Mahonri's 2nd Annual BYC EASTER HATCH. Post pics of your chicks!

[karimw]

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OK daisychick, I'm getting ready to stack and incubator for my first hatch this weekend. I have a Genesis 1588 with a turner. Do you have any experience cramming eggs into one of those?

 

[countrygirl911]

thank you guys i really appreciate it i am glad that i have a place to ask all my questions.

 

[BHep]

Showing off the new babies..................

And just for cute and it is such a great picture (IMO).....

 

[daisychick]

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OK daisychick, I'm getting ready to stack and incubator for my first hatch this weekend. I have a Genesis 1588 with a turner. Do you have any experience cramming eggs into one of those?

It is harder in that kind of turner but it can be done. It is best only with a few eggs. I found a picture of Mahonri's hovabator turner with stacked eggs to give you an idea. He actually has stacked in that kind more and can offer his advice too. The picture in on the first post of the NYD Hatch thread, here it is:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=414759

 

[minihorse927]

OK, I am in for hatching something. The may be mutts, but I WILL hatch SOMETHING!

 

[wolftracks]

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Yes hatches can take a couple of days to complete. My last hatch took three or four days if I remember correctly. If you are talking about Chookschick's cheat sheet, here is a link to it: https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=14596-incubation-cheat-sheet

I'm sorry

I completely forgot the link.

Woke up to 2 more chicks, so total is 13 at the moment. I have 2 more pips going on. Geez these chicks are all hatching in twos.
Something is going on in my garage and my brooder lights went out last night. Both of them that I had on this hatch. I brought them on and have a desk lamp on them. Thats usually how I collect them all and make room during a hatch, but then move them out. I tried moving another light into the garage, but it went out too. Not messing with electrical, so I have chicks all over my living room right now. Had to bring the other 8 in too. These guys get loose and it's gonna look like an episode of "I Love Lucy."
I know one thing after the last 3 hatches. I'm throughing the Hygrometers out of my hatching supplies. I've got 5 or 6 of those suckers and they're usless.


CHOOKSCHICK ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[dsqard]

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You know Wolfie, I can picture this in my mind. You running around your living room trying to catch chicks of all different ages and them getting the best of you!

Total mayhem!
BTW I am sooooo happy that your hatches are coming out with so much better results! You deserve better luck.

 

[wolftracks]

Thank you. I feel so much better now that I'm finally getting some decent hatches again. This hatch had no shipped eggs in it. Lotsapaints gave me eggs at the Stockton show and I won the Marans Club raffle and got another dozen. I have a lot of shipped eggs in another bator that are due the 28th. Need these guys finished, so I can clean the bator and move the others in for lockdown. I'm stacking eggs in the other one. Ordered some and still have some coming and then I have my girls laying again, so put 4 in the other day and have 3 waiting. Hopefully more after today. Always got good hatches with my own eggs, but was having a horrible time hatching out of shipped eggs since summer! Spent a lot of money and nothing to show for most. Now I have chicks I'm going to need to sell. What a concept! LOL

 

[karimw]

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OK daisychick, I'm getting ready to stack and incubator for my first hatch this weekend. I have a Genesis 1588 with a turner. Do you have any experience cramming eggs into one of those?

It is harder in that kind of turner but it can be done. It is best only with a few eggs. I found a picture of Mahonri's hovabator turner with stacked eggs to give you an idea. He actually has stacked in that kind more and can offer his advice too. The picture in on the first post of the NYD Hatch thread, here it is:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=414759

Thanks! I may not try it this hatch, we'll see what I have collected by Saturday and if it comes down to a tough choice I may try to perch a couple on top. (Although my DH thinks 48 is more than enough! You should have seen the look on his face when I told him I was expecting some Lavender Ameraucana eggs in the mail! Purple eggs????)

 

[wolftracks]

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It is harder in that kind of turner but it can be done. It is best only with a few eggs. I found a picture of Mahonri's hovabator turner with stacked eggs to give you an idea. He actually has stacked in that kind more and can offer his advice too. The picture in on the first post of the NYD Hatch thread, here it is:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=414759

Thanks! I may not try it this hatch, we'll see what I have collected by Saturday and if it comes down to a tough choice I may try to perch a couple on top. (Although my DH thinks 48 is more than enough! You should have seen the look on his face when I told him I was expecting some Lavender Ameraucana eggs in the mail! Purple eggs????)

I want purple eggs! LOL

I have B/B/S AM eggs coming. Can't wait to get more blues. Hey and the blues DO lay blue eggs.

maybe you should dye the eggs and then show him