Hands on hatching and help

[WVduckchick]

Lol my roen is halfway cut off lol. They are seriously treat obsessed. When I first come in I toss them a few mealworms and now they go crazy lol the power of mealworms lmao

Mealworms (and peas) are duck crack.

 

[jenniferlamar70]

Mealworms (and peas) are duck crack. 

Omg it's so true lol. I tried a little cracked corn and they just snub their nose at it hahaha.the mealworms are undefeated treats. I haven't tried peas yet but Ive been planning on getting some frozen ones for the pool.

 

[PD-Riverman]

I will always do my silkie eggs separately. That way I can adjust for them w/o jepordizing others. But that's me. Now the pet quality silkies I have that my sister is supposed to take are more normal sized eggs and those I would incubate with the others with no problems.

I never tried silkie eggs in the styrofoams, but they hatch in the cabinet right along with the rest of the 'chicken eggs"-----real good hatches every time---I probably hatched 200+ in the last one to two years.

 

[jenniferlamar70]

I never tried silkie eggs in the styrofoams, but they hatch in the cabinet right along with the rest of the 'chicken eggs"-----real good hatches every time---I probably hatched 200+ in the last one to two years.

When I read things like hatched 200 or so with such ease I feel like such a newbie haha which I am but definitely hits home when I hear things like that. I am aspiring to get that good lol...

 

[AmyLynn2374]

As said---You Will, My Dark Braama's were alot more broody than the lite brahma even more than the Yellow Buff Orp. Most silkies lay 3 eggs then want to set on them---LOL. With my silkies I had a lot better luck with them having great hatches if I put them in private pens "properly" when they become broody. Good Luck

Both of my broodies that I let sit last fall (Black Jap Bantam and my Spitzhauben) absolutely would not sit if I moved them. I wanted them separated out, because my birds think they have to fight over the same nest, but they would not sit unless they were where they wanted to be. Now I still candled periodically and when my Jap's eggs internally pipped I was able to put her in a cage and she set tight the rest of the time and after they hatched I opened the cage and after she brought them out she continued to use the cage to nest in at night with them. My Spitz though, tried the same thing with her and the next morning the eggs were cold and I thought they were gonners, but I let her go back to the nest and put them under her-there were only two- and they both hatched.

So I've seen all of these questions about hatching 2 different kinds of eggs and then hatching at different hatch dates so my question is ( and forgive me if I missed the answer in this thread) I have 1 batam egg as of today and on Wednesday I will be receiving my coturnix quail eggs can I start my batam egg tonight and then add the quail in (after they sit 12 hours after shipping) to the bator and then they will lock down and hatch at the same time. Will that be OK? The one bantam egg is from my little ones favorite hen and she finally laid an egg, of course it would be When the bator is getting ready for something else!!

Allow 4 full days(96 hours) between setting them-----should put them close to hatching together. Good Luck

What he said!!! lol

Whirlwind weekend for me! I can't catch up right now.

But @RubyNala97 here's a pic of what I did to the styro bator.




AND

Juice hatched all 10 of the eggs she was on! Finally I get a 100% hatch

Ok, fine, she did it. But I let her, right?

Congrats!

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I never tried silkie eggs in the styrofoams, but they hatch in the cabinet right along with the rest of the 'chicken eggs"-----real good hatches every time---I probably hatched 200+ in the last one to two years.

Are your silkie eggs fairly normal sized or are they small like banties? And what do you run your cabinets at? Most people that I see using the cabinets need a higher humidity to begin with, like 50ish???

 

[jenniferlamar70]

I'm so excited. I was terrified that I had done something wrong when I only saw a few of my eggs developing. I went back and checked and now their is twice as many with chicks in there. Some were just moving a little slower lol. can't wait for hatching day..

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I'm so excited. I was terrified that I had done something wrong when I only saw a few of my eggs developing. I went back and checked and now their is twice as many with chicks in there. Some were just moving a little slower lol.

can't wait for hatching day..

When is hatch day?

 

[PD-Riverman]

Are your silkie eggs fairly normal sized or are they small like banties? And what do you run your cabinets at? Most people that I see using the cabinets need a higher humidity to begin with, like 50ish???

My silkie's lay about 30 gram eggs compared to a average chicken RIR egg at 50 to 55 grams. Might get some a little bigger as well as a little smaller.
I run the humidity around 35 for the incubation and 70ish for the hatch.

 

[WVduckchick]

Both of my broodies that I let sit last fall (Black Jap Bantam and my Spitzhauben) absolutely would not sit if I moved them. I wanted them separated out, because my birds think they have to fight over the same nest, but they would not sit unless they were where they wanted to be. Now I still candled periodically and when my Jap's eggs internally pipped I was able to put her in a cage and she set tight the rest of the time and after they hatched I opened the cage and after she brought them out she continued to use the cage to nest in at night with them. My Spitz though, tried the same thing with her and the next morning the eggs were cold and I thought they were gonners, but I let her go back to the nest and put them under her-there were only two- and they both hatched.

Meant to tell you, I got a message from the couple that I gave my Japanese girl to, along with a mixed silver sebright / modern game cockerel. She sat on 9 eggs and hatched 8! Some of the cutest little mixed chicks.