Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

[Sally Sunshine]

Yep. 14 years of age.

Nice birds.

I've been to St. Louis to the Cardinal game. I'm way behind and I've got chicks hatching at home. Won't be there until 10 ish.

Holy Moly! I don't think I was even thinking kids at that age! oh and Thanks!
Who won the game? Who is chicksitting!! bawahhhhaaaaaaa or should I say "batornosin"!!!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I think I will just officially make saturday secretary's day off and always do the double posts on sunday ... incubator temp is staying steady and everyone is all snug in there !!! i just reallized im at less than a week til lockdown on the first batch !!! tuxedo the nn and chickadee the mystery chick graduated to the big chickie pen last night and are doing well !!!! how was everyone's day ?!?

been a quiet day!

I am in a sad spell for some reason, I will blame it on dreary RAIN! I have to let a ton of chicks I have been growing out go to auction and I am trying to figure out what breeds and its dumbfounding me! ugggggg

 

[Sally Sunshine]

My Mothers Day Wish....

MINE TOO!!!!!! Thank you, and back at ya!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Nothing going on in the hatcher, Day 20 is tomorrow, should see something, I am a tad worried that the new bator is running a tad lower temps than the other one. Reason is that I cant set my thermo like I always do in the other one, this one is different with a bended wire bottom cage, the other one was lower and I had room to put the thermo under the wafer. Time will tell!

 

[TweetyNPetey]

Still no zipping action. I open the bator every few hours to wet the membrane again, since it's getting tan and dry. He doesn't move but he peeps when I drop the water on. I'll leave him alone.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: You know I just went back through Emails!!! YES !!

look... CPL

1-Bantam EE or Cochin x bantam salmon faverolle
2-Olandsk Dwarf
3- Mille Fluer D'uccle
4- bantam ameracana x bantam salmon faverolle
6-Cream Crested Legbar (These I know I have 2 pullets)
7- Russian Orlaff (These I know I have 2 pullets)
8- LF Ameracana/ bantam salmon faverolle

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Still no zipping action. I open the bator every few hours to wet the membrane again, since it's getting tan and dry. He doesn't move but he peeps when I drop the water on. I'll leave him alone.

how long from external pip?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

You know the cancer risks from heated plastic water bottles? well our ckn waterers get warm and even hot in the summer, can the toxins stay in chicken carcass and even their eggs?

 

[gracie02]

awwwwwww  YAY!! when is lockdown?  look at the pic of the first chick, such a lady

Lockdown for the Marans is Wed. This hatch is much less stressful than the first. I put rigid insulation all around the sides of the foam bator and under it, and put some stone slabs inside to stabilize temp. It's worked great, much less temp. fluctuations. I haven't candled because they're so dark I can't see anything anyway, so it's just gonna be what it's gonna be...

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: Awesome! glad you got it good and stable! I have some marans mixes in from a friend on here (Chad) I had to pull 8 inferts but I had a really hard time with some of them so about half are blindly moving on after a sniff! LOL Day 14 is tomorrow night for them.