Hatch date May 17! anybody else?

[CasieD]

Well I'm still only at 11 out of 25 set.

I candled the remaining ones and don't see any movement. I'll give them one more day just in case, but I'm afraid 11 is all it'll be for me.

 

[snazzyboots]

Super cute. What do you have there?

 

[snazzyboots]

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My broody's eggs were shipped.....should I start calling around town looking for baby chicks? I did candle the eggs (day 16 and not since) and only saw something in 3 (started with 6 and one broke pretty early on)

I think if you can get local eggs you will have a better hatch. However there are some breeds I can only get shipped so I take my chances

 

[empireranch]

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My broody's eggs were shipped.....should I start calling around town looking for baby chicks? I did candle the eggs (day 16 and not since) and only saw something in 3 (started with 6 and one broke pretty early on)

I think if you can get local eggs you will have a better hatch. However there are some breeds I can only get shipped so I take my chances

Took broody off eggs for potty break - saw that 2 eggs have pipped!!

 

[hokankai]

One of the two eggs under my broody hatched!!!! My first hatched egg ever!

 

[empireranch]

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Congratulations!

I am hoping to be next!

 

[snazzyboots]

congrats guys

 

[Barrdwing]

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One trick I've used for a lone chick is to put a feather duster in there. Suspend it from a string so that it's partly under the heat source. That will warm up the feathers and give the chick a mommy-substitute to snuggle with. Use one of the big ostrich-feather dusters; I think Orchard Supply Hardware is the best source around here, but there have to be other suppliers that carry them. It's getting harder to find nice big ones, but I did find some at Target a while back too.

 

[shelleyd2008]

I took 9 coturnix quail chicks, 2 serama chicks, 1 bantam cochin chick, 1 silkie chick, 1 BCM chick, and 1 EE chick out of the bator earlier. I still have several in there due to hatch today or tomorrow. Hopefully some of the stinking pheasants will hatch, I really wanted those!

 

[snazzyboots]

anything yet phg????