hatch along with me!!!! march 3rd is hatch date :) PIPING ALLREADY!!!!

[Luke0987654321]

hi,
on wednesday i put thireen eggs in the bator, because my flock was down to 10 birds, (usually 20 or up to 30) and i was wondering if anyone was hatching around the third of march, we could update eachother with pics and stuf

just an idea...
luke.

 

[jerryn]

Hey Luke I'm a week ahead of you. Mine are due the 24 , but will watch for your up dates. I just finished candleing mine, and found 4 out of 48 that seem to clear to be fertile. I did leave them in and will check again in a few days, but think they are history.
Jerry

 

[Luke0987654321]

thanks and good luck Jerry!
sending you good hatching vibes to you!!!

 

[jerryn]

Thanks I need em, This is my first attempt with an incubator.

 

[Luke0987654321]

its my third time with the incubator, usually i use broodies to do the work, mum's know best, but its still a good way of getting lots of chicks.
all of my eggs are from my flock, all from my roo he is a red sexlink mix,

six are a black rock/ my roo,
six are rhode island white mix / my roo
and one is from my andalusian/serama / my roo.

hope to be getting lots of egg laying beautys.
3 are going to be for a friend of mine, because last week a dog got in to the coop and killed all 15 of the 16 chickens that he had, only got one baby chick that was hiding under his mum's corpse

its the first time i had seen him cry, he was terribly upset, if that happened to me i would die. anyway... any one else want to join?

 

[Luke0987654321]

any one else want to join?

 

[silkienewbiegurl]

Hi, I have some eggs under some broodies that are due to hatch on March 1 or thereabouts. I'll join ya! Maybe you can give me some pointers since you've done it before.

Aloha.
Joan

 

[coopaloop]

I am set to hatch March 3rd too. This is my first time incubating. Filled up the bator with 41 eggs. Its gonna be a long 3 weeks.

 

[Luke0987654321]

good luck to you both!
sending good hatching vibes!
just candled, and out of the 13 eggs, 11 have little spiders in themmm!!!!!! (developing embrios)
but i wont take the other ones out yet just in case.
good luck,
if you need any advice with broodies just ask

i'm here to help

 

[silkienewbiegurl]

Yep Luke, I already have a question ... Is it true that embryos start developing only once a hen starts sitting on it? Should I consider the first day as the day I set the eggs under my broodies ... or the day the eggs were laid? I got my hatching eggs from TN and I live in HI so there was a 4-day travel time. That will determine whether or not my eggs will hatch the same day as yours! Thanks in advance for any insight!
Aloha,
J