February Hatch-A-Long

[LadiesAndJane]

Planning to set today as it’s nice to have a weekend to fuss with baby chicks when they hatch! Incubator is heating up and 14 eggs are numbered and coming up to room temperature after being in a cooler while I was collecting them. Hoping to get two more eggs by the end of the day.
I dry incubate due to the ambient humidity and only add water at lockdown.
This will be the first offspring of my silkie girls that I hatched last May. My silkie cockerel has already fathered several hybrid chicks!

 

[LikeTurkeys]

Yup, I'm going to set next Thursday hopefully, for a Feb 18th hatch. Think it'll be 40-50 eggs this time, maybe 10-15 Buff Orpington and the rest a barnyard mix.

 

[juliasflock]

Hi guys! Hatch day of February 7th. 9 Welsummer, 2 Pita Pinta/OE, 1 EE/OE,
1 F2 OE, 2 BC1 OE. I just pulled 3 silkie eggs today. My 31 week silkie cockerel is just not getting it done yet. I was also hoping to have ameraucana and Silverudd Blues in there, but the breeders I’m getting them from are either waiting on genetic testing or their birds to pick back up laying. I guess I’ll need to have a second spring hatch!

 

[AusHen]

Woah! That's gonna be a lot of chicks!

Hopefully lol. I have been having a lot of small hatches lately, mostly from shipped eggs so I really want to up hatching with my own flock to keep up with demand of chicks and POL in my area. once my pure pens start laying I may need to invest in a cabinet incubator lol

 

[smfarman]

I set 13 lavender orpingtons, 7 black ameraucanas, 7 BCM, and 6 EEs today after waiting another day for them to settle. The 12 American Breese have been delayed in shipping, I'll set them when they arrive. For hatch day Feb. 14th hopefully, for the ones set today.

 

[kyeschicks]

I would like to join. I'm planning on setting serama eggs this upcoming friday the 29th. Good luck to everyone!

 

[kyeschicks]

What incubators are y'all using?

 

[LadiesAndJane]

What incubators are y'all using?

Most use the NurtureRight360 I believe.
I have this as well as a Brinsea Maxi II.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I would like to join. I'm planning on setting serama eggs this upcoming friday the 29th. Good luck to everyone!

Welcome and Good luck!

 

[smfarman]

What incubators are y'all using?

Hi Skitz, I am using 1 Nurture Right 360 for incubating and 1 for hatching then 1 unknown name for the eggs to stand up right during incubation, for shipped eggs