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

[8ROYALS]

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UPDATE: Hour 1 of DAY 21....24 eggs in lockdown. 7 hathced, 1 zip, 8 pips and 8 taking their time...1 bantam cross, 3 'OE' roo x GSL hen, 2 'OE' that look like my other 'OE's and 1 'OE' that is feathering out with dark black under spotty orandge feathers with black stripe down his back(kinda chipmunky;sotra). pics to come.......YEAH!!!

 

[bordergurl]

First chick hatched Egg # 3 Columbian Rock, egg # 2 is almost out.

 

[8ROYALS]

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UPDATE: Hour 1 of DAY 21....24 eggs in lockdown. 7 hathced, 1 zip, 8 pips and 8 taking their time...1 bantam cross, 3 'OE' roo x GSL hen, 2 'OE' that look like my other 'OE's and 1 'OE' that is feathering out with dark black under spotty orandge feathers with black stripe down his back(kinda chipmunky;sotra). pics to come.......YEAH!!!

UPDATE: Hour 15 of DAY 21... 24 eggs in lockdown. 13 hatched, 1 zips, 3 pips and 7 taking their sweet time. 1 bantam cochin hen and OE roo, 2 bantam silkie hen x OE roo, 5 OE roo x GSL hen, 4 OE roo X OE or EE hen. Of those four I still have the black with orange. Now have a black/blue one as well....happy hatching everyone...pics to come...

 

[Heckel's Hens]

Congarts on the new chickies!!!!

I think my humidity is too low. My air cells look like Day 18 and it's only 14.5. It's very dry in here with our wood stove, so I think I'm going to close the door to that room and put in the humidifier.

 

[HHandbasket]

We interrupt this thread to bring you this urgent message.

LOCKDOWN IS TORTURE.

That is all.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled discussion thread.

 

[bordergurl]

Happy to report I came home to 5 hatched chicks. #6 has pipped (either that or the peeps pecked a hole in it). #7 the hairline crack can't tell if anything is happenning in there or not. Going to see if any of my pictures turned out, will upload to BYC asap.

 

[CowgirlJules]

I have seven chicks of nine. The other two don't seem to have pipped yet, but I can see one rocking. It's only day 21 here, so I'm being patient. I may take the babies out once they're dry (in the bathroom with the shower running) to keep them form playing kickball with the last two. It sounds like a fight in there right now.

 

[bordergurl]

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My 5 that are hatched look dry, but because one of the remaining two is pipped, I am just leaving them in the incubator. Once 6 hatches and dries then I will move them. The last egg is questionable as it developed a hairline crack on Wed after Lockdown. We are on day 21, and I was pretty surprised to have the majority hatch out today. I think the Brinsea Mini Advance is pretty special! It's been a great first experience for me.

 

[8ROYALS]

I have one guy that has been zipped for over a day and not come out yet...absorbing yolk I guess. I also have one that has been pipped for the same amount of time. I see them moving so at least they are still alive. come one kids...get out of them shells...

 

[8ROYALS]

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UPDATE: Hour 1 of DAY 21....24 eggs in lockdown. 7 hathced, 1 zip, 8 pips and 8 taking their time...1 bantam cross, 3 'OE' roo x GSL hen, 2 'OE' that look like my other 'OE's and 1 'OE' that is feathering out with dark black under spotty orandge feathers with black stripe down his back(kinda chipmunky;sotra). pics to come.......YEAH!!!

UPDATE: Hour 15 of DAY 21... 24 eggs in lockdown. 13 hatched, 1 zips, 3 pips and 7 taking their sweet time. 1 bantam cochin hen and OE roo, 2 bantam silkie hen x OE roo, 5 OE roo x GSL hen, 4 OE roo X OE or EE hen. Of those four I still have the black with orange. Now have a black/blue one as well....happy hatching everyone...pics to come...

UPDATE: Hour 19 of DAY 21... 24 eggs in lockdown. 14 hatched, 2 zips, 3 pips and 5 taking their sweet time. The newly hatched chick is from an 'OE' roo x 'OE' or EE hen.