January 2023 Hatch-a-long

[WallyG74]

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I don’t know how you managed to get that pic without a disaster, but good job!

 

[sevenhelmet]

Three more hatched overnight. We now have five healthy birds. The remaining 6 are getting kicked around like soccer balls on a playground! Two more have pipped that I can see. I’ll probably move chicks to the brooder tonight, if the pips hatch and no more have pipped.

I know they feed from the yolk sac, but how long can they go without water? Nobody’s showing signs of distress, so I’m keeping that lid shut for now.

 

[Ridgeback825]

I don’t know how you managed to get that pic without a disaster, but good job!

We have been handling them a lot and they are so sweet. Hatched at home chicks are soooooo much more tame than ones form TS.

 

[WallyG74]

We have been handling them a lot and they are so sweet. Hatched at home chicks are soooooo much more tame than ones form TS.

So true, but I have still caught many daredevils as they tried to bail off a high place!

 

[3KillerBs]

I've just put 15 eggs into lockdown. Expecting them to hatch on Sunday.

Most were moving when I candled them, a couple were nice and full but not moving. One is dubious.

I'm a little dubious about the size of the air cells.

 

[Sally PB]

 

[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.

 

[gimmie birdies]

2 shipped eggs ringed out. one frizzle one white rock.

 

[sevenhelmet]

Looks like 9 will be our final count. Two eggs have not hatched with the rest, and we aren’t seeing movement or pips on either one. Likely a couple of late quitters. Keeping them in the incubator for another day or two, just to see. The chicks are in the brooder now.

That’s a 70% hatch rate. Not bad for eggs shipped in January.

 

[WallyG74]

Looks like 9 will be our final count. Two eggs have not hatched with the rest, and we aren’t seeing movement or pips on either one. Likely a couple of late quitters. Keeping them in the incubator for another day or two, just to see. The chicks are in the brooder now.

That’s a 70% hatch rate. Not bad for eggs shipped in January.

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You did better than my 53% with eggs from my own hens. Of the ones that made it to lockdown, 8 didn’t hatch. Ima check them out today and see what’s in there.