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

[dan26552]

17 days till my duck eggs are set to hatch!!! e

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

17 days till my duck eggs are set to hatch!!!

 

[BunnynChicks]

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Uh Banti. It is a little late for that.....

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

OMG, I'm standing in front of the incubator saying "Come on, chickies!!!" Like, constantly.

Not sure how I'll sleep tonight...

 

[BantyChooks]

Uh Banti. It is a little late for that.....

Late for what? I didn't see anything!

OMG, I'm standing in front of the incubator saying "Come on, chickies!!!" Like, constantly.

Not sure how I'll sleep tonight...

I just give up on sleep- embrace my exhaustion....

In other news, Torvi looks like a boy too.
@campingshaws

 

[BullChick]

gooooooooooossssserrrrrrrzzzzzz

hmmm why she not a cup?  

Good question! Perhaps she finds her plates more fascinating.

OMG, I'm standing in front of the incubator saying "Come on, chickies!!!" Like, constantly.

Not sure how I'll sleep tonight...

With the incubator tucked to your side.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

1 bronze hen, 1 Narrangsett hen, 1 blue slate hen, 1 royal palm hen, 1 lavender hen, 2 that are buff/sweet grass/pencilled and then I have a pair of red slates. And I am looking into getting a new tom.

I want pcs of these and their eggs !!

I came home early to a bunch of chicks! Four of the five OE babies had hatched, and were all dry (so hatched in the morning), and were miserable in their net bag, so even though there were a couple more pips, I quickly freed them and moved to the brooder while putting a wet sponge in the hatcher - fortunately, this hatcher comes back to temp and humidity very fast. Also, "Switch's" egg hatched, and it's fully feathers, so NOT Switch's baby. Probably Polly, the hatchery NH. :/ And one of Puppy's babies was also wandering around, unfettered - looks exactly like daddy. Since I've been home, the final OE egg hatched (in the bag), I rescued the "Switch" chick in a solo bag (miserable little thing), and moved it and Puppy's baby into the brooder. All babies have colored leg bands - I'll have to check/swap out in a couple days (no time to finesse a larger diameter, so they will grow out of them a bit sooner). The last OE chick is drying off right now, and three of the four remaining Puppy eggs has pipped. I hate opening the 'bator when eggs have pipped, but these chicks were struggling in the net bags - hoping they'll be ok. (they also got rolled all over creation). Here's the first chick to wander out to see me:

awww I love chipmunks!!!

I had a surprisingly good goose hatch. 6/13 after they were lost in the mail for a week during the Christmas rush. The babies are are settling in and learning to eat and drink. I will take pics later when I can take them out to play tomorrow when the other pets can be contained 2 are pure sebbies and the other 4 are 75%/25% sebbie/toulouse. Can't wait to see how they grow out but love them as babies!!!

PICS MEL!!! I DEMAND PICS

LOL!!!

One of the Puppy pips is turning yellow. It also has a funny linear crack in the shell, more like something happened to it than a zip - like it got slammed into the side of the 'bator, and I'm wondering if I see a little blood along the crack. (There was a lot of wrestling around in there for the ones in the bags - I'm going to figure out something different next time.) I'm not helping out - I want strong chicks, and it'll likely only put me in the position of having to euthanize it later. I also don't want to risk the other pipped eggs. But still... I hate waiting on these last ones, hoping they're ok. I only have one of Puppy's babies so far (though I am thankful that I have all 5 of Goodwin's babies that went into lockdown, for 9 babies from him total - gotta be a girl in there somewhere!). - Ant Farm

Duckling enjoyed taking a bath in the sink. She said she was a plate.

ROFL

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Quote: Ugh. I'm already too sleep deprived...

Quote: Yup. (I shoulda just put it by the bed...)

(I think I'm now hallucinating minute changes in pip size...

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[BullChick]

Ugh. I'm already too sleep deprived...



Yup. (I shoulda just put it by the bed...)

(I think I'm now hallucinating minute changes in pip size... )

I stopped incubating in my room after the hatch last Valentines Day. Each chick hatched screaming. And not one stopped screaming until it was in the brooder. So, I put most of them in still wet. Unfortunately, this hatch will be in my room.
I believe that the only reason to have an incubator in your room is for coffee.

 

[BantyChooks]

Ugh. I'm already too sleep deprived...



Yup. (I shoulda just put it by the bed...)

(I think I'm now hallucinating minute changes in pip size... )

I take pics so I can compare pip sizes.