KDOGG331’s Hatch Thread!!!

[ShrekDawg]

just keep turning those eggs on time an it will all work out

Thanks! I’ll do that! I set alarms on my phone earlier today haha

 

[Kiki]

Thanks! I’ll do that! I set alarms on my phone earlier today haha

Quickly and steady.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Quickly and steady.

Yeah I’m super quick about the turning now. When I can see the letters ha

Turning all the lights on helps with that

But I don’t leave the lid open anymore.

Do need to get faster with candling though or a better candler hah

But tonight I closed it after I took out and put back each egg. And even “open” wasn’t really open, just enough for me to reach my arm in.

 

[FortCluck]

I'm glad to see some good news this morning on the eggs! I truly think that the turner was very ineffective or not working especially since the eggs have now corrected. At least you caught it when you did!

I have only 4 days left

Im thinking about taking my turner out today. I took the turner out of day 15 my first hatch, today is day 17. Local egg chicks are so cramped I wouldn't be shocked if they try to hatch too early!

 

[ShrekDawg]

I'm glad to see some good news this morning on the eggs! I truly think that the turner was very ineffective or not working especially since the eggs have now corrected. At least you caught it when you did!

I have only 4 days left

Im thinking about taking my turner out today. I took the turner out of day 15 my first hatch, today is day 17. Local egg chicks are so cramped I wouldn't be shocked if they try to hatch too early!

Thanks!! I think you are right. Just wish I had caught it even sooner and gotten the thermometer sooner. Maybe I could have saved more. Although I haven’t adjusted the incubator temp or anything even with the thermometer cause it just proved everything is fine so not sure that part really changed much but I guess maybe if I had it I wouldn’t have messed with it as much in the beginning.

And OMG already!? Seems like you just set them yesterday haha

And I think that’s a good idea!!!

 

[FortCluck]

Thanks!! I think you are right. Just wish I had caught it even sooner and gotten the thermometer sooner. Maybe I could have saved more. Although I haven’t adjusted the incubator temp or anything even with the thermometer cause it just proved everything is fine so not sure that part really changed much but I guess maybe if I had it I wouldn’t have messed with it as much in the beginning.

And OMG already!? Seems like you just set them yesterday haha

And I think that’s a good idea!!!

Yeah they hatch Sunday... DH was going to pick up all the cardboard that I was using as a flooring for the brooder with wood shavings on top. I had to remind him that we have chicks coming on Sunday because he completely forgot

I'm heading outside right now to let the little psychos free out of their house. I'm going to try to take pics of them. Hopefully that can't get out now that we put fencing on the bottom. We used deer fencing that I used for my enclosure for the layers and some parts have heavy duty chicken wire.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Yeah they hatch Sunday... DH was going to pick up all the cardboard that I was using as a flooring for the brooder with wood shavings on top. I had to remind him that we have chicks coming on Sunday because he completely forgot

I'm heading outside right now to let the little psychos free out of their house. I'm going to try to take pics of them. Hopefully that can't get out now that we put fencing on the bottom. We used deer fencing that I used for my enclosure for the layers and some parts have heavy duty chicken wire.

OMG!!!

And awww hopefully they stay in this time!! Lol

 

[FortCluck]

I swear that as soon as I saw my bed last night I passed out! I think I went to bed at 7:30 last night. We got pizza because neither one of us felt like cooking after we did all that work. The dogs even had pizza... The dogs were ready for bed when I was especially Jolene because She was outside with us in the kennel while we were working on everything. She was playing with the ducks through the fencing.

 

[FortCluck]

He used the brooder as a corral to get the chicks... He took the rings off one part so that it was straight and then he had me put it in a c shape... Then we both chased them in. I was climbing through thornbush's and everything. I'm all cut up, but I have all the chicks.

Some of them ran into the large enclosure where the big chickens are which was kind of a dumb move on their part because they can't get out of the deer fencing.

One of the White Chicks I thought was going to get killed by mama chicken (Delaware) who is the mom of that exact chick... I know that some chickens don't take kindly to chicks being in their area especially if they weren't broody. The chick pecked her on the beak and she did nothing. It was so cute. Squatch didn't even try to go after this chick, It's like they know those are their offspring. It was weird!

 

[FortCluck]

How are the eggs?

Soon you'll have some of these