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

[Pensmaster]

Yea, thank God; now it's just muddy. This crazy MD weather; going to almost 70* today, with PM snow forecast for Saturday,

Wow, we are back into the high 50’s low 60’s and breezy. Power outage last Sunday when the dying tree on neighbors went down.

 

[mlm Mike]

We are dry.
Of course that means drought but for now it’s not a slip and slide.

I hope we are dry someday. It warmed up and had lots of rain yesterday. At least everything is almost melted. Although, I think we might get snow Saturday.

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

Thanks guys. She was very thin, so I don’t feel like there was much I could do. Everyone else is thriving!

The second wave is still hatching in the incubator, eggs from a friend that were added two days later. I need to find some small zip ties to mark them with. Is there a better way to mark chicks? I couldn’t think of anything else that wouldn’t be picked at or inhibit them.

*Edited to add. There are 11 chicks here.

 

[BullChick]

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Is there a better way to mark chicks? I couldn’t think of anything else that wouldn’t be picked at or inhibit them.

*Edited to add. There are 11 chicks here.

Food coloring or marker.

 

[kwhites634]

Food coloring or marker.

Pink chicks, green chicks, orange chicks; just like at Easter

 

[ronott1]

She didn’t make it. I’m not sure if she overheated in the cup, I tried to position it well. She was very small and weak, so it perhaps was unavoidable.

You did the best you could with her!

Shipped eggs and temps too low usually and sometimes too high will cause chicks to hatch like that. Get a good thermometer like the brinsea spot check and make sure your incubator is set correctly for temps.

March 10 is set day for the Easter hatch a long...Plenty of time to setup a new hatch!

 

[ronott1]

We are dry.
Of course that means drought but for now it’s not a slip and slide.

Water restrictions are going back in place too...Not that I ever stopped with water conservation LOL!

 

[Pensmaster]

Water restrictions are going back in place too...Not that I ever stopped with water conservation LOL!

I know. Me either. We might get rain on Sunday.

 

[BullChick]

My chicks are getting big. I’m torn about the next step. I think they are fine going outside, but the rapid ups and downs have me concerned. Thirty degree drops overnight seem too severe for 3-week-olds. I actually worry about the adults.

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

Food coloring or marker.

Most have Black legs and bodies, lol. I will see what I can do. I think I have some velcro strips here too. That may work temporarily.

You did the best you could with her!

Shipped eggs and temps too low usually and sometimes too high will cause chicks to hatch like that. Get a good thermometer like the brinsea spot check and make sure your incubator is set correctly for temps.

March 10 is set day for the Easter hatch a long...Plenty of time to setup a new hatch!

That makes sense. I realized about halfway through the incubation, that the temp was still lowered from the last lockdown. MY incubator is the GQF Genesis, so it is a good one, but it can't fix user errors.