JANUARY HATCH-A-LONG come join in

[chicken stalker]

I have 4 babies out...all wheaten/blue wheaten ameraucana

lots more pips, so let the bator stalking begin

 

[nhnanna]

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[PandoraTaylor]

Day 23 for 1st Set
No movement, no cheeping.....Temp 100-101 humidity 65%.
Not looking good.....for my 2 pure LBrahma and 2 LBrahma/EE
We had cheeping for 2 days , then yesterday afternoon everything went quiet...
Guess I will pip them when I get back from Town, Court Stuff today........


Day 16 for 2nd Set
6 Light Brahma/Barred Rocks
2 Pure Light Brahma

Day 2 for 3rd Set
2 Light Brahma/EE
5 Light Brahma/ ?

Light Brahma Roo

hens:
Black Sex Link (23)
Light Brahma (4)
Barred Rock (5)
New Hampshire (2)

 

[petrelline]

I finished my hatch yesterday: out of 12 eggs, 9 hatched over 3 days:
2 light brahmas
2 barred rocks (1 male, 1 female)
1 buff orp
1 blue orp
1 BLRW
1 blue hamburg
1 EE

I picked open the remaining 3 eggs and they seemed to be entirely developed chicks but hadn't fully absorbed the yolks. The membranes seemed to be thick and kind of dry -- I'm assuming this is what is meant by "shrink-wrapped," and I must have had a humidity problem at some point late in the game. I'm pleased with my overall results but next hatch I am definitely getting a hygrometer.

But now the bad news: my EE was the last to hatch, and had a hard time of it. Well over a day from pip to hatch. I thought she was OK but after I moved her into the brooder I realized that she was deformed: her beak was crossed, and one of her eyes was missing. She also seemed completely disoriented, even more so than just weakness from a slow hatch would indicate. I thought...well, maybe she'll be OK with just one eye, and maybe she can eat with the cross beak? It isn't too bad?

But I watched her yesterday and this morning and realized she wasn't eating or drinking, and she wasn't getting stronger like the others. Waving my fingers in front of her indicated that she was blind even in the eye that looked normal. I didn't feel like I had much of a choice and this morning I put her down which was possibly the hardest thing I've ever had to do.

I feel good about the remaining eight chicks which based on my careful examination have the right number of eyes, legs, wings, and tails, and are behaving and growing normally. But whooooooo this has been a roller coaster bunch of days.

Madcap, my hatch buddy, I'm so sorry for your loss. This was my first hatch and I've been astonished both at how easy it is (life from eggs! It's like magic!) but also how quickly things can go wrong. I hope your next hatch is more successful and you have dozens of peepers running about everywhere.

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And everyone else: I'm still here! I'm still watching! I don't have another hatch planned right now but I still have a lot to learn so keep posting here and in the February topic.

 

[Cornychick]

petrelline I am sorry about your deformed baby. You did the right think. The first time I had to do that, I bawled like crazy.
Congrats to everyone on thier hatches so far. I locked down wednesday evening and so far there are no pips. I get to stalk the bator all weekend. We are having icy weather here and I have been nervous about impending power failures but so far so good. Boy that would be terrible timing with all my brooders and 3 bators going!

 

[hcammack]

I have 1 Bantam Faverolles chick out in the brooder and I have 4 pips on my BLRW bantams and 3 more faverolles pipped.

Henry

 

[Soaring Chicks]

I have my first hatch today around noon. I'v seen some eggs move alittle. The first one started chirping at me that is how I found it zipping. First out was #14. I hope the rest come today. #14 looks to be a Dk. BLRW you can even see the red tips on it before it really started to dry.

This being my first time hatching - it has be great. Thanks to the help of Tuffoldhen. Could not have done it with out her!

more to come

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edit can't spell cause I'm sooooo HAPPY

 

[77horses]

MY EGG HATCHED!!!!!! MY EGG HATCHED!!!!! I just got back from school and found a tiny little gold/gray chick peeping! It's still a little wet.

I'm soooo happy!!!! Her name is Ivory!

 

[nhnanna]

congrats on little Jasmin

 

[marlin]

Looks like there hope 2 of my BLRW are piping I was concernd a had a couple temp spikes to 103 keeping fingers crossed