INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[Sally Sunshine]

Yeah, poor Frindizzle got overwhelmed with 621 posts in 24 hours!

 

[daxigait]

well here are three from yesterday. I know two and probably all three are fertile. Right?

 

[ez7979]

Hey. Guys I'm new to the group and new to raising chickens, I've successfully hatched about 20 or so chicks, I have a styrofoam incubator with turner from tractor supply, it holds about 42 eggs, I keep the temp at 99 and keep a close eye on it , my problem is I'm having only about 7-12 birds hatch successfully, And then i break the rest of the eggs when all said and done and like 30 have well developed chicks in them that never came out, and I don't understand why???????? Is it. Because I leave them sitting in my egg turner during hatching ? I unplug it 3 days befor hatching any help would be appreciated

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Look like bulls eyes to me!

 

[chicken hawk 33]

Yes all three are fertal .

well here are three from yesterday. I know two and probably all three are fertile. Right?

 

[fire370]

We have had lots of rain and then on Thursday night it changed over to ice. Today it got just above freezing and made a mess of everything. Looks like we got another round of ice tonight/tomorrow morning. Ughhhhh. Good for our crops but sucks balls for anything else. One of my cummins is hooked to a gooseneck with hay on it in the pasture, it's gonna have to freeze hard to be able to get it outta there. Pool cover pump has ran almost non stop today. Here's the view out of our master bathroom. Yes i own it all, even the 1/2 section on the other side of the crick.

 

[daxigait]

Well the young guy is determined

 

[fire370]

well here are three from yesterday. I know two and probably all three are fertile. Right?

All 3 are fertile

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Well the young guy is determined

I wish I had some determined serama boys!!

 

[BYC910]

Okay, added a little back splash to the wire to cut down on floor debris, and placed the feeder and waterer inside to get an idea for location. Couldn't find any marbles or colored stones laying around the house, so I used small river rock. I'll probably start with the feeder sideways, but this looks like a good location once the chicks are a little older.

I have the long feeders like that but like the round ones better. so they are on a shelf unused chicks like to roost on the long ones a make a mesh . with that little water bowl you don't need marbles . or at least I don't use them .