JANUARY 2015 Hatch-A-Long

[blackgoat]

My husband picked up my Modern Game eggs. So excited! We are in Florida for another day, so I won't be able to set them until Tuesday. I went by the Trader Joes in Tallahassee, thinking I could toss some of those eggs in for fun, but they didn't have any of the fertile ones. That's okay. I am beyond overjoyed to get Modern Games.

 

[misfitmorgan]

My 6 chicken eggs that missed the NYD hatch dealine are in the bator(i set late) due t hatch today. i have one internal pip for sure i found last night but the egg shells are thick. i am trying so hard not to help and to leave the door shut. It could have internal piped any time from friday night til last night around 9pm when i checked.

 

[Renee572]

My 6 chicken eggs that missed the NYD hatch dealine are in the bator(i set late) due t hatch today. i have one internal pip for sure i found last night but the egg shells are thick. i am trying so hard not to help and to leave the door shut. It could have internal piped any time from friday night til last night around 9pm when i checked.

good luck, I hope they hatch for you.

 

[ChickyChickens]

Cute! What is that white and black one, looks like it's wearing a vest?

Yeah...it does!! It's sooo cute!!

 

[blackgoat]

I have to keep my eggs for two nights before putting them in the incubator. The outside temp is going to be 50 tonight. The inside temp is about 70. Should I put the eggs inside or leave them in the car?

 

[Renee572]

Aghhh why do I keep looking at my eggs like they are going to do something! This is going to be a long 21 days. I need to find things to keep me busy.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Watch the you tube "chicken embryo" it shows computer simulated hatch and growth day by day. it helps with the wait.

 

[Renee572]

Watch the you tube "chicken embryo" it shows computer simulated hatch and growth day by day. it helps with the wait.

lol, I don't think that will keep me busy long enough. I'm a stay at home mom and I don't even have any college classes to take this semester so I really have lots of free time while the kids are in school. Hubby got some new tools for christmas though so maybe I will work on some plans for a 2nd coop. In the case that all these 28 eggs hatch I suppose we will need a place for them once they feather out and before we determine which ones are cockerels.

 

[ChickenLady2014]

My 6 chicken eggs that missed the NYD hatch dealine are in the bator(i set late) due t hatch today. i have one internal pip for sure i found last night but the egg shells are thick. i am trying so hard not to help and to leave the door shut. It could have internal piped any time from friday night til last night around 9pm when i checked.

Any progress yet? I hope all goes well for you.

 

[Peep_Show]

Uh-oh. The marans may have to be culled. It acts like it has severe brain damage. My guess is lack of oxygen. It did hatch Day 22.

I have a theory on this:

I hatch at a high altitude (5200 feet). There's been studies done that eggs laid at sea level do not do well hatching above 5000 ft because the pore size is not compatible with the thin mountain air. However, I've found that white eggs and light brown eggs hatch out day in and day out. BUT it's the eggs with a heavy color coating (marans, welsummers, OE) that do not fare well. Compound this with the fact that for high altitude hatching you need to up the humidity as the air just sucks moisture out of everything....so more oxygen problems that can develop.

Anyway, we've got the little floppy special-needs chick isolated and giving it Poly Vi Sol and some TLC to see if it can "chick up" and be functionable. DH has named it Timmy. Those of you that watch South Park will get the reference.

(I am so ashamed)