naturally starts to rise as the first chick pips and hatches. If that first chick has 0 issues hatching then I let nature take it's course.
The main thing to remember about hatching dry is that the eggs must have been on track during incubation.. if they are and have lost the proper amount of weight then I have found (with my methods and my incubators) that adding water at hatch is not needed for chickens or quail.
I get 100% hatch rates.. no sticky chicks.. no shrinkwrapping.. no other issues. But the key is that the eggs must be on track during incubation and that you must be familiar with your incubator and how it works (fan placement especially). Yes, you can add water at hatch if you are really having a fit over it..
I have seen chickens leave the nest with pipped eggs.. I have never yet seen a hen dip her behind in a pan of water and lock it down on the nest for those last 3 days.

 

[Rockashelle]

Lol! I dry hatch as well. 24 Dorking chicks running amuck over here. I haven't tried dry during lockdown. I'm not sure I trust my incubator that well yet and our weather / humidity is all over the board! No criticism from me... I'm amazed by all the different techniques I have learned on BYC from so many valuable sources.

 

[joyous]

So excited to see your pictures! I am trying yinepus method also! 50 years experience has me convinced! My second hatch is due in less than 10 days so hoping for a better hatch than last time!

 

[yinepu]

So excited to see your pictures! I am trying yinepus method also! 50 years experience has me convinced! My second hatch is due in less than 10 days so hoping for a better hatch than last time!

Just monitor those air cells.. since you've never gone dry before go ahead and add water for those last three days until you see how they will hatch out. use that as your benchmark for the next hatch

All hatches are different because they rely so much on the relative humidity in YOUR home... so you have to let the eggs tell you what they need and adjust things as time goes by

 

[joyous]

Just monitor those air cells.. since you've never gone dry before go ahead and add water for those last three days until you see how they will hatch out. use that as your benchmark for the next hatch

All hatches are different because they rely so much on the relative humidity in YOUR home... so you have to let the eggs tell you what they need and adjust things as time goes by

I am! They are still expanding! Can't wait to see your pictures!!!!

 

[yinepu]

Quote: not the best pics.. I'll take better ones later..

 

[joyous]

Adorable! I feel like a chicken grand hen! How was the hatch?

 

[yinepu]

Adorable! I feel like a chicken grand hen! How was the hatch?

Not bad for shipped eggs. I had 7 hatch (plus the little EE egg i put in there)

The lightest colored one has a few issues with it's hocks.. almost like they aren't strong enough to hold up it's fuzzy little butt. i went ahead and taped it's legs and have started it on some B vitamins. Lol.. he hops around like a little toad instead of walking

Oh.. you'll be happy to know that everyone has 5 toes on each foot..

One has dark legs.. the others all have light colored legs.

One is sort of a mahogany brown color.. not sure what it will end up looking like when it starts to feather out.

most are shades of grey not really black.. more of a dark grey color