March 2017! Hatch with us!

[lilwildrabbit]

The first one out!!!

Sweet!

 

[dan26552]

 

[WVduckchick]

My broody hatched out 11 babies today.

All white! Very pretty! What breed?

 

[orrpeople]

My broody hatched out 11 babies today.

Oh, so wonderful! Congratulations to you and to your sweet broody!!

 

[orrpeople]

The first one out!!!

Woohoo!!! So great!

 

[orrpeople]

Ok, I just ran home at lunch to move the babies over to a brooder.  I locked up my kitten, but my older cat was sound asleep.  I moved out 17 babies, I left 2 wet babies in the bator.

While I was pulling out chicks 2 and 3 at a time, my stupid older cat grabbed an adorable little black and silver chick and took off.  I chased her and she dropped it.  There was no blood, no signs of any punctures, and the chick was ******.  I dropped it in with the rest and got them settled in to their new first home.  

Before I came back to work,  I assisted a chick that had just started zipping when I opened the 'bator.  It was very stuck!!  I chipped away a little shell and ripped the membrane and that little chick pushed out the rest of the way.  I dropped it back in and let it finish.

Total egg shells I pulled - 7 RIR, 5 SS, 2 SLW and 2 of my eggs.  The RIR chicks are VERY red, and BIG. Mine are silkies, I guess the rest are the SLW and SS.  There are still a few egg shells in the bator.  

None of the Blue Wyandottes have hatched or pipped.  I have 3 other eggs that were pipped.  I hope I didn't shrink wrap them.  I really hate opening up the bator while there are still viable eggs, but it was VERY crowded in there.  

I took photos, but forgot my phone at home.  So, I"ll post pictures later.

That whole "Oh crum, did I just totally mess up?" second guessing feeling is one I wish I had a magic eraser to not have during a hatch... but with all the variables, I guess it just goes with the process! I hope the rest of this hatch is still going well!

 

[WVsmallflock]

All white! Very pretty! What breed?

They are mixed breed bantams

 

[dan26552]

Four out.

 

[Jessimom]

I thought I took photos, but I only have 1.....

Lots of RIRs

 

[WVduckchick]

So I guess my broody Mocha choc orp gave up on the last 5 eggs, 6 had hatched. Where she had contributions to the nest for a few days, the stagger was a mess. So I brought the final 5 inside. They were fairly cool. One was sloshy, looks like it never developed. Guess I never saw it in my random checks. Another was clearly a quitter. A couple had internally pipped, so I put the final 3 in the bator.

Decided to open one that looked really tight and not moving. Assumed it was dead. Opened the air cell and it kicked me, but it was stuck. Vaseline on the membrane, a little warmth, and she popped out! Opened another last night and it still has some active blood vessels, moistened up again this morning, and it's still hanging out in the shell, so we'll see. I just hope I can give these chicks back to Mocha to raise! But I couldn't throw them away.