Is Anyone Hatching on March 13th??

[ChickenCrazed]

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Good Luck Cynthia!

 

[ChickenCrazed]

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[HHandbasket]

Wow, 10? Congratulations! I woke up early this morning & went to check on the bator, and the temp had dropped to 96! It was cold in the house, though. I had turned the heat off yesterday afternoon for the first time in I dunno how many months because it was actually kinda nice here. I guess I forgot to turn the heat back on when we went to bed & woke up to an ice cold house and temps dipped in the LG to 96. We are just entering day #21. There are 2 hatched, the one EE from last night, and a silkie hatched way late right before we went to bed. The d'uccle is taking her sweet time coming out (gotta be a girl if she's that slow getting ready, right?? LOL). She was the first one to pip, then had no activity for 24+ hours, then zipped about 1/3 way, and now she's just resting and getting ready to finish up! Another silkie that pipped yesterday has now knocked a couple of good-sized chunks of shell & is wiggling around in there, so I hopefully will have another silkie this morning.

Anyway, I turned on the heat in the house & nudged the temp up in the bator, and now I am watching the bator for a bit before I go back to bed for another hour or so. I know the LG takes some effort, especially if the room temp drops like it did here overnight.

 

[nicoletm24]

and now there are 12

 

[nicoletm24]

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i'm sure the temp dropping won't do much damage, especially this far along!
oh, you're doing EE's??? i had the most beautiful white speckled EE's a roo and a hen, was going to breed, but a dog got in my coop and killed them along with 12 other of my hens

so, i'm trying to build up a whole new flock.
I'm looking locally for EE's. Either eggs or hens and a roo. I just want to breed them, they are beautiful.

Good luck to you

 

[nicoletm24]

I feel horrible for the ones not zipped yet...they are being tossed around like soccer balls. ANY TIPS on how to prevent them being used for soccer practice?????

 

[ChickenCrazed]

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Not much you can do about it right now...I put mine in a plastic egg rack to hatch so this doesn't happen...But I also incubate in an egg turner so I like to hatch upright also...Hey look at it this way it is keeping those chicks awake and hopefully will encourage them to get out and join the fun!

 

[nicoletm24]

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Not much you can do about it right now...I put mine in a plastic egg rack to hatch so this doesn't happen...But I also incubate in an egg turner so I like to hatch upright also...Hey look at it this way it is keeping those chicks awake and hopefully will encourage them to get out and join the fun!

love it!!!

 

[nicoletm24]

15

 

[HHandbasket]

Well it's a BIG hatch day here at Endinay Farm! We have 2 silkies out, 1 EE out, 1 d'uccle fully zipped & working her way out, and I just now went outside to take a peek under my broody... she has FOUR li'l fluffy-fuzzies under her in the nest & is working on the rest of the eggs now. Looked like a couple more were in the process. I didn't want to mess with her for too long, just gonna let her do her thing!

ETA: Oh, and we have a barnevelder egg in the bator that has pipped!