Hatching Chicks With A Heat Pad And A Egg Carton Experiment

[oldhen2345]

OHH Honey- I am holding my breath waiting for hatch day- please post pics. I feel like a relative of the little things. This is better than soap operas on TV.

 

[DogAndCat36]

OHH Honey- I am holding my breath waiting for hatch day- please post pics. I feel like a relative of the little things. This is better than soap operas on TV.

I will take many photos of the chicks and even pictures of the egg carton and where to put the stuff inside of it. I can't wait either! I have to tell my family to hide the flashlight when it is not candling day because I just can't stop looking at them, they are so precious!

 

[DogAndCat36]

Day 18 (chicken incubation, 16 days)- So... there is nothing to report right now, the eggs are fine and I can't wait for them to hatch. In fact I am looking forwards to it way more than Easter. Anyway, I just feel like telling you guys the reason to why I am doing this experiment. So awhile ago, my b-day rolls in this year and I asked my dad if I could get an incubator and a goose. He said that I am more likely to get the goose instead of the incubator, and guess what, I didn't get the goose. So then incubatorless and gooseless, I start to bug my father over and over, and he cracked eventually. He said something like, "Fine you can get an incubator,"And I was just so excited and then he said, "You must make it yourself," and he just walked away, laughing like a maniac. Later that day, I heard my dad talking to my mom saying that I could never accomplish making a successful incubator and I was like, challenge accepted. I will tell you guys his reaction when they hatch. (5 more days till hatch day!)

 

[Flashpoint]

Day 18 (chicken incubation, 16 days)- So... there is nothing to report right now, the eggs are fine and I can't wait for them to hatch. In fact I am looking forwards to it way more than Easter. Anyway, I just feel like telling you guys the reason to why I am doing this experiment. So awhile ago, my b-day rolls in this year and I asked my dad if I could get an incubator and a goose. He said that I am more likely to get the goose instead of the incubator, and guess what, I didn't get the goose. So then incubatorless and gooseless, I start to bug my father over and over, and he cracked eventually. He said something like, "Fine you can get an incubator,"And I was just so excited and then he said, "You must make it yourself," and he just walked away, laughing like a maniac. Later that day, I heard my dad talking to my mom saying that I could never accomplish making a successful incubator and I was like, challenge accepted. I will tell you guys his reaction when they hatch. (5 more days till hatch day!)

Is he aware that you have this in progress?? I hope they ALL hatch!!!

 

[DogAndCat36]

Is he aware that you have this in progress?? I hope they ALL hatch!!!

Thanks! I told him of the progress but he says that there is not chick in the eggs and that what is in the egg is a parasite. He can be weird sometimes.

 

[Eelantha]

I'm hopping in for the ride to see if your hatching experiment succeeds. Can't wait to see the look on your dad's face when you show him tiny peeping chicks x3

 

[DogAndCat36]

I'm hopping in for the ride to see if your hatching experiment succeeds. Can't wait to see the look on your dad's face when you show him tiny peeping chicks x3

Me too!

 

[Pretty Birds]

I hope they hatch! Good luck!

 

[cmom]

I made an homemade incubator out of a styrofoam cooler. It works great. I was candling the eggs around day 19 and there were some I thought were quitters so I put them in a pulp egg carton. The temperature had been running a little high. I went into the room where I had the homemade incubator and chicks were starting to hatch. Wow. I went out of the room and came back in a few minutes later and heard peeping and it wasn't coming from the incubator. Surprise, some of the eggs I put in the pulp carton had hatched. I thought they were quitters. Now if I suspect eggs are quitters, I mark them and put them back in. Here is another one I thought was a quitter. Good luck and have fun...

 

[DogAndCat36]

I hope they hatch! Good luck!