I just hatched some new babies. Anyone else?!?

[Frizz Chickooster]

I just hatched some chicks. 1 showgirl (possibly frizzle), 2 polish (white crested blue), and 5 of my own breed I am trying to make (Sebright Cochin cross frizzles). I hatched them on Christmas and was wondering if there was any advice for raising chicks in the winter. I know if is probably stupid but the rooster I wanted to use for breeding died so I had to hatch the eggs now. All advice for winter brooding is welcome. (Stories and pictures are also welcome)

Here are my chick pics. At least two of the small ones are frizzles

 

[Debbie292d]

I just hatched some chicks. 1 showgirl (possibly frizzle), 2 polish (white crested blue), and 5 of my own breed I am trying to make (Sebright Cochin cross frizzles). I hatched them on Christmas and was wondering if there was any advice for raising chicks in the winter. I know if is probably stupid but the rooster I wanted to use for breeding died so I had to hatch the eggs now. All advice for winter brooding is welcome. (Stories and pictures are also welcome)

Congratulations!

I know I'm not alone but I'm addicted to hatching. Next week I have a dozen buff silkie eggs with a few cuckoo silkie eggs being shipped to me.

What are your questions about raising in the winter? We have an indoor wired brooder that is a piece of furniture in our living room. Outdoors, our main coop holds the adults, but the grow out pen aka breeding pen, has a hutch in it with a cozy coop heater in there so they can play out in the pen, but go back into the hutch if they get cold. They're two months old.

Now, where's YOUR pictures?

Here's one of them that's out in the pen. This is Betsy.

 

[Asrsmcns]

I’m actually happy catching some babies I don’t know what’s going on with them they were my hens fertilized eggs that I incubated and I had eight live embryos at day 12 they started hatching yesterday and unfortunately three of them died in the incubator two of them hadn’t even made it all the way out of the shell yet before dying one died very shortly after making it out of the shell I don’t know why the humidity levels been perfect

 

[Frizz Chickooster]

I’m not sure either. When I hatch I don’t worry too much about humidity. I just add some water and I’m good. Humidity doesn’t really matter unless there is too much (can be seen in condensation). This can cause the chicks to drown inside the egg. Happy Hatching.

 

[Frizz Chickooster]

Congratulations!

I know I'm not alone but I'm addicted to hatching. Next week I have a dozen buff silkie eggs with a few cuckoo silkie eggs being shipped to me.

What are your questions about raising in the winter? We have an indoor wired brooder that is a piece of furniture in our living room. Outdoors, our main coop holds the adults, but the grow out pen aka breeding pen, has a hutch in it with a cozy coop heater in there so they can play out in the pen, but go back into the hutch if they get cold. They're two months old.

Now, where's YOUR pictures?

Here's one of them that's out in the pen. This is Betsy.



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[Debbie292d]

I’m actually happy catching some babies I don’t know what’s going on with them they were my hens fertilized eggs that I incubated and I had eight live embryos at day 12 they started hatching yesterday and unfortunately three of them died in the incubator two of them hadn’t even made it all the way out of the shell yet before dying one died very shortly after making it out of the shell I don’t know why the humidity levels been perfect

Do you do lockdown three days before hatch day where you stop the turning and don't open the incubator until they've hatched?

Humidity is just the average which for normal incubating is around 40-50% until lockdown then up it to around 70%.

If you do everything right and this still is happening, it goes back to the hen who laid those eggs. It could be genetics or nutrition.

 

[Gumdrop Chicket]

I just hatched some chicks. 1 showgirl (possibly frizzle), 2 polish (white crested blue), and 5 of my own breed I am trying to make (Sebright Cochin cross frizzles). I hatched them on Christmas and was wondering if there was any advice for raising chicks in the winter. I know if is probably stupid but the rooster I wanted to use for breeding died so I had to hatch the eggs now. All advice for winter brooding is welcome. (Stories and pictures are also welcome)

Here are my chick pics. At least two of the small ones are frizzles

Awww. They are so cute

 

[rootandbloom]

Cute <3 I have Cemanis in the incubator

 

[Frizz Chickooster]

Cute <3 I have Cemanis in the incubator

Show us when they hatch! When are they due? I can’t wait!!

 

[Fluster Cluck Acres]

I hatched 3 BYM chicks on Christmas day.

I also have 11 babies hatched approx. 2 weeks prior to Christmas.

Most of the older babies have moved to the outdoor brooder (dog crate) in the big coop. The three newest and a few of the bigger babies are still in my spare bedroom. I think this is a great time to hatch becasue the pullets will be ready to lay early in the spring... assuming I get any girls in this group. It's only my second winter clutch. Last year's Christmas Clutch was 4/5 boys, and this year I have an awful lot of boyish mannered chicks...