July Hatch-a-long

[KrazyChromatics]

im "eggcited" to find out what my bantams become lol.... with no roo and all...hmm well i caught a 3 month old roo several times breeding her.. but i didnt think that was possible...

 

[Sweet T]

thats what im doing now

Well... disappointed!! 7 of the first 12 hatched, one died mid zip, the others never pipped, i broke em open and found fully formed babies from day 17-19 some had almost all yolk absorbed, i think my humidity was a lil low, so ive bumped it a tad, ive still got 2 wet chicks in there, and the next 8 are in the basket *literally in a basket lmao* and all showed good movement, not surewhen they are due, next day or so, inside looked good and bark, good aircells, could still see a tiny bit of veining, so just another day or so to cook the other group still has a lot of veining so they still got another week or so, but jumping bean babies they deff are! removed 2 dead ones, one large egg i saw a mess of sludge sloshing around the other died probably around day 10 or before... one of my hens who gives me a LARGE blue single yolker almost every time has had bad luck with fertility... those chicks just dont ever make it out of the shell, i may cull her as an egg producer only and take her off the breeder wagon

Well I'm excited to hear how it goes!

 

[kkowa]

the polish chick got out fine! so 3 of the 4 chicks are out!!!!! one left but no pip or nothing on this one yet

 

[Gen9]

the polish chick got out fine! so 3 of the 4 chicks are out!!!!! one left but no pip or nothing on this one

Yay! Hopefully it hatches

 

[jammyjammy2112]

the polish chick got out fine! so 3 of the 4 chicks are out!!!!! one left but no pip or nothing on this one yet

i have 2 polish in my incubator its my first time with polish are they good broodys

 

[CarolinaHen]

i have 2 polish in my incubator its my first time with polish are they good broodys 

Polish are gorgeous, sweet, funny, and enjoyable. They are not good broody hens since they rarely go broody. They have other things to do, so they let the Silkies and Cochins sit on their eggs

 

[Shellz]

I have a broody set to hatch on the 21 and 22. I am so excited.

Awesome! Me too on 23rd.

 

[Shellz]

Yay! Hopefully it hatches

X2!!!

 

[chick lovers]

the polish chick got out fine! so 3 of the 4 chicks are out!!!!! one left but no pip or nothing on this one yet

YAY!!!!!!!! D)

 

[BroosterSpringsteen]

Has anyone ever tried a staggered hatch in the same incubator?
For instance, putting some eggs in the hatching tray for lockdown while leaving some in the egg turner to continue developing? All in the same incubator??

I have done this, but not with the egg turner. I took the turner out because I was freaked out that the new chicks would get their legs stuck between the slats. Here's what I did in the Hovabator. I put the remaining eggs in a carton with holes cut out of each cup for ventilation. I placed the carton on a large dowel rod, so that it could be rocked back and forth. I placed it directly under the vent, and used a long straw poked through the vent to rock the carton back and forth a few times a day. Worked like a charm!

Now I hatch in a Brinsea, and it's much easier, because the incubator itself is designed to rock, so no dowel rod, or poking straws through vents. But I do have to secure the hatching eggs so they don't roll when I'm turning, and the hatched chicks will slide down to the bottom when it's tilted.

A couple more things. You do have to raise the humidity, but it's only for 4 days or so. It never affected my later hatches. Make sure you put paper towels or something under the hatching eggs. Hatching is very messy, and you don't want to have to keep the remaining eggs out of the bator for too long while you clean up. I like to use sheets of craft felt. They're cheap, and sturdier than paper towels.