Halloween/Thanksgiving Hatch-a-Long 2019

[ShrekDawg]

View attachment 1948884 sorry i didn’t feel like crawling around to unplug the red light!
but basically 22 hatched yesterday and 16 so far today!!

So cute!

 

[ShrekDawg]

I just ordered a water wiggler but it won’t get here till Saturday

I’m tempted to just go buy one at the store but don’t feel like driving around to multiple stores till I find one and also don’t want to be out on Halloween.

I can wait.

But I don’t want to.

I want to play with my bator NOW.

I’ve been sitting next to it for like over an hour just watching it and all the temp fluctuations and the turner turn.

Maybe I could test humidity next haha I wish I knew where the hygrometers I bought were. Want to see how they compare to the one that came with it.

 

[FortCluck]

Any guesses to how many of my chicks hatched while I wasn't home?

I'm about 15 minutes away

We had 5 external pips and 5 with nothing

 

[BantyChooks]

Any guesses to how many of my chicks hatched while I wasn't home?

I'm about 15 minutes away

We had 5 external pips and 5 with nothing

3

 

[ShrekDawg]

Any guesses to how many of my chicks hatched while I wasn't home?

I'm about 15 minutes away

We had 5 external pips and 5 with nothing

I bet all 5 hatched

Or at least 2-3.

 

[BullChick]

I just ordered a water wiggler but it won’t get here till Saturday

I’m tempted to just go buy one at the store but don’t feel like driving around to multiple stores till I find one and also don’t want to be out on Halloween.

I can wait.

But I don’t want to.

I want to play with my bator NOW.

I’ve been sitting next to it for like over an hour just watching it and all the temp fluctuations and the turner turn.

Maybe I could test humidity next haha I wish I knew where the hygrometers I bought were. Want to see how they compare to the one that came with it.

Ziplock bag of water.

 

[FortCluck]

View attachment 1948884 sorry i didn’t feel like crawling around to unplug the red light!
but basically 22 hatched yesterday and 16 so far today!!

What do you use for a brooder?

 

[ShrekDawg]

Ziplock bag of water.

That is an excellent idea! Thank you! I will go find one!

Is it bad that it’s reading super high? Also I am finding some hot and cool spots in the bator so maybe this is good.

 

[muddy75]

well i went ahead and helped the “partial assist” from earlier as it was still rocking the egg.....i opened it up a little more so the baby could untwist but still quite a bit of bleeding and goop so i placed it back in head down position and left it in the egg to push out on its own.....the other assist isn’t looking too good either. that’s the hardest part with hatching.

 

[BullChick]