FEB HATCH-ALONG THREAD ...COME JOIN US.... EVERYONE!

[Cynthia12]

While I am watching 17, I hear a lot of commotion on the other side!!! Look over and



At 7:45am, number 18 burst forth (NO ZIPPING!!!!)
And my little Si is born!!!!! <3

I am so glad things are happening..now, to go finish catching up on posts. It's like a book here, waiting for the good news, this is good news!

 

[jphendrix]

And now there are 6 babies hatched!!!!! Here is a video of the second one hatching!!!!!!!

 

[Cynthia12]

Here's my first pic.

Precious!

 

[hokankai]

Just a note, as a general guideline I assist when the chick stops in the middle of the zipping process. Distress during zipping usually requires assistance. If you need to help I strongly advise to move the incubator into the bathroom, run a steamy hot shower until the room is very humid, and then open the bator. If you keep opening the bator out in normal low humidity you suck the moisture out of the incubator and consequently cause membranes to dry out.

Good luck everyone! I'm enjoying watching your progress

 

[chicken pickin]

This is my one and only Japanese bantam that hatch standing next to a LF Cochin mix. She is so tiny and cute I cant stand it

 

[gapeach717]

This is my one and only Japanese bantam that hatch standing next to a LF Cochin mix. She is so tiny and cute I cant stand it

Oh em geeeeeeeee!!!!!! Love!!!

 

[gapeach717]

And now there are 6 babies hatched!!!!! Here is a video of the second one hatching!!!!!!!

Slow down!!! LOL!!!!

 

[FrankiesMom]

Super new at this. Just my second broody hatch and I hatched these two babies under my splash BLRW Buttercup. It was her first time being broody and at the time, was the only option for the 7 eggs (only got 2 chicks) I had to hatch as my other broody girl already had some fosters under her.

Buttercup did okay. She hatched two out. Would show them where the food was. But Lord help them if they got cold - she just kept walking the yard like nobody's business. Took one chick out when it was shivering, then the other two days later. They are now in the house with my three ducklings.

Buttercup didn't miss them at all ~ left the 'nursery yard' and went right over to the big coop and joined the others. Short memory.

Time to put them in their own box though. I do wet/dry bins for the ducks to help with taming and the chickies don't mind the dry box to sleep in but they HATE going in the wet box as the bottom gets wet and chilly. Might as well have left them with their foster mom...HA!

I think the one on the right in the first pick might be a roo. Lookit them fat little legs! Both hatched March 11th.

Also, I'm not sure if they are EE or Ameracauna as I had two roos in the coop. Hoping for EEs though to add some colour to my basket of eggs (dad either wh Ameracauna with blue gene or a brown Danish Leghorn).

I checked their feet for clues and keep thinking I see green, but not sure. I'll include a couple of close ups so you can throw in some opinions!












I now have 21 duck eggs in the bator to join my first three ducklings hatched Mar 16th! Cayuga, Black Swede and Pekin mixes:

 

[gapeach717]

Already planning things to do different next week. One being to add a dry rag maybe for a comfort item. Both the loose chicks keep climbing up on the wet pad in there and cuddling next to it!!

12 is STILL zipping and 25 just half unzipped in about 5 mins!

 

[FrankiesMom]

Already planning things to do different next week. One being to add a dry rag maybe for a comfort item. Both the loose chicks keep climbing up on the wet pad in there and cuddling next to it!!

12 is STILL zipping and 25 just half unzipped in about 5 mins!

That's a heckuva lot of cute factor running around!!