March 2023 hatch-a-long

[Titiana]

I borrowed my mom's incubator and ordered some frizzle hatching eggs from a member on here. Due date of March 24th.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

Put in:
10 Ameraucana Eggs
5 Bielefelder
1 Large Cochin

No Bielefelder eggs have been fertile so far this year, so that's been a real bummer.

 

[BarnyardChaos]

Welp folks, I'm done with the March hatch!

Of 38 fertilized eggs, I ended up with 30 beautiful baby chicks.
Only one died late, during zip. The other seven were quitters.
That's 79% hatch rate. Not as worthy as my most recent 100% hatch, but I'll take it!
Average time from pip to hatch was 14.2 hours.
Fastest was 5 hours, longest was 27-1/2 hours (assisted).
2 hatched Friday 3/3
21 hatched Saturday 3/4
7 hatched Sunday 3/5

Problems encountered:
* one died mid-zip
* one tangled in the umbilical cord, around legs and body
* one starting to shrink-wrap, membrane glued to face and head
* two had unabsorbed yolk
* two needed full assist
* seven quitters (one in first week, two in second week, four in third week)

They all spent a day or so in the tote brooder with heat lamp, learning to walk, eat and drink. I've moved 26 very lively chicks to the big wire brooder with chick heat plate, and four who had difficult hatches today are still resting up in the tote until tomorrow. Here's the best pic I could get, lifting up their heat plate and surprising them:

 

[junior67]

I borrowed my mom's incubator and ordered some frizzle hatching eggs from a member on here. Due date of March 24th.
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nice! What kind of frizzles are they? I have 1 Frizzle Cochin/EE cross and I am hoping to hatch some eggs from her and maybe get more frizzles from her!

 

[junior67]

Welp folks, I'm done with the March hatch!

Of 38 fertilized eggs, I ended up with 30 beautiful baby chicks.
Only one died late, during zip. The other seven were quitters.
That's 79% hatch rate. Not as worthy as my most recent 100% hatch, but I'll take it!
Average time from pip to hatch was 14.2 hours.
Fastest was 5 hours, longest was 27-1/2 hours (assisted).
2 hatched Friday 3/3
21 hatched Saturday 3/4
7 hatched Sunday 3/5

Problems encountered:
* one died mid-zip
* one tangled in the umbilical cord, around legs and body
* one starting to shrink-wrap, membrane glued to face and head
* two had unabsorbed yolk
* two needed full assist
* seven quitters (one in first week, two in second week, four in third week)

They all spent a day or so in the tote brooder with heat lamp, learning to walk, eat and drink. I've moved 26 very lively chicks to the big wire brooder with chick heat plate, and four who had difficult hatches today are still resting up in the tote until tomorrow. Here's the best pic I could get, lifting up their heat plate and surprising them:

how do you figure your hatch rate? I am guessing just by how many start and how many you end up with? so don't count clears???

 

[winterwolf4]

We set eggs in the incubator yesterday so they should be hatching March 25th if they are viable.

 

[Canadian Wind]

Congrats on your hatch! It can be so hard to get good pictures of new hatchlings. What color is your dorking roo?

Now that this chick is drying, pretty sure the Dorking is the dad. Nice little chipmunk.

I think five more have exterior pips now. Guess who isn't sleeping tonight!

 

[winterwolf4]

We set eggs in the incubator yesterday so they should be hatching March 25th if they are viable.

They are Biefenhelder × Jungle Fowl or Biefenhelder × Aracauna.

 

[junior67]

They are Biefenhelder × Jungle Fowl or Biefenhelder × Aracauna.

Welcome! I have incubator babies that should hatch the 17th. then just gave a broody some today so should hatch the 26th (but if like last year broody babies they may hatch on the 25th)

 

[winterwolf4]

Welcome! I have incubator babies that should hatch the 17th. then just gave a broody some today so should hatch the 26th (but if like last year broody babies they may hatch on the 25th)

What do you do with all of your chicks?