June Hatch-A-Long

[CindyinSD]

Well this baby I had working it’s way out of the shell has done it. I have one more black East Indie. It doesn’t have legs yet so it is staying warm in the incubator for the night.

my next and maybe last hatch of the year will be the 14th- 15th. This will be my experiment black East Indies and whatever chicken eggs make it. I haven’t decided if I will try again on chickens. I will wait till my second attempt gets closer to done before I make a decision. I have mad respect for people that hatch chicken eggs. To me duck eggs have been easier.

I don't think one or the other is easier or harder. I personally would not hatch them together, though. The humidity needed by the duck eggs would, I think, likely kill the chicken eggs--at least in my climate.

 

[Trisseh]

I hatched my ducks and sebrights in the same incubator, but the sebrights were 2 days behind in setting so I could adjust as necessary. The ducklings were removed and put in the brooder as soon as they were semi dry so it didn’t get too crazy humid in there. I think it would be different if they weren’t due to hatch close together though...

Speaking of sebrights, these hatched on Friday/Saturday so technically belonged to the May hatch a long but hey. Haha.

My Belgian d’uccle, Swedish hedemora, and jungle fowl eggs are all doing amazing still, on day 14. I’m impressed so far because they were shipped eggs. No really bad air cells, no quitters thus far... and, I put these in within about an hour of receiving them. The ambient temps were high so I didn’t need to worry too much about them coming up to temperature. I thought I would try setting them right away and seeing if it made any difference. The duck eggs I had shipped were left to rest for 24 hours and I wound up with a 50% hatch rate, which still isn’t bad, and those eggs had atrocious air cells. Crossing my fingers these little chickies all hatch!

 

[Trisseh]

@jolenesdad I’m sorry about your little gosling. neuro problems are the worst. You definitely did everything you could for her though.

 

[FortCluck]

Carrying these over to the June Hatch because they’ll be my breeders for July.

 

[GhislaineDel]

Soooooo how bad is it going to be that I didn't plug in the turner after candling them 4 days ago? I just did a quick candle of a few and saw a bit of movement.

 

[FortCluck]

Soooooo how bad is it going to be that I didn't plug in the turner after candling them 4 days ago? I just did a quick candle of a few and saw a bit of movement.

Just plug it back in and you’ll be okay.

 

[FortCluck]

Soooooo how bad is it going to be that I didn't plug in the turner after candling them 4 days ago? I just did a quick candle of a few and saw a bit of movement.

And what day are you on?

 

[GhislaineDel]

And what day are you on?

Today is Day 17.

 

[FortCluck]

Today is Day 17.

Keep the turner off then. After day 14 you don’t really need to turn. The chicks are big enough to move themselves around. No point plugging it back in.

Should’ve asked that question first

 

[GhislaineDel]

Keep the turner off then. After day 14 you don’t really need to turn. The chicks are big enough to move themselves around. No point plugging it back in.

Should’ve asked that question first

That's good to know! I had plugged it back in before posting so they've had a little lullaby session. LOL