Incubators Anonymous

[OneMountainAcres]

I love those aprons!!!
That is too cute, and probably entirely necessary to protect their backs.

Thanks! All my ladies wear their saddles. They really do need them They have a nice selection to choose from lol

 

[Cerenity]

Woke up this morning to find two more chicks hatched! I think that's probably it out of the five that developed. I candled the other two eggs today (day 22) and there wasn't any movement.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Woke up this morning to find two more chicks hatched! I think that's probably it out of the five that developed. I candled the other two eggs today (day 22) and there wasn't any movement.

Congratulations on your babies! I'm sorry the others don't look like they're going to make it though.

 

[Cerenity]

Congratulations on your babies! I'm sorry the others don't look like they're going to make it though.

Thanks! I'm honestly shocked that any hatched at all. This was my first hatch, they're bantams, and they were shipped eggs from Florida. We're in California, so, that's a haul and a half for some eggs!

 

[Faraday40]

Woke up this morning to find two more chicks hatched! I think that's probably it out of the five that developed. I candled the other two eggs today (day 22) and there wasn't any movement.

Congrats on the hatch. Unless the eggs are clear, it doesn't hurt to remove the chicks & leave the eggs in there for another day or two. If dead, they'll stay dead, but if alive there's a little hope. Sometimes an egg can be in a cool spot & be delayed. It's a long shot, but I once cleaned out the incubator when I though the hatch was done. When doing the egg-topsies, I found one of my precious shipped eggs was still alive & probably could have made it. (Me opening the egg was what killed it.)

 

[aliciaplus3]

Oops.... I started eggs in the bator.....blue cooper marans and silkie and 3 maybe turkey eggs....

 

[Pennys Mama]

Thanks! All my ladies wear their saddles. They really do need them They have a nice selection to choose from lol
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Do you make those yourself or get them from somewhere?

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Those are such pretty quail, how old are they now?

Thanks! I'm honestly shocked that any hatched at all. This was my first hatch, they're bantams, and they were shipped eggs from Florida. We're in California, so, that's a haul and a half for some eggs!

What kind did you get?

Oops.... I started eggs in the bator.....blue cooper marans and silkie and 3 maybe turkey eggs....

How many total did you set?

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Do you make those yourself or get them from somewhere?

I make them, and chicken tutus. I mostly sell them on Etsy and Ebay so there's never a shortage of them around here I think I've made about 130 assorted sizes so far this fall, stocking up for next year.

Www.etsy.com/shop/onemountainacres

 

[Cerenity]

Congrats on the hatch. Unless the eggs are clear, it doesn't hurt to remove the chicks & leave the eggs in there for another day or two. If dead, they'll stay dead, but if alive there's a little hope. Sometimes an egg can be in a cool spot & be delayed. It's a long shot, but I once cleaned out the incubator when I though the hatch was done. When doing the egg-topsies, I found one of my precious shipped eggs was still alive & probably could have made it. (Me opening the egg was what killed it.)

Still no movement on day 23, so, I pulled the last two. Eggtopsies looked like one probably quit right around lockdown. The other one was much closer, but, wasn't alive and wasn't positioned correctly. So sad. I could see her little black wings with white tips, just like her brothers' and sisters'.

But, I have three happy and (now) very perky chicks from my first hatch, so, I'm very happy overall.

 

[aliciaplus3]

Ready for lockdown on Wednesday

24 turkey eggs and 32 chicken eggs... some of the marans are so dark that it's not possible to see into during candling so some of them may not be good but the Turkey eggs and the lighter chicken eggs look good.