First Timer: UPDATE: 12 Days After Hatch: Roos to Hens?

[chuck12]

Nice chicks.. I got some button quail chicks in the bator due to hatch monday.. very exciting.

 

[gryeyes]

I woke up this morning (yes, I did actually get some sleep) to SIX chicks.

Unfortunately, in the time between double-checking the brooder and going back to take the "oldest" (fluffiest) chicks out of the incubator, one had drowned in the water reservoir.

SO fast, that was! I feel terrible. But I suppose that could just as easily have happened in the night before I saw them all - it was just bad luck that it happened when I was up and awake.

One egg left in the incubator, with the two newest and damp chicks. (And the little drowned chick because I keep hoping if it is kept warm in there it MIGHT take a breath and not be dead..... )

I'll post some pics of the chicks in the brooder once I get things more settled.

What a great hatch - six of seven shipped eggs. Too bad one of the hatchlings fell asleep with its head over the side of that water reservoir. I'm gonna have to figger out a way to prevent that in the future!

 

[chuck12]

Sorry about the lost chick.. congrats on the great hatch rate.. cant wait for the pics.. ( i love chick pics lol )

 

[DerbyChook]

Guess the Brinsea was a good choice

Congrats!

 

[AlaskGirl]

Wow, this entire thread has been my first morning read and it was so exciting!! I haven't hatched mine own, hopefully I won't but it sounds so delish and fun!! Congrats on your hard work!

 

[wsdareme]

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I had problems with the humidity with my Brinsea, and lost 4 of 7 chicks. I learned my lesson and with my second hatch started taking them out as soon as 2 had hatched. The brooder was nice and warm and they dried off beautifully in there. Didn't lose a chick. Other than that, I love my Brinsea!

 

[gryeyes]

Five little peeps in the brooder.

I've never had chicks this young before. All my chickens (with the exception of two laying pullets I bought from a BYC member) have been feed store chicks at least 5 days old, sometimes as much as 2 weeks.

These little bitty babies are adorable. They wake up in concert, flap a wing, take a step, peck in another chick's direction, and all fall asleep at once, together. About a minute per waking session.... that must have been such hard work all night getting out of those eggs!

 

[nanawendy]

So very sweet. Thank you for taking me along in your adventure.

 

[Kittymomma]

Sorry you lost one, but very happy that you got such a great hatch rate for your first time and with shipped eggs no less! Congrats!!

 

[SarahIrl]

Congrats!!! Well done you on your great hatch!

As for the water container problem, try to fix a little plastic mesh areound/over the top of it to prevent the same problem again?