Hatch-Along - Setting eggs week of Feb 4th..anyone else?

[Adam7]

Our hatch today

Congrats! e

Don't give up on the rest of your eggs. My eggs just hatched over a 3 day period!

 

[misskeeter]

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[misskeeter]

My favorite!

 

[misskeeter]

trying to upload them all in one message from my phone... Not working... Anyway, we have 11 chicks now. hoping for more...

 

[misskeeter]

 

[Adam7]

Show off!

 

[cochins1088]

I love all of the chick pictures!

I put my goose egg into lockdown tonight and it should hatch this Saturday.

 

[misskeeter]

I lost two. I'm devastated. They drowned in their water dish last night. I thought it was okay since it was a dish specifically for chicks.

I seriously feel terrible... so so bad.

 

[lbchickens9]

So sorry for you. I just bought a quail drinker and it really works, maybe you could get one for your next hatch.
I have 14 copper maran, 9 americana, 4 buff orpington and 9 cochin in lock down....should hatch Saturday or Sunday...so exciting

 

[Crisses]

I lost two. I'm devastated. They drowned in their water dish last night. I thought it was okay since it was a dish specifically for chicks.

I seriously feel terrible... so so bad.

That's terrible. Maybe they got trampled into the water... day 3 in the brooder and these 6 little girls* all run over to everything all at once, pushing and bumping each other....

*in my book all chicks are girls until proven otherwise...

I put glass beads into the water dish, they drink between them. But if there was a mob, that may not have helped. The hamster water bottle is probably the best bet. I may have to invest in one. I will switch them over to hanging bottles with chicken nipples soon, but making them is such a pain, and almost all of mine leak.... I have 7 more eggs in the hatcher, if they all come out I'll have 13 birds and several days between the older & younger groups...I'm going to have to separate them for a bit, probably with a chicken wire fence in the brooder so they can see each other.