JUNE - JULY HATCH-ALONG!!!!!!!

[jolenesdad]

I know @Texas Kiki has hatches quail. They were the first time I realized how little and incredibly cute they were. I bet she knows!

 

[two j farm]

I just checked on mama hen and she has babies Still has 1 egg that is pipped and alive. I will get pics soon. I did see 1 little black chicks. They are mixed so I never know what they will look like. Its like a little surprise in every egg

 

[Compost King]

3 days before lock down, I moved the chicks in the secondary brooder to the coop integration brooder, I moved the primary brooder chicks to the secondary brooder, and I am getting ready to clean the primary brooder.

(Integration Brooder in the background, chicks hiding in far corner beyond the hardware cloth, Older chicks on the outside eventually get moved to a breeding pen or the big free range giant coop)

(Most recent hatch 2 and a half weeks ago moving to the secondary brooder outside, its large and they can run around, the primary brooder was getting crowded.)

(Fun! the primary brooder that needs to be cleaned out, as soon as I post this I will be cleaning this out. the brooder plate turned into a poop board as the chicks no longer fit under it after 2 weeks. Half of them did but unlike when they were a day old the brooder plate just isn't big enough for all of them. This winter I will need to find a fix for this or hatch less chicks.)



I am down to 32 eggs from 54 at the start, some were put out to a broody hen, some where infertile (expected) and some died after the embryo started to develop (blood line).

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I just checked on mama hen and she has babies Still has 1 egg that is pipped and alive. I will get pics soon. I did see 1 little black chicks. They are mixed so I never know what they will look like. Its like a little surprise in every egg

Yay!! Congrats on a great hatch!! I can't wait to see pictures!

 

[jolenesdad]

3 days before lock down, I moved the chicks in the secondary brooder to the coop integration brooder, I moved the primary brooder chicks to the secondary brooder, and I am getting ready to clean the primary brooder.
View attachment 1844822
(Integration Brooder in the background, chicks hiding in far corner beyond the hardware cloth, Older chicks on the outside eventually get moved to a breeding pen or the big free range giant coop)

View attachment 1844824
(Most recent hatch 2 and a half weeks ago moving to the secondary brooder outside, its large and they can run around, the primary brooder was getting crowded.)

View attachment 1844831
(Fun! the primary brooder that needs to be cleaned out, as soon as I post this I will be cleaning this out. the brooder plate turned into a poop board as the chicks no longer fit under it after 2 weeks. Half of them did but unlike when they were a day old the brooder plate just isn't big enough for all of them. This winter I will need to find a fix for this or hatch less chicks.)



I am down to 32 eggs from 54 at the start, some were put out to a broody hen, some where infertile (expected) and some died after the embryo started to develop (blood line).

How many birds are you hatching a year? What a great setup.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

3 days before lock down, I moved the chicks in the secondary brooder to the coop integration brooder, I moved the primary brooder chicks to the secondary brooder, and I am getting ready to clean the primary brooder.
View attachment 1844822
(Integration Brooder in the background, chicks hiding in far corner beyond the hardware cloth, Older chicks on the outside eventually get moved to a breeding pen or the big free range giant coop)

View attachment 1844824
(Most recent hatch 2 and a half weeks ago moving to the secondary brooder outside, its large and they can run around, the primary brooder was getting crowded.)

View attachment 1844831
(Fun! the primary brooder that needs to be cleaned out, as soon as I post this I will be cleaning this out. the brooder plate turned into a poop board as the chicks no longer fit under it after 2 weeks. Half of them did but unlike when they were a day old the brooder plate just isn't big enough for all of them. This winter I will need to find a fix for this or hatch less chicks.)



I am down to 32 eggs from 54 at the start, some were put out to a broody hen, some where infertile (expected) and some died after the embryo started to develop (blood line).

Wow! You have your brooder stages down to an art form!!
I use the same Titan heat plates, I love them because they have so many more height options than some of the other brands. The best thing I've ever done to make cleanup easier on the heat plate is Press n' Seal plastic wrap! Once my chicks get bigger they like to hang out on top regardless of the space underneath so this made it super easy to peel off the dirty sheet and replace it with a clean one! Must be Press n' Seal though, the regular plastic wrap doesn't stick and I don't think it would be safe to use.

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

I just checked on mama hen and she has babies Still has 1 egg that is pipped and alive. I will get pics soon. I did see 1 little black chicks. They are mixed so I never know what they will look like. Its like a little surprise in every egg

Congratulations!!! Yeah for broody hatches!

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

3 days before lock down, I moved the chicks in the secondary brooder to the coop integration brooder, I moved the primary brooder chicks to the secondary brooder, and I am getting ready to clean the primary brooder.
View attachment 1844822
(Integration Brooder in the background, chicks hiding in far corner beyond the hardware cloth, Older chicks on the outside eventually get moved to a breeding pen or the big free range giant coop)

View attachment 1844824
(Most recent hatch 2 and a half weeks ago moving to the secondary brooder outside, its large and they can run around, the primary brooder was getting crowded.)

View attachment 1844831
(Fun! the primary brooder that needs to be cleaned out, as soon as I post this I will be cleaning this out. the brooder plate turned into a poop board as the chicks no longer fit under it after 2 weeks. Half of them did but unlike when they were a day old the brooder plate just isn't big enough for all of them. This winter I will need to find a fix for this or hatch less chicks.)



I am down to 32 eggs from 54 at the start, some were put out to a broody hen, some where infertile (expected) and some died after the embryo started to develop (blood line).

Wow, you have such a great setup! I really envy your spiffs boodong space! I need to get these keets new homes ASAP as I just do not have the best space for 40 keets!!!

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Wow, you have such a great setup! I really envy your spiffs boodong space! I need to get these keets new homes ASAP as I just do not have the best space for 40 keets!!!

Isn't it a wonderful "problem" to have that your hatch is going better than expected!? I'm sure you won't have any trouble finding homes for those beauties!
Most of my turkeys are going to their new home today, one poult is going to a friend that wants some chicks as well so I get to love on him a bit longer. The peachicks already have a home lined up as well and will be picked up Thursday! I have 2 people waiting to see how the chick hatch goes and I'm waiting for this last quail to hatch before I respond to a woman that is interested in them. We'll see what's left for me once all is said and done. I had planned on keeping a few. I can always hatch more! Lol!

 

[Compost King]

How many birds are you hatching a year? What a great setup.

I haven't counted how many I hatch out a year, I just know that I have about 200 birds, before I started hatching I maybe had 20. I sold a lot of them. Many died this year due to weather related issues, a few went missing (predators I assume) and I ate a dozen of them. I started hatching April 2018 and did not get successful at it until December 2018 so I have not had very many success hatches until this year. I tend to hatch out about 25 a month now. Some months I do only sex links and humanely gas the males for reptile food which cuts the amount of chicks in half. Sex links are great because you can sell them as Pullets on craigslist although one year some Pure Red eggs got mixed in with my Red Sex Links eggs and I sold some Roos to people. One lady told me and I saved every customers number and called them all to let them know to look for roosters and I replaced every single one with a hen that just started laying.