HALLOWEEN Hatch-a-Long 2016 w/ Hosts, Mike, Sally & BantyChooks

[mlm Mike]

Batch#2 chick 3 & 4 arrived last night.

Congratulations!

 

[DwayneNLiz]

My husband had a hygrometer on his truck for work, so I'm checking it now. :-D I didn't even think about him having one for his HVAC work.

great! is his calibrated? lol
good luck with the hatch!!

Hey y'all, I followed Mylied here to this fun Halloween hatch-a-long - Thanks Mike, Sally & BantyChooks for hosting!

Here is what I have so far:
F3 generation - 7/8th Dark Cornish crossbred. White chick with green dot is an F2 generation 50%DC 50%CX
This was my first batch after my hens stopped laying from heat and molt. My spring born pullets are just now starting to lay.
Batch#1 had a total of 7 eggs and went into the incubator on 9/10/16, I checked the unhatched eggs - 3 quit but were developed at least 16 days.
They went into the still hatcher on 9/28/16 to hatch on October 1 Hatch-A-Long and the Halloween hatch-a-long!


Next batch#2 will go into the still hatcher on 10/04/16 to hatch on 10/07/16 - had 10 eggs (2 yolkers at 1st candling) so now 8.
Next batch#3 will go into the still hatcher on 10/10/16 to hatch on 10/13/16 - had 14 eggs (1 yolker) so now 13.
Next batch#4 will go into the still hatcher on 10/16/16 to hatch on 10/19/16 - has 13 eggs.
Next batch#5 will go went into the incubator 10/04/16, then the still hatcher on 10/22/16 to hatch on 10/25/16. 10 eggs gathered so far.14 eggs in.
Next batch#6 will go into the incubator 10/10/16, the still hatcher on 10/28/16 to hatch on 10/31/16 ending hatch-a-long with Halloween chicks!

Today's chick activities: Batch#2
Got home and one hatched with several more pipping. F2 50DC/50CX

Awesome!!! great pictures too! (i deleted to get the post shorter)
good luck on the rest!!

I got 9 fluffy butts out of 15 set. Waiting on two eggs, not holding my breath....I do have a dozen duck eggs due to hatch Tuesday. My first time with ducks. They take forever to hatch, right?

Cute! Congrats and good luck on the others! (and yes ducks take their sweet time)

Yay, 1 out of the 15 has a perfect silkie foot! Pretty sure it's a black Australorp x white silkie cross

she's staying with me, I'm dying to see what that looks like

Congrats!! i love silkies and silkie crosses!

OOOH I am getting excited, just another week and the chicks should start hatching! I will have to post some of the little videos I took yesterday of the movement inside the shells! I have 1 questionable one, it is #2, I can't tell if it stopped growing or if I just can't see the veins anymore, I see 2 much larger black sppots in the egg!~

26 eggs in the incubator. 6 possible red sexlinks from my silver Easter Egger pullets that just started laying, 6 from a 'pure' Easter Egger, 9 from my black sexlink Easter Egger hen, and 5 from a few of the Barred Rock hens, just to fill up the incubator.

WOOHOOO!!!!

Crossing fingers that my NN eggs make it here by tomorrow.

Those will be hatching pretty close to Halloween. Love em with those bow ties.

i hope they do too!!

Batch#2 chick 3 & 4 arrived last night.

 

[kajira]

sounds like everyones getting their babies!

we are due to go into lock down with our big incubator around the 18th. ;o

Still waiting for this last little egg to hatch. My daughter's been asking me to candle it with her again today, to see if it's still alive or not... since I think it's a goner anyways at this point, I'm gonna go ahead and do that after I wake up.

She is still holding out hope that it will be born this weekend.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

sounds like everyones getting their babies!

we are due to go into lock down with our big incubator around the 18th. ;o

Still waiting for this last little egg to hatch. My daughter's been asking me to candle it with her again today, to see if it's still alive or not... since I think it's a goner anyways at this point, I'm gonna go ahead and do that after I wake up.

She is still holding out hope that it will be born this weekend.

i hope it hatches still

 

[bcfpilot]

Just candled our incubator eggs. 25 out of 27 have embryos! Today is Day 7.

We haven't checked on the hens eggs, they should be hatching in about a week though. I think shes hiding 4 or 5 under her.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Just candled our incubator eggs. 25 out of 27 have embryos! Today is Day 7.

We haven't checked on the hens eggs, they should be hatching in about a week though. I think shes hiding 4 or 5 under her.

awesome!! good luck!

 

[eHuman]

Can't count but at least 30 babies this morning. They were busy overnight. Only 6 when I went to bed.

 

[mlm Mike]

Just candled our incubator eggs. 25 out of 27 have embryos! Today is Day 7.

We haven't checked on the hens eggs, they should be hatching in about a week though. I think shes hiding 4 or 5 under her.

Wonderful! Good luck!

Can't count but at least 30 babies this morning. They were busy overnight. Only 6 when I went to bed.

Congratulations! When I was hatching quail they always seemed to hatch overnight.

 

[kajira]

Can't count but at least 30 babies this morning. They were busy overnight. Only 6 when I went to bed.

adorable babies

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Can't count but at least 30 babies this morning. They were busy overnight. Only 6 when I went to bed.

awesome!! congratulations!!