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

[Lazy Farmer]

Maybe I should have hired him

The last I heard, he was in a Galaxy far far away. I only have cell service within the Continental U.S..
I tried to mail him a postcard once. Came back..
"Return to Sender".

 

[kwhites634]

View attachment 1350817 Every time Yoda candles dark eggs, he has no problem seeing inside. He uses the Force..

I have a hatch Monday. I refilled the water and secured the lid..

I find myself with two Hova-bators for the first time, So I cranked up the old one to make sure it's working right. It has a turner, but I replaced it with half an egg carton. Now we wait.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

I have a hatch Monday. I refilled the water and secured the lid..

They be unzippin' while I'm speaking!

Spoiler: How I feel right now:

 

[Lazy Farmer]

I wrote, "yolk" four times. I hate autocorrect!!!!!

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[Lazy Farmer]

Re banded and updated entire outdoor chicken population. Down to only 148 birds now. Weeding out a few more elderly birds. Black bands added to the dead weights.
Spring cleaning..

 

[Pensmaster]

Re banded and updated entire outdoor chicken population. Down to only 148 birds now. Weeding out a few more elderly birds. Black bands added to the dead weights.
Spring cleaning..

Didn’t get much chicken stuff done here this weekend. Worked in garden getting drip irrigation set back up. Plants are growing. Neighbors needed an emergency care taker which involves two houses and about 50 chickens couple cats and a dog. And some seedlings they forgot about that desperately needed water. 80 plus here today. Worked on firebreak as well.

 

[Pensmaster]

Or x-ray vision
Lockdown tomorrow; don't know what to think. Could have nothing; only candled the one time, & that was nothing spectacular.

 

[casportpony]

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[Lazy Farmer]

Didn’t get much chicken stuff done here this weekend. Worked in garden getting drip irrigation set back up. Plants are growing. Neighbors needed an emergency care taker which involves two houses and about 50 chickens couple cats and a dog. And some seedlings they forgot about that desperately needed water. 80 plus here today. Worked on firebreak as well.

hammer them nails! Spring is busy time.... I am snagging chicks out of an oven right now. Another late nite.. good luck with the garden what not.. we've have a few irons in the fire too.

 

[julskinka]

Help please! I put 23 eggs into lockdown (of which I think only 20 were definitely alive), and one pipped yesterday morning (day 20) and hatched at 1 this morning (teeeeechnically day 21, as I set at night). I just went to check on the little guy, 5 hours later, and he appears not to be drying fully. Nothing else has even pipped. How long can I safely leave the lone chick if it’s not drying off? I know they can exist without food for three days, but will the fact that it’s not drying off adversely affect it?

And - is it normal for one chick to be so ahead of the others? With no new pips almost 24 hours after the first, I’m worried they’re all gonna be dead in the shell.

Thanks for your help...