Incubators Anonymous

[OneMountainAcres]

OK so broodies count right?View attachment 1484383 View attachment 1484384 I finally got pics of silver snake and her babies!

You mean she didn't maul you for taking her picture? Lol. They're looking great!

 

[aliciaplus3]

You mean she didn't maul you for taking her picture? Lol. They're looking great!

No I was on the other side of the fence.... when I sit in the chair in her run she gathers the babies under her and hissssssss at me then glares at me tI'll I leave... last night I took my phone and was sitting with her reading byc till my kids,melted down cuz I was lost ( they are 13, 15 and 16 the kids that is)

 

[Faraday40]

DS's spitzes have all hatched. The last one had a little membrane stuck on the head, so it had an adorable mohawk. (They do get crests around 2 weeks old, but this was just a little bonus cuteness.)

.... and here's Smudge, the "happy" mama:

Who doesn't love the broody stink eye?

Along with DS's spitzes, we hatched a few Easter-orps.

DD's silkie started laying again after being broody. She happened to be with DD's bantam cockerel (who had just discovered the joys of mating).
We slipped the egg into the incubator & here's what we got:

Can't wait to see how she/he looks all dried & fluffy. Has the black skin & 5 toes like the mama.

It's an unexpected color, b/c both parents are light.
Mom: splash silkie

Dad: light colored silkied serama

 

[Faraday40]

Couldn't resist holding the little silkie-serama mix. She's so tiny & looks mostly silkie - including the 5 toes!

The fluff color is a nice shade of red-auburn but looked blackish at hatch due to the black skin. The beak is brown. There's no dome-head but I'm not sure on the cheeks.

I wanted to get a pic of a chick inside a tea cup.... but this little chick is too tiny for the smallest cup I could find. Instead I held her on a teaspoon in front of the cup. (If at the same distance, you'd see that she's less than 1/2 the size of the cup!)

I already have someone interested in her - before hatch. Now I'm seriously tempted to put some of my silkie's eggs (currently in the fridge) into the incubator. She stopped laying about 5-6 days ago - trying to go broody.

 

[WVduckchick]

So my first test run in the Brinsea Mini was a huge success. I set 12 OEGB eggs and 11 developed. 9 hatched. The 2 quit within the last 2 days, one was malpositioned, head between legs.

And @Auroradream26 I got some new pics of my silly CL boy. I just love this rooster. He runs when I enter the pen, but if I stay, he eventually comes to me. He needs a name!!

 

[OneMountainAcres]

So my first test run in the Brinsea Mini was a huge success. I set 12 OEGB eggs and 11 developed. 9 hatched. The 2 quit within the last 2 days, one was malpositioned, head between legs.
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And @Auroradream26 I got some new pics of my silly CL boy. I just love this rooster. He runs when I enter the pen, but if I stay, he eventually comes to me. He needs a name!!
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He is a great looking guy! I'm so proud of the way he turned out! We need to brainstorm for a good name...

 

[Trinitydraco]

My name is Jessie and I am a recent addict. This is hatch 3 for me...in one month LOL! AND I already have my next 3 hatches planned! I am building 2 new coops as we speak! The good news is I am getting my breeding stock squared away and already have pre orders for chicks for spring so I hope to manage my addiction by hatching rare chicks like Svart Hona and Ayam Cemani as people ALWAYS want to buy them! I just have a little Giant incubator right now but plan on getting a cabinet one next month. The one thing I do know is unless I need somebody for breeding stock ASAP I will never buy a chick again! I LOVE hatching and I have such a strong bond with my hatched chickens that I don't with the first ones I got at TSC. I tell everyone that I was suffering from empty nest syndrome so I went and got myself an actual nest! LOL My name is Jessie and I am a hatchaholic! *current chicks are EE's and BCM and set eggs are Ayam Cemani, EE's, BCM, Black Austrolorp and RIR/Isa Brown egg producers from my own breeding flock. (they lay like you would NOT believe!)

 

[WVduckchick]

My name is Jessie and I am a recent addict. This is hatch 3 for me...in one month LOL! AND I already have my next 3 hatches planned! I am building 2 new coops as we speak! The good news is I am getting my breeding stock squared away and already have pre orders for chicks for spring so I hope to manage my addiction by hatching rare chicks like Svart Hona and Ayam Cemani as people ALWAYS want to buy them! I just have a little Giant incubator right now but plan on getting a cabinet one next month. The one thing I do know is unless I need somebody for breeding stock ASAP I will never buy a chick again! I LOVE hatching and I have such a strong bond with my hatched chickens that I don't with the first ones I got at TSC. I tell everyone that I was suffering from empty nest syndrome so I went and got myself an actual nest! LOL My name is Jessie and I am a hatchaholic! *current chicks are EE's and BCM and set eggs are Ayam Cemani, EE's, BCM, Black Austrolorp and RIR/Isa Brown egg producers from my own breeding flock. (they lay like you would NOT believe!) View attachment 1498680 View attachment 1498682

Welcome Jessie! Cute chicks!

And I’m with you, I still look into the bins at the farm stores, but have no desire to ever buy them again.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

My name is Jessie and I am a recent addict. This is hatch 3 for me...in one month LOL! AND I already have my next 3 hatches planned! I am building 2 new coops as we speak! The good news is I am getting my breeding stock squared away and already have pre orders for chicks for spring so I hope to manage my addiction by hatching rare chicks like Svart Hona and Ayam Cemani as people ALWAYS want to buy them! I just have a little Giant incubator right now but plan on getting a cabinet one next month. The one thing I do know is unless I need somebody for breeding stock ASAP I will never buy a chick again! I LOVE hatching and I have such a strong bond with my hatched chickens that I don't with the first ones I got at TSC. I tell everyone that I was suffering from empty nest syndrome so I went and got myself an actual nest! LOL My name is Jessie and I am a hatchaholic! *current chicks are EE's and BCM and set eggs are Ayam Cemani, EE's, BCM, Black Austrolorp and RIR/Isa Brown egg producers from my own breeding flock. (they lay like you would NOT believe!) View attachment 1498680 View attachment 1498682

Welcome to the group! Sounds to me like you need to be here for all the enabling support we can provide!

My name is Jess and I've gone almost a month without hatching anything. Unfortunately, I need a silkie roo that is less related to the rest of my girls so I'm paying my with to girls from another line. I'm order to have babies for spring, I need to hatch a roo now! That, and a friend asked me to hatch some eggs for him....Sooo, the incubators will be hunting again by next weekend

Welcome Jessie! Cute chicks!

And I’m with you, I still look into the bins at the farm stores, but have no desire to ever buy them again.

I look at the time too but my chicks are so much better . Impress they have polish, I'm not interested in buying.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I forgot to mention, I have a broody hatching babies right now. She has 7 eggs. One for stepped on and killed but at least 2 more were pipped I checked on her my daughter comes home from camp tomorrow she'll be excited to see the babies