June Hatch a Long

[jnjmanning]

. I have young crested Dom cockerel about 7 months old I will be moving into the breeding pen in about a week my Dom pullets have started to lay a egg here and there so I'm gonna give them a go and test fertility to try and haul some eggs to a friend in the states in July I have him turned out with my free range flock now to work on his skills with the lady's so far so good I have noticed he has separated a small group from my flock master roo kelloggs and seems to be holding his own for a young guy I hope all is well with his mechanics as he is the only crested Dom I have ever seen and is a nice looking guy can't wait to see what he puts out

I am excited to see too!

 

[Alaskan]

So are you saying to put the bator eggs under her instead of locking them down in the bator so they imprint? The two under her now are about a week behind the ones in the bator. Also, do you have that link to the progression pics?

Your choice really. Since the incubator ones will hatch first, after they hatch you can go out to the hen, and give her the hatched chicks, and take the eggs she is on. The eggs she is on you can put into the incubator, and when they hatch, add them to the chicks she is already taking care of. That way she would take care of both sets of chicks for you.

However, if you can do that depends on your hen. Some hens are great mothers, and others aren't. I would try it, simply because it is so much less work for you. Just remember to spend about an hour watching her with the new chicks both times you bring them out.

I found with my broody, what I had to do was hide the chick in my hand, and then slip the chick under her. Once the chick was under the hen, she thought it was hers and took great care of it. She hadn't hatched any of the chicks, I put mail order chicks under her.

So yes, I have heard that about imprinting etc., but in my case, the mail order chicks were very happy with the hen, and she was very happy with them.

Maybe you could out the eggs that will hatch soonest under her now, so they can hatch and imprint, and then put the younger eggs in the incubator. When the younger eggs hatch, you can see if she will except them. It would be a good experiment to see if you can tell a difference between the chicks that hatched and got to see "mama" right off, and those that hatched in the incubator.

 

[Sapphiregemmer]

6 Silkie eggs, 18 barnevelders, and 26 ameraucana eggs hatching 6/7. Very excited!

Adding a CPU fan in my bator today!

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

My eggs finally arrived and I got them in the incubator. They are due to hatch june 15th.

 

[ceocka]

I put eggs in today too! So we will be hatch buddies.

I also lost one of my RIR girls today.

And some one responded to my Craigslist ad about my horses. But it is my mustang the one I want to keep. It is the paint who threw my daughter off that needs to go. I think I might cry. I thought this was going to be easy cuz it was the right thing to do. Then why is it so hard?

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

While I would love to be hatch buddies, I didnt put my eggs in today. I read through my post and sounds like I put them in today, but I put them in sunday. But we can still be buddies lol.And the right thing to do isnt always the easiest thing to do.Is the first time the horse has thrown your daughter off? You could give it a second chance and take it to a horse trainer or something. Then it is a win win. Your daughter won't get thrown off and you get to keep the horse.

 

[ceocka]

While I would love to be hatch buddies, I didnt put my eggs in today. I read through my post and sounds like I put them in today, but I put them in sunday. But we can still be buddies lol.And the right thing to do isnt always the easiest thing to do.Is the first time the horse has thrown your daughter off? You could give it a second chance and take it to a horse trainer or something. Then it is a win win.  Your daughter won't get thrown off and you get to keep the horse.

It was not this horse but the paint. The paint threw her off. Apples is my wild mustang and the girls have been riding her. This lady is more interested in my mustang than my paint. I just feel heart broken. When I got the email my heart sank. I thought everyone would want my paint.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

It was not this horse but the paint. The paint threw her off. Apples is my wild mustang and the girls have been riding her. This lady is more interested in my mustang than my paint. I just feel heart broken. When I got the email my heart sank. I thought everyone would want my paint.

Then don't sell the mustang and tell her the paint is the only one for sale. I am sure she would understand (if she has a heart).

 

[5 Acre Rooster]

Confusing myself counting. Have 4 left in the BSL/ Austrawhite hatcher. 3 whites and 1 brown. And 1 of each pipping. Only lost 1 so far from the drowning. A bunch more in the other bator. Assisted a couple in pipping. Had broke membrane and got rolled. Made sure breath holes were established waiting on going farther because of last hatch yolk dilema. Feeling great about this as I've said another scrap turned gold.
So count I just took I think are (Don't quote me) 6 BA, 7 SL (4 male, 3 females) 2 Austrawhites (1 is black LOL) and 3 CochinxBuffs. I gotta count eggs in bator for lockdown now. I forgot to write em down LOL

UPDATE. All eggs except 2 whites have pipped. Most extrernal. couple internals. Hoping just waiting for grand entrances. If not its still great. If no more pip deaths it would be around 90% roughly hatch rate. Believe I FORGOT to count eggs. LOL its around 30 at lockdown. Couple I rolled and assisted had some shrinkage so prolly not all make it. But we can hope.

ARG Wrong thread LOL chicken people sheesh

 

[ceocka]

Then don't sell the mustang and tell her the paint is the only one for sale. I am sure she would understand (if she has a heart).

Thanks. I will talk to DH in morning then email her back.