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

[Sally Sunshine]

I candled the eggs tonight, and I seen the spider vein things in 4 of them. I guess that proves that my boy is fertilizing them!

good ROO!!! yay!!!

Quote: did your eggs hatch Cynth? They are due now right?

Quote: lol twinkle hoof goats right? they crack me up and good morning.

 

[Chaos18]

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lol twinkle hoof goats right? they crack me up and good morning.

Indeed they are.

 

[BullChick]

Okay so I have a total of 20 eggs in the bator. 2 different hatch dates...actually one, I'll explain.

First set was due to hatch on Oct 8 and second set due to hatch on Oct 11 (or sooner as they're Serama eggs)

I have them all sitting upright in my turner with the motor off as they are shipped eggs and the air cells are semi-detached. I've been hand turning them by tilting side to side 2 or 3 times daily.

First batch are a total of 12 Ameraucana eggs. 7 Lavender and 5 Black split to Lavender. I am currently on day 9 for these guys. I candled them tonight and found 2 with obvious bloodrings. The rest of the batch (10 eggs) were clears. I have not tossed them because I refuse to believe they will not develop. They.just.have.to. Has anyone ever had eggs not show development 9 days in and still had them develop at some point? I know it's a stretch. Is it probable they just weren't fertile? Ugh..


Second batch of eggs I bought from @Ra_
. I received 10 eggs. When I candled them tonight (day 7) I found 2 tossers (one stinky, one leaky), 1 clear/infertile, 3 fading, and 4 strong developing embryos. I'm happy so far as he's been having fertility/ hatching problems recently with his flock. He suggests only 'hatching experts' try and hatch his eggs at this point (which I most certainly am NOT! LOL) and so far I've got 4 going strong. So I must be doing something right

I hope to get at least a couple out of his eggs. That would be glorious!

Wish me luck!

Good luck.

 

[bullets]

Not having trouble with second batch. Yes they are Serama. If anything I'd call it a success....so far. The first batch is what I'm bummed about. They're Ameraucana eggs.


GOOD LUCK!!!!!!   2nd batch your having trouble with are what breed?  sorry do you mean serarma?

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Day 18 for one of my broodies (it's like an epidemic with these Australorp girls). Of the 5 remaining, one is too dark to see into. The other 4 look great. Chicks are starting to push against the air cell membrane. Pullet eggs always seem to hatch a bit early. Might have babies tomorrow morning.

any chicks yet??

What are the odd that the eggs in the incubator are still good? Lost power this afternoon for about 2.5 hours. Lost power again and it still isn't back on yet. And, we are reaching the three hour mark.

I have a car adaptor so I can plug the incubator in, in the car. However, about 5+ minutes after the power went out we heard gunshots coming from somewhere in the nearby area. So, I am not stepping outside "period" until after the sun is back in the sky.

scary

Thank you!

That is very reassuring. The power just came back on. The eggs were quite chill, but I am hoping they will be ok. 7 of the eggs I am especially hoping make it.

They are part of my son's FFA project and he doesn't even know about this outage since he is sleeping.

I have 44 birds and go thru a bag every 7-10 days.
My OEGB mope for ages if I take their eggs...
Have I mentioned I'm jealous??

no i dont think you have ever mentioned that lol

Boo! I have a hen sitting on 4 eggs

Yay!!! what breeds?

for you. I can't do it and I know it. I will fetch the bird and bring it to DH, he waits a second while I walk around the corner. He calls me back when it's okay for me to come do the scalding and to put them in the plucker. I can do that, so we consider it a team effort. He is fast, calm, and efficient, where I might not be so. You might be in the same situation as we are. DH is fine with his part, and would rather do it alone, without my stricken face staring at him. Our birds have a great life, filled with wonderful days. While I still feel terrible on process day, I am so very grateful for the meat.

It was candle day here today, all 17 duckie eggs are doing great!

What kind of ducks??

Thank you all for the kindness understanding and hugs. I'm so proud of us! We did three birds and the processing act was easier emotionally than we expected although I now hate chicken lungs and kidneys, things are hard to get out. Lol

Our hatch contained 3 lavender Orpingtons and 3 silkies although one only has 4 toes.

More on the processing tomorrow.

good for you

Just fired up the incubator, getting it all ready and steady for our eggs. Collected a dozen from our girls this last week, so excited to see what the little fuzz balls will be like!

Hoping (if the incubator regulates easy) to be setting tomorrow or the next day, that'll be putting our hatch for the 17th or 18th of october (if my math is correct)

We did weighing for our first ever incubating for the September Hatch-along and I will be doing so again, found it so wonderful and reassuring for humidity control and air sac development.

Hoping for a better hatch rate from our eggs though than the breeder we got them from...it was only 50%, including the infertile and duds.
When we had gone into lockdown we ended up with a 70% hatch rate.

It'd be cool if our eggs did much better! They are not a pure breed though, so we'll see what we end up with. They are different tones of brown. Mama girls are all BCM crosses (mother was unknown...too many and no record kept at breeders but roo was a BCM)

i'm so excited to hatch again! I can see how easy it is to end up with more chickens than planned....

LOL

oh how lovely!!!! ughhhh but hey guess what........................





I have goats lmao!!!!

and you can keep your goats lol

One week mark. 68 coturnix eggs get candled for fertility tomorrow. Unlike my last hatch I haven't had to remove any stinkers or cracked eggs at this point. I used an Incubator Warehouse egg turner in my Hovabator Genesis last time, which was responsible for the cracked eggs. Hand turning 4-6 times a day this time.

Eggs represent:
Pharoah
Cinnamon (roux)
Silver
Manchurian
Itallian
A&M

And crosses of the above.

Spooky hatch coming up!

Fun!!!

Day 12: I am so anxious, also worried that none will hatch. I know 3 are absolutely not fertile so that brings me down to 5 eggs.

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On top of all that it is raining and pouring and my silkie hen just went broody.

sorry about the eggs but Yay silkie !! LOL

Just had an impulse buy on eBay.... 6 Fawn & White Indian Runner hatching eggs!!! They will be set 28th/29th September, so they are due to hatch a couple of days before Halloween.

I had to unplug my incubator, I couldn't get the temp below 114. I'm going to let it cool off, then try again and see if my husband can help me turn it down.

hope it gets straightened out

I have a hen that seems to have caught the hatching bug. LOL! She is a Buff Orpington so it was bound to happen. I collect the eggs everyday, two to three times a day. However, that hasn't stopped her. She has spent the last several days hoarding as many eggs as she could get her feathers on. So, I relented and gave her a couple duck eggs. She gets a visit from me at least once a day to give her a gentle petting and collecting any eggs the other hens may have slipped in. This is her first hatch, but she is doing pretty good so far.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote:
oh I swore you said the infertile nd blood rings second batch lol

 

[wornoutmomto3]

Hubby found out about the extra duck eggs in the incubator. This was his response...

I have to stop taking him to the store during "costume" season. LOL!!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Hubby found out about the extra duck eggs in the incubator. This was his response...

I have to stop taking him to the store during "costume" season. LOL!!!

 

[junebuggena]

Two pips this morning.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Two pips this morning.