Fort Cluck Hatch Thread (pics)

[FortCluck]

100% of my Fort Cluck eggs are fertile and have eyeballs also I lost track of when I put some eggs in and they look like they might hatch on my birthday on Saturday I was just replacing bad eggs with my eggs because I know that my eggs are good.

@aliciaplus3 I actually did an experiment on my eggs and I have that nice egg storage hutch my father made for me out of an old antique... I didn't turn them or anything while they were in there to see if that will affect anything with the chicks. So far it didn't do anything. Also I'm turning them different this time too, I'm not using a turner. I stead I have a basket over them and I move the basket forward a few times then backwards and it rolls the eggs.

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

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Does this little one only have a yellow head and the rest black? That'll be interesting to watch mature

 

[FortCluck]

Does this little one only have a yellow head and the rest black? That'll be interesting to watch mature

I'm not sure if it's black or not, but it's like a creamy tan color.

 

[FortCluck]

@Muscovy Wunda I have lots of interesting chicks like this one

I think it's a silver sebright cross. It's from my eggs and it's dark silver with brown and white on it. I got a free silver sebright rooster and I think he's mated with my girls because squatch can throw these colors.

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

It's going to be fascinating watching them all grow. You might have some very unique patterns

 

[FortCluck]

It's going to be fascinating watching them all grow. You might have some very unique patterns

I thought that my silver Sebright wasn't breeding with any of my chickens, but he has to be because squatch can't do these colors.

I've bred him with all of my chickens and we've only gotten black with white or white with black chicks. I didn't do RSL eggs this time but those are brown and black with Squatch.

 

[FortCluck]

I had a random chick hatch that I wasn't expecting and the little bigger scared me.

I'm using a basket in my incubator to keep eggs separated and it was crooked when I went to check on my chicks.

Then it started moving I thought I was seeing things.

I opened the incubator and lifted the basket and this little chick was inside

The other eggs look like they'll be hatching today or tomorrow.

They all look like they're from HeiHei. Kind of sad Squatch isn't mating with any of my pink egg layers, but now I get silver chicks

 

[FortCluck]

Also bought this for the chicks because they were partying all night with the heat bulb.

They love it so far!

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

Thats very cool!! Very practical as well for your part of the world. Not gunna lie, I thought it was a tv for the coop at first glance

 

[Ted_Harrell]

I bought this same brooder heater for the baby chicks I currently have....