FEBRUARY Hatch-A-Long, come join in!!

[Lotsapaints]

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The Welsummers shouldn't be black they should be tan and dark brown striped ...strawberry baskets work fine or you can make them yourself out of hardware cloth

 

[aceschix]

I agree - your chicks should look totally different.

To answer your other question - I use cross-stitch plastic from the craft section at any store. You can cut it to size and make several different compartments in your hatcher. I wire them together with bread ties.

I often use an H configuration. In that you can have 4 hatching pens to keep 4 different sets of chicks separated.

 

[knjinnm]

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See post #1181
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=5544288#p5544288
Pinkchick's Welsummers are laying up a storm!

 

[bunnibird55]

Oh I am so egggssscited!!! I bought a new 45 lumens flashlight tonight to see if it would make any difference - it does!!!! I have baby chicks moving around in all but two of the 30 NH eggs I set on the 15th.....this is so neat...I could see their eyes and it must be their hearts on quite a few. Some of the shells are quite dark brown but I could see the babies in them. Oh, now I am getting so anxious...this is so neat! The next 11 to 12 days are going to be so hard for me. I am like a little kid at Christmas time!! WooooHOOOOO!!!!

 

[Shelly_WNC]

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Well, we don't have the silkie eggs for the set this weekend, but we will be setting sunday night around midnight. We are shooting for a Valentine's Day hatch. Our oval participants include: 5 Sebright, 2 EE, and 5 Mystery Eggs (parentage/pedigree unknown).

That's very cool ... I really wanted a Valentines day hatch but you know how it is , I just couldn't wait another second to try my hand at incubating *smile*

 

[Livinwright Farm]

Here is a video I took last night at 9pm... "Life of a developing chicken embryo on Day 6 of incubation". my appologies for the blinking red light, I can't figure out how to disable it.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=194226383921236

 

[pdsavage]

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Thanks for sharing,you could allways use ducktape or electrical tape over the falshing light.

 

[Livinwright Farm]

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Thanks for sharing,you could allways use ducktape or electrical tape over the falshing light.

I would, but it is my mother's camera, and she would hurt me... I think I just need to go through the manual and find out how to shut it off...

 

[speckledhen]

Have two small batches due in February.


#1 Batch

5 Delaware eggs, due Feb. 7



#2 Batch

7 BBS Orpingtons
2 Delawares
1 Delaware x EE Due Feb. 13



ETA: So far this year, the BBS Orps have not been developing, though they do appear fertile. Not sure what's up with that, but I wouldn't be surprised if none of those grew.

 

[Mahonri]

I put 8 eggs under a Blue Wheaten Ameraucana broody tonight.

3 FBCMs
2 EEs... (3/4ths BWA,1/4th BSL)
3 W/BW Ameraucanas

I tried to break her for two or three days but she is determined, so I just gave up and put the eggs under her.