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

[TweetyNPetey]

I have 3 mixed eggs in my Mini Advance, which is all I could get from my hens. They are expected to hatch on the 28th, which is Thursday. I have no Idea what breeds they are, they could be any of the following:

Rhode Island Red
California White
Buff Brahma
Black Australorp

All bred to a Cucktoo Maran Roo.

And I have a feeling I may have twin chicks in one of my eggs! I know they almost never hatch out by themselves, so I am prepared to assist if needed.

(Thank you, Sally Sunshine, for teaching me how to assist my beautiful young Serama rooster!)

 

[Maah]

set eggs 3/4 around 1pm this is my first hatch ever, and hoping to see some chicks soon..


out of 25 delaware mix eggs 13 were fertile.. and i have 8 silkie eggs i put in for a friend

today is day 21.. no pips or rocking..
have been in lockdown since friday..
dd and i candled 2 eggs this am and there is lots of movement so i am just waiting patiently and trying not to be ocd about the hatch..
keeping temp range of 99.5 - 100..

Ohhh... Good luck!!

Come on chickies!!

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I candled my eggs last weekend (day 14) and they were all moving & a grooving. No duds yet. Can't wait for them to start hatching this weekend. I'm a little worried about my easter egger eggs. The eggs are relitively small (compared my my other standard eggs), and they were covered by our brahma roo who is a big boy. Does this big boy make big babies? We'll see. I think I might lockdown a day early though to give the kiddos another day to get into position & hopefully they'll do it before they can't move around too much.

 

[Arkansas81]

Animal /Cynthia thanks for the reply...lost another one -3 total. My daughter has named all her babies girl scout cookie names -tagalong was acting a little off last night. Just sitting there and not really moving so i picked her up and looked at her. Legs /feet are normal but its like she can't support her weight, wobbles /stumbles then sits, like shes drunk.

This morning she was at the feeder eating on her own -sitting down but eating. She seems to be a little stronger but still not as active as the others. I'm going to keep feeding her wet mash every hour for awhile. Will vitamins help at this point? Anything else I can do?

 

[newbiechickie]

you should have a hygrometer in there for checking humidity but heck you are hatching so well so who needs it? WHHOOHOO Congrats...!!

Thank you, I was a little nervous about not monitoring the humidity but things are going great. Out of the 15 eggs 12 have hatched and one more is zipping now, and I candled the other 2 and they were completely see through. I am so excited and happy to have baby chickies

it is soooo addicting!!!

 

[naglady]

Ohhh... Good luck!!

Come on chickies!!

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I candled my eggs last weekend (day 14) and they were all moving & a grooving. No duds yet. Can't wait for them to start hatching this weekend. I'm a little worried about my easter egger eggs. The eggs are relitively small (compared my my other standard eggs), and they were covered by our brahma roo who is a big boy. Does this big boy make big babies? We'll see. I think I might lockdown a day early though to give the kiddos another day to get into position & hopefully they'll do it before they can't move around too much.

Good luck to you to Maah!!

keep us posted..

Thank you, I was a little nervous about not monitoring the humidity but things are going great. Out of the 15 eggs 12 have hatched and one more is zipping now, and I candled the other 2 and they were completely see through. I am so excited and happy to have baby chickies

it is soooo addicting!!!

Congratulations.. my chicks are do to hatch any minute, and i already have eggs sitting on counter waiting to go in the incubator after they hatch..

 

[Atlantanna]

5 little SLW babies going to the brooder today

 

[naglady]

awe so cute

 

[brahmabreeder]

Just put six eggs in lockdown. 4 of them are mix breeds and two are from my show quality buff brahmas.

 

[chickydee64]

HI,
Probably just need to vent...........
1 hatched yesterday and a great zip this morning..I watched off and on .it was fine, working in the egg and talking to the hatched chick.
Also 1 pip.............Went about my chores and next time I checked, Blankity blank circuit breaker had popped.
Temp dropped to 45 in about an hour.....................................
I lost the zipped chick.............I am heart sick.....
It isn't like I have never lost a chick before but am very upset.feel like I need to throw up or cry................
I think it shrink wrapped right over it little beak...danm............
OK.......Thanks you for listening......
Just weird that this hit me so hard..............maybe feel guilty that I didn't figure it out sooner.........
Good news.the pipped chick is out and doing well..........and I have another pip................

Now I will take the time to catch up on everyone 's activities...........

I know this will pass.......but right now it hurts...............

 

[chickydee64]

Just give them plain ol chick feed..they will do great. )

Strongly agree...especially giving surgar..can mess up thier blood sugar .