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[maidenwolfx80]

PMed wtih another lady who wasnt in Drexel but also said she was like an hour? south of KC
Forgot the town.
My daughter use to live in Independence.I have been thru KC coming from CO and once going to pick a puppy up

Breeding...As i said i havent given breeding much thought yet..just hatching .,I read ppl say they stay up nights trying to decide who to breed to who HAHA.
Guess it will be my next addiction.
I dont know much about D'uccles
These are all mini chickens arent they?Do you have ppl want the tiny ones? Eggs are so little most ppl who want my chicks want something to make a breakfast egg.
I have 2 mixed Japanese SARAMA/ bantam lady said They are barred like tiny a BR.One is more blue barred. but little like little bigger than a pidgeon or Rock Dove. She said they are near grown and they do have red combs.Girls she said
The lady gave them to my granddaugher at a meet.
They are so so cute and gentle ..but shes 13 and busy as anything and i dont have time for them. Wish they were my only chickens so i could do better with them thye are too precious...but sadly may have to sell them if i can find a buyer.

d'uccles are bantams and I love them they are so sweet and adorable. People want them as pets. They come play with mine and fall in love.. The 2 in my avatar are mille fleur d'uccles they will be 20 oz at full grown. I also have large gals for egg making. I want more bigger girls maybe next year. I just relly love the bantams. Too bad you dont live closer I sould love to give your little cuties a home.

 

[StacyTN]

Roxanne - yes I did the eggtopsy, kind of sort of I guess for someone who has never hatched any before. I did have one that I could definetly see the blood ring early on & it was confirmed once I broke it open. As for all the others, there were several that just looked like nothing at all and when broken open just looked like a regular ole store bought egg and the then there were a few that when I broke them open they were more like all yellow yoke. and then of course the one I said was thriving but didn't make it, was a complete fetus w/feathers etc. but was small.

The breeder actually got most from his cooler and then a couple/few where just sitting out on a shelf in his garage (?)

The bator held at 99.5 throughout and the humidity stayed on avg. at around 50, never over 60, never lower than 42 with me adding water every couple of days.

One problem that I may have caused was candling TOO MUCH, as in like every other 2-3 days. Doing my best to leave these alone that I have in now.

Will be a week tonight (after I let sit at room temp for 6-8hrs. & then in heated incubator with no turner for another 4, then turned on turner ????? - hope this was okay), candled yesterday - See two blood rings but leaving for the time being, seeing some that look like nothing at all, see some that I just don't know and then see several that I do see the veining. I am leaving them alone until at least this weekend.

I did move the bator up to my dining rm. this time (was in the den), not sure why -guess I wanted to see if there is any difference but my husband thinks the den was best because being mostly ground level or under it maintains a more constant temp. It is now in a non-sunny area. We'll see, temps here are still plenty warm & humid so air cond. still on.

 

[Roxannemc]

Roxanne - yes I did the eggtopsy, kind of sort of I guess for someone who has never hatched any before.  I did have one that I could definetly see the blood ring early on & it was confirmed once I broke it open.  As for all the others, there were several that just looked like nothing at all and when broken open just looked like a regular ole store bought egg and the then there were a few that when I broke them open they were more like all yellow yoke. and then of course the one I said was thriving but didn't make it, was a complete fetus w/feathers etc. but was small.

The breeder actually got most from his cooler and then a couple/few where just sitting out on a shelf in his garage (?)

The bator held at 99.5 throughout and the humidity stayed on avg. at around 50, never over 60, never lower than 42 with me adding water every couple of days.

One problem that I may have caused was candling TOO MUCH, as in like every other 2-3 days.  Doing my best to leave these alone that I have in now.

Will be a week tonight (after I let sit at room temp for 6-8hrs. & then in heated incubator with no turner for another 4, then turned on turner ????? - hope this was okay), candled yesterday - See two blood rings but leaving for the time being, seeing some that look like nothing at all, see some that I just don't know and then see several that I do see the veining.  I am leaving them alone until at least this weekend.

I did move the bator up to my dining rm. this time (was in the den), not sure why -guess I wanted to see if there is any difference but my husband thinks the den was best because being mostly ground level or under it maintains a more constant temp.  It is now in a non-sunny area.  We'll see, temps here are still plenty warm & humid so air cond. still on. 

I think your bad eggs were just not fertile.Nothing would change that..so the bator probably wasnt the problem at all.If you had done something wrong you would have had dead chicks partly
formed.However i myself wouldnt let my humidity get as high as 60 unless its lockdown and then i would go 70-75in my house .I do 42-50 But sometimes drops lower like 30 before i fill it.
Blood ring..be careful about throwing those out i have had eggs i thought were blood rings develop and were just veins
I dont candle but about 3 times the whole hatch but many do and have no problem from it

 

[Roxannemc]

Oh also i dont think its a good idea to throw out much unless its stinky or weeping as some that you think are quiters may be viable.Happens all the time on here ppl open an egg to find not a dead chick but a moving one.but they have killed it then.one i thought was a blood ring developed!
I candle 3 times last at day17Just my preference more is fine i guess many do it..I usually leave all the iffys in til then.If the egg is all dark inside day 17 or mostly dark then i usually have a viable chick in there that hatches.
Just putYour bator where rmthere is the least draft and i leave my air on even when icdont need it just so the outside temp stays evenand keps my inside even.

 

[Roxannemc]

What you did brfore setting and turner all seems fine.If shipped i let mine sit 24 hours but its just a preference not a law.Some ppl think it just lets the eggs age more cutting viability but others say the air cell need it.

 

[Brookhavens]

Wekshchick believe it or not there IS a hatchers anonymous thread on here already AND I NEED TO BE ON IT!
! I just gotta get serious about halting these hatches until spring anyway .Trying to build runs and coops now in the humidity and heat we are having here is the pits so dont NEED any more chickens. AAAHHHHbut its hard not to hatch ....

Tell me about it. I am in the process of building a new chicken tractor now and between the temperatures and humidity here in FL I am dieing!!!

 

[Brookhavens]

However i myself wouldnt let my humidity get as high as 60 unless its lockdown and then i would go 70-75in my house .I do 42-50 But sometimes drops lower like 30 before i fill it.
Blood ring..be careful about throwing those out i have had eggs i thought were blood rings develop and were just veins
I dont candle but about 3 times the whole hatch but many do and have no problem from it

I agree. 60 is for lock down. The first hatch I did I ran my humidity in the high 40's and then lock down in the high 60's. Was too much for the humidity here as most of the chicks that hatched were very wet. I try to keep my humidity in the upper 30's- lower 40's with 30's being the norm during days 1-18. I don't add water unless it drops into the 20's and then only enough to bring it back up to high 30's. Last hatch I tried low 60's for lock down and that was still too much so I am going with 55-60 max this time around. The humidity in my house runs in the low 50's even with the AC running so I know there is enough moisture in the air. Still trying to find what works for me here in Florida.

 

[Lisa Pedro]

No eggs at the post office yet. So hopefully they will be here tomorrow.

 

[Roxannemc]

Lisa
They are always late!!! Keeps you chewing your finger nails

 

[ChicksinPR]

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the sticky gooey kind that has to be washed off with soap... i have this problem too ..let me see if I can find that thread that helped me... https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/669182/chicks-not-hatching-very-gooey ok, this is not the thread I first read on it..but it says the same. I have this problem a lot ..so I am trying lower humidity this time. no water at all...until the end. and if I have small aircells..then I know i screwed up again.