June 2021 Hatch - A - Long

[LadyAchee]

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You may have created a monster.. er I mean new hobby for me.

 

[AusHen]

Does your incubator have a fan to circulate the air? I didn't know shuffling the eggs around was a thing!

It has a fan but its entered winter here and the incubator im using isnt very insulated so if I dont wrap it up the sides can run a bit cooler. Shuffling the outer eggs wuth inner eggs helps keep incubation a bit more even. Just means they might not all pop out the same time and they will hatch over a few more days

 

[AUChickenGal]

Today is day 4 for my broody Delaware and her assorted hatching eggs from Meyer. I just candled them, and 4/6 look very good with 2/6 questionable. Not bad for shipped eggs, but I’ll candle again Thursday morning before discarding any just to be sure. The hen is sitting tight and doing a great job for a first-timer so far.

 

[PippinTheChicken]

I have 2 pips. If anyone wants to stay updated on the eggs click HERE

 

[NorthernMIFlock]

So my initial plan of giving my broody eggs and incubating the rest was scrapped. My borrowed older HovaBator couldn’t keep consistent temps and was stressing me out so bad. I’ve never incubated before and felt like using this old one was not a good idea. So I candled all the bator eggs last night, out of 6 only 4 appeared to be good, so I gave them to my broody who is already sitting on 3. Hope it’s not too many for her . I will update periodically, today should be day 9.

 

[BullChick]

Nine quail are out. I’m worried about the chicken eggs because I have a broody, and she needs babies. I don’t trust her with quail. Noooo, no!

 

[LadyAchee]

Nine quail are out. I’m worried about the chicken eggs because I have a broody, and she needs babies. I don’t trust her with quail. Noooo, no!

Any pips at all in the chicken eggs?

 

[BullChick]

Any pips at all in the chicken eggs?

Nope

 

[LadyAchee]

Are they in an incubator or under the broody hen? Have you candled them?

 

[BullChick]

Incubator, and they were candled about a week ago.