March 2017! Hatch with us!

[WVduckchick]

So, I have a nearly full incubator with my LF eggs, hatch due date of March 31.

Now, I have a couple of surprise Silkie eggs which may possibly be fertile, from my 5 month old pullet.  With no extra incubator and no broody hen, I have two choices:

1) Hold the eggs at room temperature for a full week, and put them in the incubator after the LF hatch is done.

2) Put them in the incubator now with the LF eggs, subjecting them to a few days of very high humidity during lockdown for those eggs.

I decided on Option 2, figuring I can watch air cells and run the rest of the hatch time drier to adjust, if I need to. It seemed better to start with fresh eggs.


Would you have done differently?

It would be a miracle for those eggs to be fertile, but I am trying just in case.

Get another incubator/hatcher

My silkie eggs always liked a little higher humidity anyway, so depending on your LF eggs, I would expect you to be ok with option 2.

 

[WVduckchick]

2 more to go, but I can't wait to show my Call ducks!! e

I am soooo in love!

 

[Cerise1924]

I've got a pip a day early! When it rains it pours! LOL My bees also arrived early! Aghh, I can hardly contain my excitement... Good thing I just moved my last hatch outside this morning!

Exciting day!!

 

[OzarkCountryGirl]

The first pipping began last night, shortly before midnight. Now I have 8 fluffy bottomed babies (5 French Black Copper Marans and 3 Bielefelders), with more of both currently pipping and zipping right along. Happy chick mamma here.

 

[Mapleton]

Chicken, from our birds

 

[Mapleton]

I;m actually holding one of the mother hens

 

[orrpeople]

The first pipping began last night, shortly before midnight. Now I have 8 fluffy bottomed babies (5 French Black Copper Marans and 3 Bielefelders), with more of both currently pipping and zipping right along. Happy chick mamma here.

So precious! Congratulations!!

 

[orrpeople]

2 more to go, but I can't wait to show my Call ducks!! e

I am soooo in love!

Oh my goodness!! Those are so stinking cute, I want to reach through my computer screen and cuddle one !

 

[orrpeople]

I've got a pip a day early! When it rains it pours! LOL My bees also arrived early! Aghh, I can hardly contain my excitement... Good thing I just moved my last hatch outside this morning!

Love it! Great news! Hope all goes well with both types of new arrivals!!

 

[orrpeople]

Not egg or hatch related- but we made some transitions with our roosters today. God-complex roo attacked my husband today, so he was reassigned to a smaller grow out pen we have until a lady on CL comes to take him away. So we brought out our two 18 week old boys to start learning the flock master trade. It was like Jr. High boys around a bunch of high school girls. At one point, they were both just standing frozen behind a bush as the hens walked past. I think I may have heard them whisper something like, "Wow, she's cute... shhh. Don't let her know we're staring!"