Hatching Eggs / Paypal CHAT Thread

[ProfTi]

I have always taken chicks out as they hatch and I've never had a problem with others not hatching.

You don't have them shrink wrap on you? I have heard such horror stories about it that I am paranoid. If it won't shrink wrap them, I will grab her out right away.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

I am big on excel spread sheets for tracking everything. I have one for each breed of goose where we have multiple breeding pairs and or colors to trace which goslings come from which pairs. I have one for customers and one for swaps. Nice thing with excel is I can have them as pages in one "book"


A general hatch log excel sheet that tracks set date, hatch dates, approximate date to expect them to lay, number set, number hatched, number available

Hatch log

 

[mzstre]

You may have seen this, but thought I would share...if only it were that easy!

I love this!

 

[Thespoiledchicken]

Morning guys! I woke up to 7 beautiful dead baby buns

She didn't cover them at all and they got cold. One was a beautiful little chocolate too. I'm hoping this is just first time mom error.

I'm so sorry

Hopefully next time she will do better

 

[Thespoiledchicken]

You don't have them shrink wrap on you? I have heard such horror stories about it that I am paranoid. If it won't shrink wrap them, I will grab her out right away.

Yes, go snatch her up right away!

I remove chicks all the time. Once things seem to be getting crowded in there I go in a snatch a bunch. Just do it super quick and if you can give a squirt with a warm mister even better.

My hatcher is always going and I never have any down time between eggs. Last night it definitely needed a cleaning and I had unhatched eggs in it and more needed to go in from the cabinet. So...I grab all the eggs (a few were pipped) and placed them in a tupperware container with a warm wet paper towel over it. Placed that in the bottom of the cabinet and took my sweet time scrubbing/disinfecting the hatcher. After everything was back up to temp I moved the eggs back.

This morning I woke up to a bunch of lttle Seremas and my first Muscovy

This little guy is one of Bhep's Lavender Muscovy's

Thanks BHEP!

I have 2 more hopefully hatching today

 

[caj1985]

This morning I woke up to a bunch of lttle Seremas and my first Muscovy

This little guy is one of Bhep's Lavender Muscovy's

Thanks BHEP!

I have 2 more hopefully hatching today

Wow! I didn't realize they were that big when newly hatched.

 

[madamwlf]

You don't have them shrink wrap on you? I have heard such horror stories about it that I am paranoid. If it won't shrink wrap them, I will grab her out right away.

Nope, never have. Be quick about it and no harm comes to the others.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

uumm wow, it appears 2 or 3 times the size of our french white muscovy's when they hatch, but right in line with the size of our geese

 

[Sahwithchicks]

Are pea combs dominant? I am guessing the are...
I was so worried about not being able to tell my BCM chicks apart from the OEs that look just like it... Until I noticed all my OEs have pea combs! That's a relief. I double checked, since when they hatched and since I have been using nail polish, so they are all still marked. Also just had another OE hatch and it has a pea comb. These are from my BCM too and my silver ameruacana hen.

 

[ProfTi]

Nope, never have. Be quick about it and no harm comes to the others.

Awesome!! Baby rescued. Happy, healthy and mad.