June Hatch A Long

[jolenesdad]

View attachment 1820758 View attachment 1820760 I just found this! My first batch of incubated eggs are on day 14 today. Mom is a red sex link ( r I r x Delaware) dad is an black Americauna- my friend had batches from this pair and first time got 4/6 2 white 2 black and her 2nd set 6/6 all black. She got 4 hens first batch and 4 hens 2 Roos the next.

How exciting those will be some adorable Easter egger babies!!!!

 

[CluckNDoodle]

So I woke up today & my baby was gone I'm so completely heartbroken, I can't even put it into words. He did sleep a ton, & he kept trying to walk but couldn't & did seem weak last night, so I tried to give him food & water & he just wouldn't accept it, but I went to bed thinking that everything would be okay today, & he just needed time I wanted to come back & truly thank you guys though, for walking me through everything. If it wasn't for all of you, he would have had no chance at all, & I'm glad that we had that day with him...

I'm so so sorry he didn't make it! You definitely did everything you possibly could to help the little one. You did everything and more to give him the best possible chance. Sometimes no matter what we do they just don't make it.

 

[jolenesdad]

Nice! I would probably rate the porosity of the egg as well and I'm sure you'll notate if you have anything odd like a body checked egg. I'll try doing something like this for next month as well. I don't weigh my eggs or candle them after lockdown for internal pips so I can't be quite as precise as you but it would be interesting to see especially when comparing my IncuView to my Nurture Right 360 because when making the temps there are much more extreme fluctuations in the IncuView for sure.

I think I’ll only know internal pips on late hatches that I am checking and on those I can see through the incubator. These white eggs are so crazy, last night, I could see movement through the membrane of the air cell shadows as it was moving around in the egg.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

So, tragedy struck. Last night, something got into the tractor I was keeping mom and chicks and unhatched eggs in. It dug a hole, ate all the chicks, and all the eggs. I woke up the morning to a distraught mom frantically running around looking for her chicks. She had scratch marks on her comb.

oh no!! I'm sooo very sorry!

 

[LuckyCluckyCA]

One of my friends is a genetics expert/ owns 2 labs that exclude exclusively test for dog health traits- I was wondering how w the black and then the red she got the white chicks w silver gray feathers. Didn’t get a great answer because birds could be different than dogs. Hoping I get a variety too- am buying supplies for brooder which chick feed to get medicated / non? This is my first batch and I thought I cooked them and was so upset- ended up being a crappy flashlight - lol

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I think I’ll only know internal pips on late hatches that I am checking and on those I can see through the incubator. These white eggs are so crazy, last night, I could see movement through the membrane of the air cell shadows as it was moving around in the egg.

I could hear peeps coming from those CCL eggs early this morning! I think it's safe to say there are internal pips and they're going to be early babies yet again!

 

[Kris5902]

Wow! Have I missed a lot... we’ve been bringing in our Hay and I haven’t been getting notifications for this thread just catching up now.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

One of my friends is a genetics expert/ owns 2 labs that exclude exclusively test for dog health traits- I was wondering how w the black and then the red she got the white chicks w silver gray feathers. Didn’t get a great answer because birds could be different than dogs. Hoping I get a variety too- am buying supplies for brooder which chick feed to get medicated / non? This is my first batch and I thought I cooked them and was so upset- ended up being a crappy flashlight - lol

Fingers crossed for a nice hatch and a good variety for you! I personally use organic unmediated chick starter, I always have and never had an issue with coccidiosis. If you've ever had problems with it you may want to proceed differently than I do though.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Wow! Have I missed a lot... we’ve been bringing in our Hay and I haven’t been getting notifications for this thread just catching up now.

It's a regular party in here. Lol!

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

View attachment 1820758 View attachment 1820760 I just found this! My first batch of incubated eggs are on day 14 today. Mom is a red sex link ( r I r x Delaware) dad is an black Americauna- my friend had batches from this pair and first time got 4/6 2 white 2 black and her 2nd set 6/6 all black. She got 4 hens first batch and 4 hens 2 Roos the next.

Your roo looks so much like mine! Cute little Easter Egger chicks! What color eggs did they lay?