February Hatch-A-Long

[gimmie birdies]

I would remove a squashed egg to an incubator. The hen my get curious and peck at it which I have seen and then she might just eat every one.

 

[gimmie birdies]

winter coop- quiet incubators are important!

 

[Winter Creek Coop]

winter coop- quiet incubators are important!

For sure!

 

[gimmie birdies]

I had one that would beep everytime the water would run out. It would drive DH crazy, so much for a secret hatch.

 

[juliasflock]

Ummmm, so this is new, I have a VERY wiggly egg this morning. Lockdown isn’t until Thursday and hatch on Sunday. This is my first time using the 360, so wondering if noticing early movements is normal.

My other incubator has the type of egg turner that the eggs sit in pointy side down, so I’ve never seen movement prior to lockdown.

My incubator that started this clutch went haywire and was running a 1-2 degrees too warm for at least 12 hours, so I’m wondering if it’ll cause an early hatch. I think I’ll pull out the turner and prep for lockdown a day or two early, and bump up the humidity towards the end of day 17 to be on the safe side.

 

[Tonyroo]

I have a question. I have eggs at the post office that were sitting there all day sunday (since it's closed), tomorrow I'm picking them up around noon and will unpack them get settled to room temperature. Do y'all think I should still let them sit for 12-24hrs before putting them in the incubator? I just think, they've already been sitting at the post office for over 24hrs...it'll be like close to 48hrs when I go pick them up.

Pop them in the incubator but don't turn them for first and second day, third day turn them.

 

[The Cave]

2 more pips- and they are all the opal legbars ...Mottled orpingtons are still snoozing!

 

[gimmie birdies]

Almost day 4 Cream legbar.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

So, I had 12 duck eggs (Pekins) in the January hatch-a-long with a Jan 30-31 target date. After disposing of infertile, and failures to progress, i was left with just four eggs. Three pipped the night of the 29th. One escaped its egg yesterday, on schedule. The other two pippers made good air holes, and settled in to wait. For what, I don't know.

One of them just tripped its way out of the shell, and sprawled face first across the incubator. The other pipper is still content to sit in the shell, active, but not progressing - there was a bit of blood where it cracked part of its shell this AM, so perhaps its still a bit early.

Egg four still hasn't pipped, guessing a late quitter, but I won't inspect until the others are successfully hatched and away from any potential source of infection/contamination.

Then clean the incubator real well, and start over with 12 fresh chicken eggs (mutts) for late in the month!

 

[Winter Creek Coop]

I have 8 Cream Lebars on the way in March.
Cool pic.