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[Impress]

18 beautiful babies so far! A mixture of Bantam Ameraucanas (finally found some eggs for some true show quality) Lemon Cuckoo Orpingtons, Bantam Chocolate Orpingtons, and Cuckoo Marans. With one single OEGB that was just labelled BAR. I am still waiting for a very mysterious OEGB that was labelled YNOT. No clue what either of those actually are!

 

[littledon]

So, they started peeping wednesday morning and had 4 chicks that night. Had 7 thursday morning, came home at noon and had 12. came home after work and had 14. Once I got home had to help 2 out of their eggs and two more came out on their own. Have 18 now and think at least two more will make it, so maybe 20 out of 26 will survive. This is so cool especially peeling two out by hand. They will be my special babies. Will keep ya'll posted on the progress.

 

[Brookhavens]

Uhm.... that opposite everything I've seen.(and learned about humidity in school high humidity = lots of moisture in air and low humidity in air means little in moisture in the air)

If the air cell is too big too much water is evaporating so you INCREASE humidity. If it's too small then you don't have enough evaporating so up need to DECREASE your humidity.

Thanks for catching this. I will go back and edit it now. I have too much on my mind, eggs in lockdown, more to go in tomorrow and a teenage daughter who is driving me crazy.

 

[Roxannemc]

Ok my eggs are confusing me ...(well its not hard) my Los eggs that were due to hatch Wed only ONE hatched .. last night end day 21.
.My own eggs not shipped No pips but saw 2 eggs wiggle today

Have more Los eggs went in lock yesterday..... now its day 19 for them and i have 2 star cracks tonite.! WHAT?
I recounted and yep day 19 That bator ran a little high though and the other ran low for a while

i didnt know it as it has an auto temp thing Genesis until checked with some other good themometers It had been 96.5 for at least the first week if not longer
BUT some hens Choice were in too at the same time and they hatched but one day late. 3 chicks from 6 eggs...shipped
Go figure My control group bombed instead of the shipped! Oh well.

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[Roxannemc]

So, they started peeping wednesday morning and had 4 chicks that night. Had 7 thursday morning, came home at noon and had 12. came home after work and had 14. Once I got home had to help 2 out of their eggs and two more came out on their own. Have 18 now and think at least two more will make it, so maybe 20 out of 26 will survive. This is so cool especially peeling two out by hand. They will be my special babies. Will keep ya'll posted on the progress.

AWESOME hatch.... Congrats! !Pics so very cute.!!

 

[Cynthia12]

I get some really large eggs like that too from my maran hen (I only have one Maran hen) and from a couple other hens in my mixed flock that I haven't identified. They are so large that they don't sit in the extra large cartons well. But I have hatched any yet because she's not with my Maran roo, she likes to be in the mixed flock and escapes all the time to get back there. Working on a tractor for them. The other monster eggs I've gotten are from older hens, but unidentified.
I have, however hatched out 9 Ameraucana and 3 australorp chicks in the homemade incubator I have (manual turning)

. My brinsea has turkey eggs in it and I'm waiting on parts for my hovabator.

I wonder if that olive egg I have from you is from that marans...you would think! It's a pretty green, much darker than the others, and still viable. I have 10 viable eggs left, and lock down is on Sun.!

 

[Cynthia12]

This is the one I like to use..the black one ... yep, from Walmart.

 

[Cynthia12]

I have 3 BBS Orp Eggs and 4 Swedish Flower hens in lockdown since Tuesday night. I was just cleaning out my other hatcher (eggs are in another hatcher right next to it) and I heard chirping!!! No pips yet but at least I know someone has internally pipped.

Oh, I hope you get a Splash Orpington and share the picture..wait! I hope you get, a black, and a blue, and a splash Orpington.. I am behind, by the time I get to the end, you will probably have chicks! )

 

[Cynthia12]

You are going to drown your chicks before they even hatch with that humidity. Get it down to at least the 40's.

X'2

 

[raygirl4386]

My flock is 100% fertile!!! Yeah I filled the turner in my LG throw out 4 eggs that died, 1 is questionable but the rest and movin and grooven!!! I'm so excited this is my first time hatching my own flocks eggs.