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

[chickendreams24]

Ha! It loaded! I win! e

Okay well first I love the old farm sink. Secondly how many eggs is that? Third I must ask why you and Sally have the same pic?

Oh, I had not thought of angel food cake!  Thank you for the tips!  I feel bad when I have to throw them away when they get old.

Oh no! Don't throw them away. If nothing else hard boil them and feed them back to the flock. That's what we do when we are overrun. DH2B loves to throw them on the gravel driveway they explode and he gets to feel manly lol. Especially recommended after a bad day at work lol for getting out frustration.

Sally your eggs went in the bator last night!!!
@Sally Sunshine can't wait to see who hatches. In other news our other hatch is still going and seems to be moving a bit early. Turns out all but three of 13 silkie eggs have quit. One is already hatched but the other two are pipped. The lavender/split Orpingtons look to be a day or so behind. Hopefully tonight the little first hatched will get some buddies and quiet down. I feel so bad that it's been lonely but it has been getting regular attention and food and water. It also seems much calmer after the other two internally pipped last night, I'm sure it can hear them.


Also quiche uses a lot of eggs. Or make a breakfast scramble etc etc.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

thats great @chickendreams24
sorry about the silkie eggs
good luck onthe eggs from sally!

 

[chickendreams24]

thats great @chickendreams24

sorry about the silkie eggs
good luck onthe eggs from sally! 

Thanks I'm pretty bummed not sure what's up with the silkies. The friend I got them from, hatches from them all the time but uses broodies I've used my bator twice and not done well. I hope these two are some nice colors and have the 5 toes my paint silkie I got from her previously is perfect except I think it has a single or possibly pea comb. Hoping that one is a pullet.

 

[Fluffyserama]

My eggs are getting here today!!!!

Everything is set up and ready. I think I even have the incubator in a spot the kid can't get to. (I know she'll test me on that statment) Now just trying to find the candling accessory I made for my flash light.

 

[chicapee]

Oh, I had not thought of angel food cake!  Thank you for the tips!  I feel bad when I have to throw them away when they get old.

I give my dogs scrambled eggs on their kibble a couple of times a week. Sometimes food pantries will take donations too. You can hard boiled them mash them shells and all and give back to chickens.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Thanks I'm pretty bummed not sure what's up with the silkies. The friend I got them from, hatches from them all the time but uses broodies I've used my bator twice and not done well. I hope these two are some nice colors and have the 5 toes my paint silkie I got from her previously is perfect except I think it has a single or possibly pea comb. Hoping that one is a pullet.

silkies are harder to hatch, and even worse if they are in with LF eggs and or shipped
someday i will try them again lol
i can say that i am an egg killing machine, but i am hoping to fix that with my new bator that i made

My eggs are getting here today!!!!

Everything is set up and ready. I think I even have the incubator in a spot the kid can't get to. (I know she'll test me on that statment) Now just trying to find the candling accessory I made for my flash light.

Woohooooo!!!!!

 

[BullChick]

Okay well first I love the old farm sink. Secondly how many eggs is that? Third I must ask why you and Sally have the same pic?

Thank you. It is hard to combine my desire for more counters with my desire to keep the house authentic. No to mention, I need to update for safety Companies want to modernize.
I think it was 25 dozen.
She wanted me to have an avatar. Any avatar.

My eggs are getting here today!!!!

Everything is set up and ready. I think I even have the incubator in a spot the kid can't get to. (I know she'll test me on that statment) Now just trying to find the candling accessory I made for my flash light.

Yeay!

 

[kajira]

Thanks I'm pretty bummed not sure what's up with the silkies. The friend I got them from, hatches from them all the time but uses broodies I've used my bator twice and not done well. I hope these two are some nice colors and have the 5 toes my paint silkie I got from her previously is perfect except I think it has a single or possibly pea comb. Hoping that one is a pullet.

I'm trying to hatch a batch of shipped silkie eggs right now too. Given the harder hatching rates of silkies, I pretty much figured if I got 1 out of 8 eggs, I was lucky since shipped eggs do alot worse to begin with.

I may order a batch of 24, to try a larger variety to see if I can get a few more...

What kind of bator/humidity are you running at? I've had pretty good development so far in a few of my eggs, but i'm keeping the humidity around 45-55% - I let my cochin eggs sit with 30-40% humidity. The two viable eggs I had in there formed, 1 hatched, the other never made it out of the shell because it was upside down or something. (hubby opened it up to find out.)

The silkie eggs, the two with the worst air cells that were shipped, had blood rings show up with in the first 3 days of being in the incubator. So, I was shocked when we made it past day 8 with 3-4 still viable looking. (2 were unfertilized.)

I'm still figuring out the best way to handle the silkie eggs, because they seem to be pretty temperamental.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: I have a terrible cough and sore throat, but I think I said that lol something always hitting me
Happy Friday!

@Sally Sunshine

well almost here

I have hour and half yet!!!!

So 4 ducklings from 4 eggs, 3 girls and 1 maybe boy... I love that Welsh Harlequins are semi auto sexing. When I get them in the brooder tonight, I'll be washing and sanitizing the bator for the 18 ancona eggs from @Sally Sunshine !

Good morning everyone!!

It's a crazy place in here this morning...lol!
(I like it.)

Quote: oh yums!!!! Good CALL!!!!! Do you have a good homemade recipe?

 

[DwayneNLiz]

I have a terrible cough and sore throat, but I think I said that lol something always hitting me
Happy Friday!

I have hour and half yet!!!!

Hope you get better quickly, i have 3-4 hours more at least, but even then i have to work tomorrow lol