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[Brookhavens]

We have another pip! I am hoping to come home from work tomorrow night to chickies!

 

[Brookhavens]

this is the one that was a loner from my copper maran rooster and americauna hen hes or she is doing good and walking better thank yall



and 4 more eggs on lockdown right now as of 8:00pm

Glad to hear it. Have you put it in with the others yet?

 

[wayne813]

i put 2 of the self blue old english game bantams chicks i just got from ideal poultry in their with it cause it came out small like bantam size and the mom and dad r large fowl

 

[Fur N Feathers]

And we have our first hatch!! To those of you questioning the carton hatching method you can see this chick had no problem hatching. Note the humidity on my hygrometer (56%)the chick was born perfectly. Not too wet and not too dry. Looks like this is where I will be keeping the humidity for hatching from now on during lock down.

YAY!!!

Missed this earlier trying to catch up on reading the posts too fast! Is this Araucana? Hatching baby chickens is so beautiful!!!

Thank you for your prayers and sweet thoughts. I really appreciate it.

As you can tell by my join date and my lack of posts I have been lurking here for a long time (I am very shy) and your very sweet, positive, and encouraging posts have really helped me participate. Thank you!

 

[Brookhavens]

YAY!!!

Missed this earlier trying to catch up on reading the posts too fast! Is this Araucana? Hatching baby chickens is so beautiful!!!

Thank you for your prayers and sweet thoughts. I really appreciate it.

As you can tell by my join date and my lack of posts I have been lurking here for a long time (I am very shy) and your very sweet, positive, and encouraging posts have really helped me participate. Thank you!

Yes it is an Araucana. I just joined in July and normally if I join a forum I am a lurker too. Everyone on here that I have met has been so pleasant and helpful that I have to pass it forward. These hatch-alongs are a lot of fun even if there is heartbreak involved. We learn so much from them from everyone's experiences. When I started my first hatch I just wanted chickens for their eggs. Decided on Barred Rocks and RIR's. Never in a million years would I have thought I'd have Silkies, Marans or Araucanas in the bator. I never realized how many people really enjoy their chickens. I am so glad that we "hatched" you out of your shell....LOL. It's all about having fun in this crazy world we live in.

 

[dennarahl]

Our hatch is all done. Three cuckoo maran eggs, all duds.... Didn't do anything at all, just couldnt see anything well enough during candling to tell earlier. One silkie quitter, man was that gross.
One baby that just didn't hatch. It seemed to have absorbed most if not all of the yolk, didn't appear to have any problems, and I would guess it pipped internally since I didn't have to peel back the sac at all. It was peeping at me last night when I tapped on the egg.

The success was 4 beautiful little babies, all at least part silkie. They all have 5 toes, even the one that came out of the mystery mama egg. Is five toes dominant? 3 of them have a silkie mama (white or black), 2 of those probably have a RIR daddy based on the red colors on their face (the other possible daddies are black/blue). The last one that came from the mystery egg, is gray/blue could have a blue cochin mama or a silkie mama, and could have a RIR, blue cochin or black silkie daddy. I would guess that it either has a silkie mom or silkie dad based on the five toes, but since the egg was light brown I have no idea. It's sibling that didn't make it only had 4 toes and didn't appear to have feathered toes at all. I'm really interested to see how everyone feathers out and if I can tell who the parents were. I love my barnyard babies.

 

[Brookhavens]

Our hatch is all done. Three cuckoo maran eggs, all duds.... Didn't do anything at all, just couldnt see anything well enough during candling to tell earlier. One silkie quitter, man was that gross.
One baby that just didn't hatch. It seemed to have absorbed most if not all of the yolk, didn't appear to have any problems, and I would guess it pipped internally since I didn't have to peel back the sac at all. It was peeping at me last night when I tapped on the egg.

The success was 4 beautiful little babies, all at least part silkie. They all have 5 toes, even the one that came out of the mystery mama egg. Is five toes dominant? 3 of them have a silkie mama (white or black), 2 of those probably have a RIR daddy based on the red colors on their face (the other possible daddies are black/blue). The last one that came from the mystery egg, is gray/blue could have a blue cochin mama or a silkie mama, and could have a RIR, blue cochin or black silkie daddy. I would guess that it either has a silkie mom or silkie dad based on the five toes, but since the egg was light brown I have no idea. It's sibling that didn't make it only had 4 toes and didn't appear to have feathered toes at all. I'm really interested to see how everyone feathers out and if I can tell who the parents were. I love my barnyard babies.

Congrats on your new babies!!! Any pictures to post?

 

[Feathersprings]

And we have our first hatch!! To those of you questioning the carton hatching method you can see this chick had no problem hatching. Note the humidity on my hygrometer (56%)the chick was born perfectly. Not too wet and not too dry. Looks like this is where I will be keeping the humidity for hatching from now on during lock down.

This is where I kept my humidity as well.... it stayed bout 32% for 18 days and 55%/58% for the hatch. I only had 5 eggs , 4 hatched with no problems.

 

[Fam project]

Those are the brinsea Eco glows. That is what I use for heat... Although it doesn't take long and they use it to roost on and as a poop shelf!

 

[dennarahl]

Congrats on your new babies!!! Any pictures to post?

Yup, just took some.