January 2023 Hatch-a-long

[chfriedmam]

We had I think 21 chicks hatch today, day 20, in the brinsea ovation 28 ex. First time with this new incubator and i love it. It’s temp and humidity were accurate and SO STABLE! 7 were home eggs, the rest shipped

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

We had I think 21 chicks hatch today, day 20, in the brinsea ovation 28 ex. First time with this new incubator and i love it. It’s temp and humidity were accurate and SO STABLE! 7 were home eggs, the rest shipped
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That’s awesome, congratulations! Officially on day 21 now, and I just started hearing peeps 1/2 hr ago, no visible pips but the eggs are moving

 

[3KillerBs]

My DH just brought me coffee in bed and got me out of bed with the news that there was peeping in the laundry room.

Brand new, just barely flopping out of the shell, first of the hatch.

 

[sevenhelmet]

My DH just brought me coffee in bed and got me out of bed with the news that there was peeping in the laundry room.

Brand new, just barely flopping out of the shell, first of the hatch.

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Caption: “Are you my mother?”

 

[3KillerBs]

Caption: “Are you my mother?”

 

[I Like Turkeys]

I haven’t been here in a bit. Oops. Sold all my hatched turkeys, set my ducklings for sale, the hatched chicks got given away, and my BC eggs should hatch within the next 3 days. I just set 3 new hatched but I can update those in the February thread.

So.. First two chicks hatched from my red bantam cochin eggs…
They are not red. My bantams and LF ran together maybe a week or two before setting the eggs, one of my LF roosters sired the two hatched chicks. Both are black and one has the headspot of barring, highly disappointing. On that note, apparently I had a LF rooster and bantam hen successfully procreate without injury to the hen. Still annoying.

 

[3KillerBs]

The early bird dried out blue.

There are at least 7 pips visible at the moment.

 

[Sally PB]

Watching...

 

[3KillerBs]

Three!

 

[gimmie birdies]

I have about 9 eggs set from my hens. I liked the EE rooster I had for 3 weeks, he is red. I am afraid I may end up with all black chicks. IDK. The good thing about him, he never tried to attack me, I could walk up and pet him, He was polite to hens, and he didn't crow the whole 3 weeks he was here. I ended up giving the rooster to a teen girl I know that loves chickens. ( I have 4 rooster chicks that are 8 weeks old, and hope to keep one. BCM, Cream legbar, Mosaic, and a birchen Maran.)

My shipped eggs are 9 days in, of the 20 fertile eggs, I have 16 left.