Help! first time hatching!

[casportpony]

Quote: Mostly correct. I had no issues with the 14-18 day old eggs, but only got one older than that to hatch. These were peafowl eggs, so it might be different for chickens, guineas and ducks.

Peafowl normally lay every other day until they have 4-6 eggs then they sit. Some of my ducks can take over three weeks to make a nest. If I decide to hatch any pea eggs this year I will not let them sit for more than two weeks.

-Kathy

 

[Lacrystol]

Mostly correct. I had no issues with the 14-18 day old eggs, but only got one older than that to hatch. These were peafowl eggs, so it might be different for chickens, guineas and ducks.

Peafowl normally lay every other day until they have 4-6 eggs then they sit. Some of my ducks can take over three weeks to make a nest. If I decide to hatch any pea eggs this year I will not let them sit for more than two weeks.

-Kathy

AHHH I did read it was for chickens so maybe that does make a difference..

 

[rcrisantos]

Still waiting on those pictures!

-Kathy

Sorry, but as you can imagine I've got my hands full

Especially when it comes to giving each one their vitamins, good thing they like it and don't fight me at all (NOT!). Adding to the chaos, my husband decided it wouldn't be right for our duckies to have more duckies with each other (I hadn't even thought that far ??) so we ended up with 4 more! Not to mention my lovely valentine's day surprise of my own juliana piglet

Lost the 4th in the crowd and now can't tell them apart

@Lacrystol this is our #5

Needless to say, I will be going in to buy a bigger tub!

Miss Piggy Valentina

 

[Lacrystol]

HAHAHAH number 5 let me see if I remember, he's the one you kept shoving in a cup right? and he fought you. LOL looks like he's giving you a piece of his mind right now. hahahahaha

Love the pics. Hay why don't you put the vitamins in there water? That would be a lot of work trying to make sure they all get some....

 

[Lacrystol]

A Piggy? hay I don't remember you hatching out a piggy. LOL love those glasses though..

 

[Lacrystol]

They have already grown a lot. LOL..

 

[rcrisantos]

HAHAHAH number 5 let me see if I remember, he's the one you kept shoving in a cup right?  and he fought you. LOL looks like he's giving you a piece of his mind right now. hahahahaha

Love the pics.  Hay why don't you put the vitamins in there water?  That would be a lot of work trying to make sure they all get some....

Hmm, didn't think of that. I guess I was still in the "immediate response" mode.

Number 5 was the upside down one with the exposed membrane in the air cell

 

[Lacrystol]

Hmm, didn't think of that. I guess I was still in the "immediate response" mode.

Number 5 was the upside down one with the exposed membrane in the air cell

OK I remember that one now. LOL.

 

[rcrisantos]

They have already grown a lot. LOL.. 

Yes, so have their messes

lol

 

[Lacrystol]

Yes, so have their messes

lol

I hate to be the one to tell you this But they do get WORST. lol