january hatch-a-long

[WVduckchick]

Just checked my duck eggs. Started with 22, several of the old ones were clear, had one early quitter. Have 12 looking fantastic, 1 ifffy one left in, but probable quitter. I’d be happy with a dozen!

 

[Tatuana]

Did you salt test your humidity guage.

(Do I sound like a broken revird <what? Record yet?)

I did! It ended up like this. My heat is also running high so I set it a few degrees low just in case.

I dreamed last night that all the chickens hatched and I was in shock because they were a day old. They were so fluffy though. <3

 

[muddy75]

the my son got some really good photos of a few of my christmas chicks! lil red is the one that gave me a scare but she is thriving now!

 

[Crazydoglady99]

They're gorgeous Muddy!

 

[aliciaplus3]

Just candled for my Jan 13th hatch..... 8 internal pips! I am starting to get a little excited....

 

[mitziworm]

I must have put them in lockdown a day early for some reason I thought yesterday was hatch day. Humidity dropped a bit this morning and I couldn't top up through the little hole without drowning eggs so I opened her up with the feeling nothing would hatch anyway given the last few hatches, anyway as soon as I lifted the lid I heard peep peep peep! Quick squirt in the water channels and shut that lid as fast as I could then left for town for a few hours thinking at least I won't spend all day hovering haha. Came home to a chick all out of egg
looking a bit wet still but I'm over the moon just to get a live chicken. 7 possibles still in there so keeping fingers crossed
Going to put 7 eggs in to the staggered hatch tonight. Even with all the failed hatches I'm still feeling great about the successes

 

[tjb]

here I go... Set eggs yesterday for 27th hatch date!

 

[aliciaplus3]

my dd decided a couple of her 4-h potentials needed to pose for the camera this morning..... these were part of our Jan 1 hatch

 

[Ginmary]

So, as I posted earlier, my Silkie went broody and Saturday I gave her 4 Serama eggs which should be fertile. This morning I picked her up and put her near the water to make sure she drinks which she did. While she was off the nest, I noticed there were 5 eggs. So between Saturday and this morning, she laid one herself. This one is not fertile (no roo involved) I'm thinking that this one was already in the process of forming when she went broody and therefore had to complete its journey. Does that sound right?

 

[muddy75]

So, as I posted earlier, my Silkie went broody and Saturday I gave her 4 Serama eggs which should be fertile. This morning I picked her up and put her near the water to make sure she drinks which she did. While she was off the nest, I noticed there were 5 eggs. So between Saturday and this morning, she laid one herself. This one is not fertile (no roo involved) I'm thinking that this one was already in the process of forming when she went broody and therefore had to complete its journey. Does that sound right?

sounds logical to me but honestly no idea? maybe some of our more experienced hatchers can better answer that! @WVduckchick @Texas Kiki