July 2015 Hatch A Long HAL

[darkbluespace]

Waiting is always so hard. But you will have cute fuzzy silkies in just a few days!

Thanks... I only get this silly now about certain eggs. I remember back when every hatch had me this nervous and excited! I just look at Silkies online while I wait and hope ; )

 

[darkbluespace]

Hello

mind if I join you? I built a still air incubator.. & received my hatching eggs today. I'm not expecting a huge success rate, my very first time incubating with equipment I built haha the odds may not be in my favor.

One of the eggs had a detached air cell, so I am letting them rest overnight in the carton & I will set them in the A.M. if it is attached again by then.
I could only mark two or three air cells out of 16 eggs, so.. I will comb through "Hatching 101" & make some decisions tonight I guess about the ones I am not sure about..
I may have WAY too many questions. I'm sorry in advance lol

If air cells are detached, you can still incubate them, just put them upright in a carton and start tilting them, instead of turning, after several days.

 

[cmfarm]

Here is a picture of my incubator with all the eggs

 

[WashingtonWino]

Wow! That's quite the operation! How many chickens do you have on your farm? And what sorts of things do you raise/sell/harvest? @cmfarm

 

[shahtir101]

Just put 8 d'uccle hatching eggs in incubator hope they hatch due July 26 &27

 

[Loc20chick]

Here is a picture of my incubator with all the eggs

That is so neat!!!

 

[Loc20chick]

For the last couple of days my Red Sex link hen is acting broody so finally today I marked 4 eggs and let it sit, I will see how it does since its the first time.

 

[shahtir101]

My silver laced Wyandotte has never gone broody. She is almost 2. Is that normal?

 

[BoTime]

If air cells are detached, you can still incubate them, just put them upright in a carton and start tilting them, instead of turning, after several days.

Thank you

 

[BoTime]

Well, I went & got some more eggs to set so now I have quite a few. Are cartons necessary? (Except for the one with the detached air cell, I plan on following that advice)