In The 'Bator They Are Done W/ PICS

[Lucky Ducky]

My poor guinea that was early couldn't get out of the shell. I helped it but it was weak and didn't make it.

One of my hydrometers said 78% humidity and the other said 68%. I just averaged them out and thought it'd be fine but the membranes were DRY on the guinea egg. I added hot water to the channels. One now says 80% and the other says 78%. Much better. One of my son's OEGB eggs hatched out a little bit ago

, it really wasn't due until tomorrow but the momma had sat on it for a couple days before I had to take them. When the hatch is over I'll take pics of the little ones and post them. I have one of the old Hova bators and my windows are small and opaque. So it sucks that I cannot take pics of it in the bator. My husband's uncle has a friend that used to raise emus and ostriches who has a Sportsman that I can borrow for as long as I want because he doesn't use it anymore. Hopefully I will be able to convince him to sell it to me when I actually have some money.

After we get back from our 4th of July family reunion, I'm going to start loading it every week with guinea eggs or duck eggs. I was able to sell my ducklings that the kiddos ducks had hatched out, so maybe I'll be able to make a little money. I only have 2 guinea hens though.

 

[Lucky Ducky]

I've got 1 OEGB chick, 1 solid black cochin chick and one black and yellow cochin chick ( these two have a frizzle roo for a daddy). The 2 cochins hatched yesterday. One before lunch and the other right before dinner. Plus this morning we woke up to 2 baby showgirls that had hatched. Tonight starts day 21 for these guys. My guineas are on Day 30 tonight and only the one that didn't make it hatched. Tomorrow morning is day 21 on my BBS Ameracaunas.

The 2 little showgirls look like they will be white and they have the black skin like the silkies. I'll get pics when they are all done.

 

[Lucky Ducky]

Well, my hatch is over and I'm disappointed.

My 1st guinea that hatched had a dry membrane so I upped the humidity. That must not have been a good idea. I have 6 babies. Three were from my own eggs and 3 are from shipped eggs. I have 1 OEGB (mine), 1 black cochin (mine), 1 black and yellow cochin (mine), 2 showgirls (shipped & I'm unsure of what color they will be) brown and yellow, and 1 splash ameracauna. Out of six guinea eggs, I had 1 hatch and die, 1 stopped developing halfway through and 4 fully formed babies that didn't hatch. Out of 15 showgirl eggs, I had 2 hatch, 3 that were clear, 2 that stopped earlier and 8 perfectly formed babies that didn't hatch. Out of 14 bbs ameracauna eggs, I had 10 clears, 1 baby hatch and 3 (2 blues & 1 black) that were perfect but didn't hatch. Out of 8 of various eggs I put in, I had 3 hatch, 2 that stopped earlier and 3 perfectly developed but didn't hatch. When I opened them, most of the ones that didn't hatch had water in the eggs. I think the poor things drowned because I upped the humidity.

I will definitely test my hydrometers before my next hatch in that incubator because the highest either of them read was 80%. The digital one never got above 78%.

I am happy that I got some of them to hatch but this was the worst hatch that I've ever had. I had told myself that if I only got 2 out of each batch of shipped eggs to hatch that I'd be happy but to have sooo many of the showgirls right there ready to hatch and then they died makes me sad. There was 3 that looked to be black, 2 that looked white and another 3 that looked like they might would've been the color of the ones that hatched.

My DD would've loved them all. She thinks her babies are the most adorable things ever and can't wait until we can tell what they are so she can name them.

I'll be uploading pics shortly.

 

[Lucky Ducky]

Here they are:

Showgirl #1

Showgirl #2

Splash? Ameracauna

OEGB

Black Bantam Cochin ( daddy is a frizzle)

Not sure what color it will end up but it's daddy is a black frizzle roo. Mama could be splash, golden laced or a partridge x buff hen.

Here is one of the two Showgirls together. One is smaller than the other. The bigger one has fluff almost all the way up the front of the neck. the smaller one has a fairly large bowtie. Neither one wanted to cooperate and stretch their necks for me to take a pic. Also the larger one has 5 toes on both feet and the smaller one has 4 toes on one foot and 5 on the other.

 

[SunshineSilkies]

Sweet babies!! I love my OE when they are born! They are just so tiny and fragile. Congrats...good lookin chicks!!