JANUARY 2015 Hatch-A-Long

[blackgoat]

Day 14 candling and all is still well. 14/14 still moving :cd e

Nice!

 

[Peep_Show]

Yay! Always good to hear about good eggs.


At present the TJ chick head count is 23 hatched, 3 pips and 3 noncommittals....and all the spent eggshells combined with incubator humidity is starting to kind of smell.

 

[hausfrau77]

Haus...that's great news!!! You are going to be very busy soon.

yes, im learning so much.........(like how much the fluffing up makes such a dusty wispy mess all over while the down dries) we will be busy! I've got more due this weekend, and some the next ♡
We are hatching for our 4h youth poultry auction, loving it

 

[PD-Riverman]

Hey guys sorry I haven't been posting. Been REALLY busy. 17 out of 29 with one more pipped so far, here's a couple pictures, then off to find something else to do so I'm not sitting in front of the incubator all day.

Hey Colonel, nice looking chicks. You got some heat in the box with them?

 

[The Colonel]

Hey Colonel, nice looking chicks. You got some heat in the box with them?
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Yeah lol I turned it off momentarily to get a better picture. How many you got popping out this week?

 

[PD-Riverman]

was wondering if any of you would recommend a specific type or brand of candler?

I use a black spray paint lid with about a 1" hole drill in the center---setting on my rechargeable Maglite---I can see all I need to see even with the darkest Maran.

 

[PD-Riverman]

Yeah lol I turned it off momentarily to get a better picture. How many you got popping out this week?

Over 100 eggs in the hatcher---they are hatching now----due tomorrow.

 

[Purpletie3]

Over 100 eggs in the hatcher---they are hatching now----due tomorrow.

Hey PD...that's awesome!
Do you hatch staggered hatches in your cabinet???

 

[jennianne]

Man, maglight and a spray can lid?--Awesome idea! And also have got to try my cell. Even if I have something else, always good to know I have a backup in an emergency. Thanks for all the ideas....

 

[PD-Riverman]

Hey PD...that's awesome!
Do you hatch staggered hatches in your cabinet???

Yes, every week, but now I got 2 Cabinets going and 2 styrofoam----had 568 eggs incubating till I moved this 100+ to the hatcher. BUT I got about 150+ more eggs to put back in.