I just set 5-21-11 in my home made incubator

[TerryQui]

Awe, how precious!!

 

[JulieNKC]

6 out. Think I need a nap.

 

[chicksntexas]

Julie...you still up? lol Hope you got a little sleep

Your birds are pretty! I like the stripe!

Terry, yes day 22...this has been nerve racking!

Well, the first to pip died in the shell. I opened it up and it wasn't too dry or too wet. So I have no clue... The second pip hatched this morning!

It's the last silver spangled hamburg egg! Hopefully it will make it...looks good, moving around hopefully it will be ok!

Will post pics later...I don't want to open the incubator yet!

 

[LaGeniaLoca]

Sad news. My last 2 died in the shells.

They were doing fine, still moving around, and I checked on them often so they wouldn't shrinkwrap, but they died anyway. Makes me wish I had just broken the membrane, too....or left them alone in the first place. So, all in all this was a bad hatch. Started with 15 eggs, went down to 8 after a week, and only 1 of those hatched. I'll try to put up a pic of her (I'm being optimistic) later today.

So, time to clean out the bator and get it ready for the next hatch. I have Serama and bantam Mille Fleur Cochin eggs being shipped this week. I know shipped eggs don't usually have a good hatching rate, but I'm determined to have a better hatch this time!

 

[chicksntexas]

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Sorry about your crummy hatch

At least you got 1 tho!! I think hatching is a learning experience every single time! Glad you have more eggs coming!

 

[redonthehead]

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Aw, sorry to hear that.

Look forward to seeing the pic of the one little fuzzybutt you got! Fingers crossed for a better hatch next time.

 

[JulieNKC]

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Sorry to hear that.
I have 8 out now. The other 3 eggs haven't pipped yet, I can hear one chirping, but not the other 2. Mommas still sitting on them so hopefully I'll see something more promising soon.

 

[skelly]

that's great.I only got 2 out of mine but I have another batch that should hatch this weekend.Hopefully it will be alot better.

 

[JulieNKC]

1 more pip. And I think my silkie/game pullet is going broody. She's been hanging around the nest boxes and whenever I come near her she fluffs up, drops her wings, fans out her tail like a teeny turkey and screeches at me. My last broodies were sweet. She kind of scares me, even though she is my smallest chicken. She has attitude, I see her out in the yard chasing the ducks all the time just to make them run. It was really funny when I had my 2 jumbo pekins. 5 ducks running from one teeny 1lb and a half chicken. I've had a rooster about 3 weeks, think I'm going to crack open one of hers to see if they are fertile. He's a big barred rock mix, so I would love to see what hatches out if they are, lol. Although a chicken his size with her attitude would give me nightmares.

 

[TerryQui]

I lost 22 out of my 24. At least two made it.
I probably drowned them with a too high of humidity at the end.
I got some wrong information.
If I do this again, I will research alot more before hand.