Hatch-Along - Eggs set in November, due December, anyone?

[Candyman]

here is an update on my 1 weeks olds... time passes doesn't it?? not for the ones in incubation anyway

fresh water.... woo hooo (actually the water was all gone and when I refilled it....)




look at their featers, people say that Pullets grow feathers faster and longer that Cockerels, so are they all Pullets?

WHAT THE.... you scared the living **** out of me!!! you little chikki.


"why are you stalking my children".... ummm.... uh ohh.


more feather views, what do you think??

 

[gabrielle1976]

Offgridmama what breeds do you have, i hear cochins and silkies go silkies go broody all the time coule you invest in a couple just for brooding?

 

[gabrielle1976]

Offgridmama what breeds do you have, i hear cochins and silkies go silkies go broody all the time coule you invest in a couple just for brooding?

 

[gabrielle1976]

Well back to trying to sleep must be rested for my birthday. Figures i turn thirtyfive and the worlds sapose to end. if the myans could tell the futur why are they extinct

 

[AlivianAcres]

our first baby ever! Hatched at 3:40am (about 25 mins ago) feisty lil thing....has yet to lay down and rest. Its up playing Godzilla....debating on moving into the brooder.

 

[Candyman]

AlivianAcres wooo hoooo, awesome!! Congrats....

 

[3Dchicken]

ChickenCanoe, I had that same windstorm. We kept our electricity but our coop and run is in a shed that has a tin roof and a big portion of the tin on top of the run part blew backwards, it's currently standing straight up until I can climb up there and nail it all back down

3D - You're making me soooo nervous!! any more news? I just started building my first incubator out of an old dishwasher. I'm starting to be afraid to put eggs in it in case I do something wrong...

Don't worry! What are the things that you are making it out of? Mine was made out of barely acceptable things! I was just using a heat lamp and a styrafoam box with holes poked in the side and water reservoirs (jars of water). The thermometer and hygrometer were cheap dollar store things, so I am REALLY surprised that one hatched at all! The rest didn't hatch because I had to open the incubator a lot to help out Hope. Low temperatures at lock down can cause the chicks to become sticky, so that's prolly what did the most damage. MAKE SURE THE BROODER IS WARM AND READY TO GO! I only had one heat lamp, cause I figured that they would all hatch at the same time, and I could just transfer them to the brooder once they were all fluffy- Newbie mistake! Don't worry because of me. I have pretty much no money to buy better equipment. I'm sure you'll do great! (a lot better than me anyway XD)

 

[katsdar]

Yeah the world didn't end while I was asleep, so now I get to go into lock down on sat

 

[3Dchicken]

Here is what's going on in my bator should the membrane be white like that?

Perfect. As long as it's not brown. If it's brown, that means it has dried out.

 

[3Dchicken]

lol...I think they just ran out of stone

I'm not buying it

Actually, it was just their calendar coming to an end- just like ours does at the end of the year. We just buy a new one and start over again. The calendar was just starting over again.

lol