Incubators Anonymous

[OneMountainAcres]

I'm not a huge Wyandotte fan, but they sure are some of the cutest chicks around. Congrats! And for genders you want!

I wasn't very big on the few wyandottesI had before but I've been dying for this color lol. We'll see if they have better personalities than the last ones!

 

[Faraday40]

I'm not a huge Wyandotte fan, but they sure are some of the cutest chicks around. Congrats! And for genders you want!

You could try silver laced English orps. They have the beauty of the Wyandottes and the personality & big size of the Orpingtons.

These just hatched yesterday:

They're not as cute as chicks, but make stunning adults.

I'm also trying to get better blue silver laced orps

Here's an example of our boy during the awkward chick stage

 

[duluthralphie]

Or turkeys...

 

[aliciaplus3]

So far I love my turkeys.....

a chocolate at about a week old

 

[WVduckchick]

You could try silver laced English orps. They have the beauty of the Wyandottes and the personality & big size of the Orpingtons.

These just hatched yesterday:
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They're not as cute as chicks, but make stunning adults.
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I'm also trying to get better blue silver laced orps
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Here's an example of our boy during the awkward chick stage
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Those are definitely stunning, I especially like the blue.
But I kinda lean toward orps not being laced. I think they are one breed that doesn't look right in the laced varieties. Not saying they aren't beautiful and yours do make me reconsider. Its just one of those things I never thought went together.

So far I love my turkeys.....View attachment 1373287 a chocolate at about a week old

 

[aliciaplus3]

some of my may babies

 

[R2elk]

Super Self-Adjusting Incubator

She has 5 turkey eggs under her.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I am really disappointed. I seem to have hit a rough streak :/ For some reason, my chicks are just dropping dead on me. I lost 3 of my 5 blrw in the past 24 hours, about 4 turkey poults and a few other random chicks I've been losing silkie feathered lavender ameraucana chicks here and there but they're frail to begin with so I wasn't thinking there was a problem until now. I've never had issues like this in the past and it's so upsetting. Brooder temps are not too high, fresh food and water every day, they're on towels so bedding isn't an issue. They aren't showing any signs of distress until right before they die. I've started corid in the water, hopefully it helps. I just don't know what to make of it :/ I REALLY didn't want to lose any of the blrw babies

 

[duluthralphie]

I am really disappointed. I seem to have hit a rough streak :/ For some reason, my chicks are just dropping dead on me. I lost 3 of my 5 blrw in the past 24 hours, about 4 turkey poults and a few other random chicks I've been losing silkie feathered lavender ameraucana chicks here and there but they're frail to begin with so I wasn't thinking there was a problem until now. I've never had issues like this in the past and it's so upsetting. Brooder temps are not too high, fresh food and water every day, they're on towels so bedding isn't an issue. They aren't showing any signs of distress until right before they die. I've started corid in the water, hopefully it helps. I just don't know what to make of it :/ I REALLY didn't want to lose any of the blrw babies

I so can identify with this. Not so much on the chicks but on the eggs. My last 6 dozen eggs produced 2 life chicks.......How can this be? I am normally running over 90% this time of year....Woe is me and my hatches....It is almost like I am hatching at the rate a certain Icelander does...

 

[R2elk]

I so can identify with this. Not so much on the chicks but on the eggs. My last 6 dozen eggs produced 2 life chicks.......How can this be? I am normally running over 90% this time of year....Woe is me and my hatches....It is almost like I am hatching at the rate a certain Icelander does...

I got a 100% hatch from my last incubator session. That is 100% of the fertile eggs hatched but I only had 3 fertile turkey eggs out of the 27 eggs that were put in the incubator. A certain tom was not doing his job.