EGGS SET ON 25th SEPT IN MY NEW RCOM 20.. ANY HATCHING BUDDIES?

[DAVE07]

Not a bad effort at all... I've already got my next order or eggs ready... Belgian blues, silkies and pekins for the next batch...

 

[stephanie1992]

FULL BATOR
i cant stand this waiting period
cant wait to see how many are good
all shipped except the two large brown ones and a white one, thos r from my birds. lol

 

[HHandbasket]

I'll join! I set 9 porcelain d'uccle eggs and 1 silver laced wyandotte egg late at night on the 24th. I wasn't going to hatch anymore this year, but my porcelain d'uccle roo died last week so we wanted to try to hatch out his girlfriend's fertile eggs (I know he's been "fertilizing" her regularly for a while now). I don't know how many will hatch, as 3 of them were over a week old when I set them & she JUST started laying a couple of weeks ago. But I'm hoping we'll get a handful of his babies. My porcelain d'uccle pair came from show-winning parent stock and were just gorgeous. We were sad to lose Charlie, the roo. He got beaten up but a larger roo in the flock, did okay for a while, started to recover and was doing well for about a week, but then declined and went downhill and died.

I have had really bad luck trying to hatch shipped eggs but have done EXTREMELY well with eggs from my own yard or from a friend's yard, something that didn't have to be transported any farther than just across town. So here's to hoping Charlie's babies hatch.

 

[stephanie1992]

srry to hear about ur roo, hope ur eggs r fertile, good luck!!

 

[DAVE07]

What incubator are u using Steph? Here are mine...

 

[DAVE07]

On the home stretch... Hatch due on SUnday. I candled all of mine yesterday... Only one light Sussex wasn't fertile so I had to bin that... I'm thinking of putting the eggs in cartons and lining the bottom of the r com with some baking paper before lockdown for two reasons... One so the chicks aren't kicking each other about and secondly so that it's a lot easier to clean up afterwards... Anyone have any sound advice? Or thoughts?

 

[stephanie1992]

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im using the LG still air

 

[ChickenPeep]

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im using the LG still air

Me too!!

 

[HHandbasket]

Most of mine were infertile but are set to hatch at the end of the week. I ended up sticking them under the broody & I candled five days ago. Only 2 are growing, but that's okay. I really just need one to hatch & I need it to be a cockerel.

Come on, li'l cockerel!

 

[stephanie1992]

ones suppose to hatch today, but no movement or peeping yet. still hopefull tho