March Hatch-Along Thread- Come Hatch With Us!!!!!

[hokankai]

Well I finally lost the one I was worried about. Its organs were outside of its body cavity. Sometimes nature knows the right thing to do

 

[Maah]

Oh goodness, here's some interesting info.

One of my good friends just emailed me & would like the use of my incubator for an experiment. Apparently her mom's friend has a lonely chicken hen that seems to have a male duck as a "friend with benefits". She wants to try to hatch some of the eggs. LOL!!

I told her that chickens and ducks are not genetically compatable, but she wants to try anyways. I said sure, why not.

So, after my next set hatches (expecting March 30th hatch day), I guess we might make a failed attempt at her experiment. It should be fun at least. HA!! That is unless she changes her mind, or the hen gets herself a new boyfriend between now & then.

 

[gapeach717]

OK, so I came home from the dentist, took my meds, and now I just put incubator 2 on lockdown!! I candled and SMELLED all 32 eggs, removed one that I checked a few times before deciding on it being a quitter and locked the rest down....i have THIRTY ONE moving and kicking and I think one of those teeny tiny silkies may have already pipped inside!!!

The scariest thing NOW is the humidity. CLEARLY it was not high enough last time, so I am going to try and keep it 75% and up til the end now. The last bunch was a mess!!! I still cant believe I got my lockdown days off, lol!!! Here we go again!!!

 

[hokankai]

Woohoo keep us posted!

 

[gapeach717]

Well I finally lost the one I was worried about. Its organs were outside of its body cavity. Sometimes nature knows the right thing to do

I'm sorry honey.

 

[ladyrsanti]

Not sure where you picked up the BCMs... But there is a listing on Craigslist for hatching eggs not too far (Otsego) http://kalamazoo.craigslist.org/grd/3628600842.html. He's selling BCM's for $1 ea or 6 for $5. ??? I had emailed him last week to check on BCMs, Polish, & Frizzle, but haven't picked up any since I decided not to put any under my broody. I'm not sure of the quality of them, but they might be worth a try. I do know that they aren't currently getting any Polish or Frizzle eggs, but they did have the BCMs. This price seems much better than the guy (Ada) that wants $30/doz.

I got them at Cedar Creek Hatchery up in Muskegon. They just emailed me back and offered a one-time replacement of the eggs for the shipping cost or I can pick them up (which I may take them up on before going elsewhere). Ada... is that the guy near Quiggle?

 

[Maah]

Ada... is that the guy near Quiggle?

Not sure. This is the other person from Ada: http://grandrapids.craigslist.org/grd/3654121397.html

 

[raygirl4386]

hey everyone, just came over from the February hatch-a-long. my eggs were set to hatch today but i got 2 surprise chicks yesterday along with 5-6 pips, today i have 9 chicks and so many more pipping and zipping away! I'm so excited this is my first hatch from my flock.
day 18 i put the surviving eggs into egg cartons to hatch, 34 from 41 set in the turner. i had only 2 green eggs to go in both hatched and one i had dropped putting it into the carton on day 18, i put electrical tape on the crack! i was very surprised it hatched!!!
i do have 1 chick who has found his way in between the gap of the cartons, should i rescue him?

 

[Maah]

hey everyone, just came over from the February hatch-a-long. my eggs were set to hatch today but i got 2 surprise chicks yesterday along with 5-6 pips, today i have 9 chicks and so many more pipping and zipping away! I'm so excited this is my first hatch from my flock.
day 18 i put the surviving eggs into egg cartons to hatch, 34 from 41 set in the turner. i had only 2 green eggs to go in both hatched and one i had dropped putting it into the carton on day 18, i put electrical tape on the crack! i was very surprised it hatched!!!
i do have 1 chick who has found his way in between the gap of the cartons, should i rescue him?

Hiya!! Congrats!!

How bad is that little one trapped? How many more do you have left to hatch? It will probably be ok where it is??? It's not usually a good idea to open your incubator while you have so many others hatching. It's likely to cause problems for the rest that haven't hatched yet.

 

[raygirl4386]

Hiya!! Congrats!!

How bad is that little one trapped? How many more do you have left to hatch? It will probably be ok where it is??? It's not usually a good idea to open your incubator while you have so many others hatching. It's likely to cause problems for the rest that haven't hatched yet.

thats why i havent helped him yet =)