JANUARY ...OUR FIRST HATCHING OF 2013 ANYONE? come join!!

[Brookhavens]

Brook Yeah the bad part of hatching the ones that dont make it.

That Laced in the signature is so pretty .Wish i had one
Did you create that from your BRs?.
Well you will be busy for sure !!! .Good luck on all the coming babies to you and to everyone hathicng now.
And .... whats a Brock?
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I have my bator shut down for now to clean .Have to collect some Lo eggs ansd maybe the BBs to incubate and 3 D it got so cold the last 2 nights and days here the stinkers arent laying now and what i found one Buff Brhama mix egg was really cold maybe froze from last ngiht so dont think ill try it.
Maybe its me looking in every hour they dont want to lay .. a watched pot and all that

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Brock...lol...should have been BR - Barred Rock

I bought the blue Roo and Girls when they were 4 months old. They came from a Splash Rock Roo and GSBR hens.

 

[Roxannemc]

Thanks
ITa wonderful the tape worked.... AWESOME!! cone on baby chckies come on out!!

 

[PugBug]

SAdly little Blessing has passed. He had one week of cuddling and attention but his little body couldnt take it.

I shouldnt get so attached.

WAs going to set my own LO eggs thursday but unless the temps go up here (single digits to 20's now )I dont think thursday gonna happen and Im so anxious!!!
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Really sorry, you did all you could

 

[PugBug]

Awww so sorry to hear Roxanne. I had one of my 2 week old Buff Orps pass last night too. I knew something just wasn't right with it because it was not growing like all the other chicks. It was feathering out but stayed the same size.

Sorry to hear

 

[PugBug]

Roxannemc -- I'm so sorry your little one didn't make it, you gave it the best week it could ever have though.

We are in lock down! The egg that had fallen on the others & gotten it's shell cracked on one side is still going!!!!! Today I carefully peeled off the electrical tape so that way it would be a lot easier to hatch & I thought hey why not see now if it's alive. Held it to my ear for a bit & BOOM "click" "click" "click" came from it!!!

I am amazed that it made it till now, I just hope everything is okay & they all do good hatching - already have everything ready near the bator to help any distressed chicks out

 

[inthesticks]

So I don't have any rollers yet

My tape baby is still doing great! I ended up carefully removing the broken pieces off the egg early this morning - just checked back & the lil one made a hole in the membrane! I believe this one is a RIR/EE cross.

No other action happening with the others -but I didn't expect much - @ some point between 2:30AM & 8AM the bator went down to 96 degrees!!!!!

Can't wait to go South... no more 4degree nights to mess everything up! Even one of my NH hens was silly enough to stay out of the pen to close to sundown & just sat in the snow - luckily I was out & about all over the yard & happened to come across her - poor thing's comb was frozen solid! She's all better now so here's hoping her eggs are too & hatch!!



So yeah... things have gotten delayed I'm sure & just add to my crazy momma bird self & am now fearful that only my tape baby will hatch UGH always freaking myself out w/ the worst case scenarios & it's not even day 21 yet

-Worrywart problems-

 

[Roxannemc]

So I don't have any rollers yet

My tape baby is still doing great! I ended up carefully removing the broken pieces off the egg early this morning - just checked back & the lil one made a hole in the membrane! I believe this one is a RIR/EE cross.

No other action happening with the others -but I didn't expect much - @ some point between 2:30AM & 8AM the bator went down to 96 degrees!!!!!

Can't wait to go South... no more 4degree nights to mess everything up! Even one of my NH hens was silly enough to stay out of the pen to close to sundown & just sat in the snow - luckily I was out & about all over the yard & happened to come across her - poor thing's comb was frozen solid! She's all better now so here's hoping her eggs are too & hatch!!



So yeah... things have gotten delayed I'm sure & just add to my crazy momma bird self & am now fearful that only my tape baby will hatch UGH always freaking myself out w/ the worst case scenarios & it's not even day 21 yet

-Worrywart problems-

HAHA not even day 21!!! that is funny!! ..well ...day 20 i am getting like that too Waht no babies? Silly ...
That is so COOL the tape baby is hatching WHOOOHOO!

 

[Roxannemc]

Sorry to hear that.

It's hard to not get attached...I always do.

THANKS YEAH..you try not to ....but you spend so much time trying to get them to live...

 

[Roxannemc]

Sorry to hear

Yeah sad .....but moving on ...
And odd Everyone i assist stays little for a long time the one about 3 weeks ago i helped one wing was glued in the shell but still ...hes taking a while to catch up just because of that.

EDIT .....GOOD GOD.Hope nobody saw this before the edit..Had to run to the store and just sent it. didnt look ..Gobbledy gook... i had to edit a ton on this ONE sentence ..i PROMISE im not drunk!!

WELLL
Wanted to set eggs today or tomorrow but cold has held them up

.Did get 3 today but they were like ice.(20 out) when i got them
Am putting the temp on them and date to see what hatches. Need 4- 6 more by tomorrow for my scheduled hatch ... dont think i'll make it

OH well 62 Degrees next MOn and Tues maybe ill get a bunch. then..

 

[3Dchicken]

I just had my first hatch of the year, they were mystery eggs, came from a mixed flock. The roosters in that flock are a silver Seabright and two of my funky Frizzles. They all came out with feathered legs so I am hoping these mutts will be frizzled Easter eggers! (The only eggs that ended up being fertile we're the blue and green ones.)

Sounds interesting!