June hatch-a-long!

[theuglyduckling]

I candled the eggs again and they all are looking good even the one that i couldnt tell if it was growing inside. I just realised some will be due on the 22 i forgot i gave her some later the next day. Is it normal for some of the eggs to develope faster than the others? I was able to see two chicks that are developing move inside but i couldnt see the in the other eggs.

 

[chicken4prez]

How can that be comfy?? Cats are so funny!

This is the little lone silkie x chick, it's such a sweetie!
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Honestly I’m not sure!

 

[chicken4prez]

I candled the eggs again and they all are looking good even the one that i couldnt tell if it was growing inside. I just realised some will be due on the 22 i forgot i gave her some later the next day. Is it normal for some of the eggs to develope faster than the others? I was able to see two chicks that are developing move inside but i couldnt see the in the other eggs.

My mystery egg hatched about 2 days after its ‘siblings’

 

[chicken4prez]

All the years I’ve been at my house we’ve never had a coon. About 2 years ago I started seeing signs of one and finely caught it in the act of eating our cat food. It never messed with my coop or run. Maybe because it had an easier food source in the cat food but I trap it, ended up being a very large male who destroyed my trap, but we got it relocated.



Oh no I’m so sorry



I love cats!!

yes same!!

 

[chicken4prez]

Number 2 d’Uccle is hatching!

One of my older RIR hens must’ve stepped on one of the EE eggs. There’s a crack and hopefully it makes it.

 

[chicken4prez]

7 more chicks to go!

 

[theuglyduckling]

My mystery egg hatched about 2 days after its ‘siblings’

Were they all given at the same time too?

 

[Ms Biddy]

I have a question, what is everyone’s temp and humidity pre-lockdown?

We had to buy and set up the incubator quickly so my hen wouldn’t eat anymore eggs and so we just went with the pre-set temp and humidity it told us to go with which is 99.5 degrees Fahrenheit and between 50-55% humidity. Does that sound right? We bought a Nurture Right 360 and from what little I’ve read so far they have pretty good review. Do y’all think it’ll be fine for now? Lockdown is tomorrow so I don’t want to have to mess with the eggs too much other than candling tomorrow while I change the incubator a bit (remove turner etc). I also don’t think there’s enough room to put in a thermometer or hygrometer to check accuracy because it’s pretty small.

If you're one day from lock down I feel like 99-100F and humidity anywhere between 35-55% is fine.

 

[Lifeiseasy]

If you're one day from lock down I feel like 99-100F and humidity anywhere between 35-55% is fine.

Okay good. Thank you. The temperature isn’t fluctuating at all and is steadily 99.5 but it’s the humidity that’s constantly going around. It’s staying around 52% for the most part though. It’ll go up or drop occasionally. I’m actually surprised that it was stable all night last night, it just jumped between 50 and 51% from what I could tell.

 

[Ms Biddy]

Okay good. Thank you. The temperature isn’t fluctuating at all and is steadily 99.5 but it’s the humidity that’s constantly going around. It’s staying around 52% for the most part though. It’ll go up or drop occasionally. I’m actually surprised that it was stable all night last night, it just jumped between 50 and 51% from what I could tell.

It's hot here and we use a swamp cooler in the day. Humidity in our house fluctuates a lot between morning, day and night. I always stay within range though and it evens out. I'm on day 15 now and am just trying to focus on good air cell development.