December Hatch-A-Long 2014

[Daisyfern]

Good luck! Good luck!

Thank you!!!!

 

[Renee572]

....Just got the first Rhodebar to hatch... I had two X-large eggs and two large eggs make lockdown.  The two smaller ones pipped through blood vessels. First lil guy died.  Second little guy I pulled to monitor, since the water pot was empty and I had to open the stinking cover anyhow...so,, little pipper got to spend the day in his own incubator with nice high humidity. About midnight he was folded and stuck. SO, I helped him out of the shell and he is back in his own incubator,   Still nothing on the XL Rhodebar eggs.  Yesterday was day 22. I will leave them go til Friday.  So, on the water note...I have been boiling water all day bc my humidifier is shot. But, the Brinsea Mini ran out....any idea of a way of filling it without lifting the lid????  This is my first hatch in this incubator...

Quite honestly...I don't know how any of these little guys make it out of their shells...It's a miracle!

yay, congrats, hope the other 2 are just a little late since they are so big.

 

[Renee572]

Need some advice. Peppermint has finally learned how to drink from the hamster water bottle we have for her in the brooder and is drinking on her own however she has not eaten. The first couple days I was ok with that because I figured maybe she wasn't hungry yet but she hatched at midnight on Saturday so it's been 3 days now. How else can we get her to eat and how long is too long that she doesn't eat?

 

[Peep-Chicken]

Need some advice. Peppermint has finally learned how to drink from the hamster water bottle we have for her in the brooder and is drinking on her own however she has not eaten. The first couple days I was ok with that because I figured maybe she wasn't hungry yet but she hatched at midnight on Saturday so it's been 3 days now. How else can we get her to eat and how long is too long that she doesn't eat?

Have you tried sprinkling the food on the ground in front of her? Good luck

 

[Renee572]

Have you tried sprinkling the food on the ground in front of her? Good luck

hmmm sounds like a good idea. I'm not sure if that's been done. We share chickens with our neighbors (who are our really good friends) and they have the brooder at their house until the chicks (we got Peppermint a 1 week old friend yesterday) are big enough to go in my yard with our big girls.

 

[Debs55]

Need some advice. Peppermint has finally learned how to drink from the hamster water bottle we have for her in the brooder and is drinking on her own however she has not eaten. The first couple days I was ok with that because I figured maybe she wasn't hungry yet but she hatched at midnight on Saturday so it's been 3 days now. How else can we get her to eat and how long is too long that she doesn't eat?

tap in the food with your finger. thats how I show mine kind of like momma hen would do

 

[Renee572]

tap in the food with your finger. thats how I show mine kind of like momma hen would do

Thanks!

 

[ochochicas]

Put the food in a plastic dish that is noisy. Tap it with your finger and make little clucking noises like a momma chicken. You can also try tossing food tidbits towards her. Chickens like food that moves better than stationary food. I had one chick that wouldn't eat (he had a stressful hatch). I had to put food in his beak for a day until he learned how to do it on his own. He really should have died, but he's 5 weeks old now and still going strong. Of course he ended up being a cockerel! Try taping the dish though - that should do the trick.

 

[Purpletie3]

Sending positive vibes your way as you wait on the remaining eggs to hatch.
I have a Brinsea too (20 advance) and I wonder if the humidity pump would be a good investment.
I wonder if that would keep the water filled up without opening top and risking the eggs.

Thank you Daisyfern....good wishes to you as well. I don't think the humidity pump is compatable with the mini... I wish it was! I have such a huge investment in my hatching stuff right now.

 

[Skink]

I took eggs I started for a day under my broody and put them in to my brinsea mini advance last night since the small egg disk finally arrived. This is my first time using it, so I am super glad to see I should over prepare a little for humidity before lockdown time. I am super sorry anyone is having trouble, but thank you for sharing your experiences, they still help even if things don't go right!