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

[BantyChooks]

Calllllls! Mmmmmmm!

*Sob*

 

[BullChick]

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did you know that MC talked about getting a pair of white calls for Duckling?

Yes. Did you know that MCC was thinking that while looking at that picture? And that she was also considering how much easier it will be to skin a Call?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

So this hatch is not going well.

Most of the eggs had funky air cells to begin with. However out of a dozen eggs 9 made it to lock down.
5 serama, 2 serama X EE, 2 bantam EE. 3 of the serama had their air cells collapse in on them at draw down. One of the remaining serama pipped into a vein and passed shortly after external pip.

The last is out and drying right now.

Of the other eggs the 2 serama X EE seem to be well on their way out and should hatch normally VERY soon, but both the bantam EE are externally pipped upside down. One is nearly out, but the other is just getting started.

I still have hope I'll have 5 new chicks by tomorrow.

oh no!!!! oh I pray for the others!!!!!

Quote: MUST GET MORE!!!!

HOW CUTE!!!!!

 

[AlilSassy]

@Wickedchicken6 about the Araucana that would be a girl for you...
The heat lamp is putting a yellow/red/orange cast to him, but he is a brilliant burnt red...comb is already reddening and goes back on the head a little ways in my opinion. Most of my chicks are these low profile type combs, so WAY harder to guess early...

My beautiful and lovey dovey boy Maran. He's got soft fluffy feathers all over him, which according to Facebook when I asked there about it, another's Splash Maran had same soft feathers till around 3 months old then adult feathers came in... I really wish his would stay like that. Glad he like being pet The Araucana loves to jump out of the brooder and chase all the animals, this one, while bigger and can fly even better-doesn't ever jump out. He runs back n forth jumping on things and freaking the others out till I put my hand inside where he jumps on and waits to be picked up Why these two have to be boys My first Hatchlings. <3

...and good morning...and TGIF everyone... now to get my butt ready for work already..,

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote:
very pretty!!

I got this really weird egg from one of my CCL girls today. It looks like it has a little chimney! Since I'm collecting their eggs for incubation, I'm going to try to hatch it. I sealed the top of the chimney with clear nail polish, just in case it isn't solid. If i get a chick from it, I'm going to have to come up with some kind of clever name.

@sumi
NEVER seen this! strange! think she had to poop as she let the egg out lol!!

I have babies

Or one baby when I left for work and another pipped that I expect will be out when I get home. The first one can't be used for breeding, which is a bummer because it was from another breeder's lines and it would have been nice to be able to use it, but hopefully the other one will be nice and dark

you know they dont exist unless we see them

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Eeekkk, eggcited... i have 2 rocker eggs, got 1 on video. First ever incubator hatch. The anticipation is killing me. So bad i had a friend swing by my house twice today to check on eggs since i had to work (made for a long day at the hospital). When should i expect a pip/hatch? I do have 1 that has a small v shape crack, not sure exactly though this is started pipping. I want to stay up all night and watch...

well, ended up with 9 chicks hatching and found one zipping when I moved the others to the brooder.

Hopefully this little one makes it and i didn't mess it up too much!!!

It was zipping the entire bottom part of the shell, not a normal zip at all so I couldn't see it...

Pretty great hatch rate though! with the 9 it's an 80% and if that last one makes it then that boosts it to 90%

awesome!!

18 hours! That is how long this duckling has been trying to get out of the shell. The internal pip happened sometime before 6am thursday. It is now after 12am friday. Yes, this has been an assisted hatch. The aircell formed at the narrow end of the egg. To encourage the chick into a mal-position (so that it would pip into the aircell) I had to leave the egg narrow side up for the entire hatch; upto the time an internal pip was noticed.

An artificial external pip was done about an hour or so later, due to issues with hatching deaths in previous duck hatches.

The duckling successfully pipped about 10+ hours later, before getting stuck a few hours later.

A zip line was slowly made around the egg over the next few hours, and the ducklings head moved out of the shell.

The little one is presently working to kick off the remainder of the shell, and fully join the world.

What a pretty pic!! I know only we can love it, but dawwwwwwww welcome little buddy!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I checked on our Buff Orpington momma several times today hoping to see little faces peeking out, but absolutely nothing so far. I kept trying to listen for noises, but I couldn't hear anything with other noises around me. She is really plastered down on the eggs too, so I am glad to see that. She is not alert, nervous, and overly excitable like the Australorp was. Hopefully that will mean better hatching success. So far, I have to say that I am much more impressed with the mothering skills of our Orpingtons. The Australorp is VERY protective, but NOT very careful, and as I said before, overly excitable and nervous. She gets worked up and steps on the babies or scratches right on top of them. But they are all doing great, so that is good.

We put eggs under 2 of our Buff Brahmas today, the third one decided to abandon the broody club. 12 eggs each. We decided to just leave them in the hen house, and marked the eggs so we can tell them apart from any new ones. Here's hoping all goes well!

Oh I hope she hatches them soon!! did you candle them while under her at all during the past weeks? Good luck on the next sets too!!! cool for them to raise them together!!

I'm back. Sorta. Done combining.

I have an in-service for work to attend tomorrow.Hopefully I can finish catching up tomorrow night.

I candled my eggs on day 6. Maybe you guys were right.
35 chicky eggs developing (4 from the E carton...so pretty old) I thought there "might" be 10-15 eggs.
I'm a bit surprised there's that many spiders. Not done yet though.
I can't tell what's in the guinea eggs. I can't see in the quail eggs either.
I don't think either's going to hatch.

you need a better candler! Awesomeness on the 35!!! go babies go!!!!

 

[Athaid]

*Sob*

I'm with you on that one, B :'(

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: dawwww

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Mornin Michael!!! happy to see you back on