EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[Cherterr]

I failed at making masks. Apparently I can't just pick sewing with the machine back up whenever I want.

I have eggs, though.

HERE... this will make you feel better about epic fail mask making!!

 

[Razadia]

I still haven't gotten the eggs in the bator. My digital thermometer got chewed up and I had no idea. I had to dig out the two thermometers that I know read correctly. I'm just waiting for everything to stabilize at this point.

 

[BullChick]

I successfully got the broody to stop. I just couldn’t do more chickens at the moment.
I am not saying I wasn’t tempted to let her stay.

 

[BullChick]

The quail are drinking more, so I added a second waterer. The new one is a mason jar, and the quail were attacking the jar as the water went down. So funny!

 

[BullChick]

I cannot find the eggs!
Started with 7/day, but eggs dropped to 2/day. I collected myself, and found a broody. She had four eggs (should have had a dozen). She didn’t return to the nest yesterday, and I found four eggs. Today she was back, and I had two eggs after moving her.
I don’t free range, and I checked the bedding. I sifted through the nests, and I don’t see shells or yolk. Any guesses from y’all?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Snake?
I've had hens steal eggs from one nest to take to theirs.

 

[kwhites634]

Snake?
I've had hens steal eggs from one nest to take to theirs.

Very possible on both counts; certainly not uncommon.

 

[Pensmaster]

I cannot find the eggs!
Started with 7/day, but eggs dropped to 2/day. I collected myself, and found a broody. She had four eggs (should have had a dozen). She didn’t return to the nest yesterday, and I found four eggs. Today she was back, and I had two eggs after moving her.
I don’t free range, and I checked the bedding. I sifted through the nests, and I don’t see shells or yolk. Any guesses from y’all?

My hens slow down when one goes broody. Drives me nuts.

 

[BullChick]

He lives!!

 

[Razadia]

I finally got the eggs in the bator. I have two in there that the neighbors' hens laid in my yard. No telling what those will turn out to look like if they hatch. I couldn't even begin to tell you what laid them. Gimpy is a PR, but I'm not convinced she laid the brown egg. A couple RSL come over along with a splash hen, some random black hen, and some bearded, muffed, and crested hen. There's also a black EE that roosts in a tree in the fence line. The only rooster that I can ID is a brown Leghorn.