This little face! Good thing I checked the coop this morning. One of the broodys kicked him our from under her. He was almost dead from being cold but now hes on my lap with a heating pad. The hen is a new mother. I'll put him back under another broody in a bit. He’s starting to chirp n scoot around.
So fluffffffy!This little face! Good thing I checked the coop this morning. One of the broodys kicked him our from under her. He was almost dead from being cold but now hes on my lap with a heating pad. The hen is a new mother. I'll put him back under another broody in a bit. He’s starting to chirp n scoot around.
We're okay.. BREATHE...
That is adorable! I want a Peepers! OMG I want my babies so badly. I am technically only just into day 21 (after remembering I set them in the pm) so probably shouldn't be stressing but they are doing nothing. Zilch. I am cheeping and dancing and checking the temp/humidity every 3 mins but there's nothing happening. You're right - breathe. I am going to get a cuppa before I accidentally open the gin.You're okay... I actually CRIED at my first little 2 eggs hatching!! lol (I have this on video!)
... And don't worry if you only have ONE. That happened to me after they were a couple of weeks old. I had put them out with a hen who was raising them. I went to town one day and came back to find them escaped thru the chain link fencing.. (OUTSIDE coop) and one was stuck in sticky weeds and did not make it.
I pampered and babied that last darn chicken (SIlkie) who became "Peepers" and it took me MONTHS to get it re-acclimated to being a chicken! She lived in the house in a small pink doggie carrier, with a Beanie Baby Turkey and a mirror. (That really helped with the 'peeping'). She would follow me all over the yard, ignoring the other chickens. Peepers got her own little coop, and was introduced to a couple of other babies.
It was a fun experience and OH.... She even had a 'chicken diaper'. YOU CAN DO THIS!! lol
I currently have Silkie eggs due to hatch in the incubator in 9 more days, and 6 collected and waiting to go in too! ARGH... This is my second hatch ever.
Ohh I want a Brinsea! I have a Hovabator 2370 that I have my Silver Laced Polish in right now.Really like that bator. They r due on Saturday. Then I have the cause of ALL my sleepless nights lately...Little Giant 12300. That’s what my Silkies r hatching in. It is the bane of my existence!That is adorable! I want a Peepers! OMG I want my babies so badly. I am technically only just into day 21 (after remembering I set them in the pm) so probably shouldn't be stressing but they are doing nothing. Zilch. I am cheeping and dancing and checking the temp/humidity every 3 mins but there's nothing happening. You're right - breathe. I am going to get a cuppa before I accidentally open the gin.
How many silkies have you got in? I am due to set another 12 tomorrow - and because I couldn't wait I ordered a 2nd Brinsea inc.
That is adorable! I want a Peepers! OMG I want my babies so badly. I am technically only just into day 21 (after remembering I set them in the pm) so probably shouldn't be stressing but they are doing nothing. Zilch. I am cheeping and dancing and checking the temp/humidity every 3 mins but there's nothing happening. You're right - breathe. I am going to get a cuppa before I accidentally open the gin.
How many silkies have you got in? I am due to set another 12 tomorrow - and because I couldn't wait I ordered a 2nd Brinsea inc.
I intentionally opened the wine because we have a pip!
So compared to my Hovabator, it’s impossible to keep humidity and temps stable. Just so I could use it for a Hatcher and get the temp as best as I could, I have a blanket wrapped around it and a towel over, making sure the vent holes are exposed though. Even when I remove the towel on top of it to look inside, the temps drops immediately. I have put 4 calibrated hygrometers in Different spots in it and they all read different. I tested and tested it before I put my eggs in it for lockdown and that’s how I found out just how temperamental it is. I’ll still use it for a Hatcher, since I drove myself to the brink of a breakdown, figuring out all its quirks but I wouldn’t trust it for incubation with all the fluctuations. And then there is my wonderful Hovabator that keeps humming along without a problem in the world.
