May 2020 Hatch-A-Long

[FortCluck]

I want these marans to hatch! Come on maran babies

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Okay I just got home from the city and had an extra pair of hands so we re candled a few of the dark eggs View attachment 2148477
This one looked clear to both of us View attachment 2148478View attachment 2148479
Number 4 apparently had a detached air cell that settled on its side once it got into the incubator I didn’t see much else View attachment 2148480View attachment 2148481View attachment 2148482View attachment 2148484View attachment 2148485View attachment 2148486View attachment 2148488View attachment 2148489
I believe 14 maybe was one we saw the baby in the air cell moving other than that we saw no movement. I didn’t want temp to drop any further. I’m a bit flustered cause I just don’t know it’s a tight space so I’d like to have the quitters out but it’s so hard to tell

I would just put them all in at this point (though I am a newbie at this whole process). It would be a shame to cull them only to find out they were viable. Air cell sizes seem appropriate. Good luck!

 

[FortCluck]

I would just put them all in at this point (though I am a newbie at this whole process). It would be a shame to cull them only to find out they were viable. Air cell sizes seem appropriate. Good luck!

Only issue is leaving them in too long can make them explode and you don’t want that happening. You also don’t want to have a smelly egg from it being no good. It takes a while for the smell to go away.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Only issue is leaving them in too long can make them explode and you don’t want that happening. You also don’t want to have a smelly egg from it being no good. It takes a while for the smell to go away.

Yes, that makes sense, did not think of that!

 

[ShannonsChimkens]

The 5 potluck hatching eggs go into the hatching incubator later today. Barbezieux, Blue Laced Red Wyandotte, Pavlovskaya and 2 Legbars.

One issue... the two turkey poults are using this as an icu. They’re still alive. Have done some reading and they have flip over syndrome. Sometimes they pull out of it. And sometimes they don’t. Normally by day 4 you know.

 

[Trisseh]

Those Janoel incubators can be a pain to keep humidity up in! I have one, but do not use it more than for overflow eggs and special treatment eggs mostly because my humidity is all over the place in that one.

It was all good until it started turning nice outside - we haven’t had much rain this spring, where usually I would’ve had to have a dehumidifier going in the house steady. Haha. The biggest thing for me was the footprint on it. I have very little horizontal space (that’s safe!) to put a bator on so I figured I would live with whatever other issues come with it. Lol. These eggs just seem to be dehydrating a lot faster than I like. Oh well, depending on how the newer one performs, the original may become a backup.

 

[FortCluck]

Anyone here hatch their offsprings chicks after they’ve sold them? I got 12 eggs from a friend and we are calling them Giant Deathlayers. They are a Jersey giant deathlayer cross. We took my 2 offspring and my friends Deathlayer roosters. I cannot wait to see them.

 

[FortCluck]

Well the Deathlayer comb carries over to its offspring. This is a Golden Comet Deathlayer Cross. Comet Deathlayer? Deathlayer Comet?

 

[FortCluck]

Well the Deathlayer comb carries over to its offspring. This is a Golden Comet Deathlayer Cross. Comet Deathlayer? Deathlayer Comet?

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If it is a male, I may keep it just for the coloring.

 

[AUChickenGal]

I have 5 of 6 hatched now!

The last one hasn't pipped but is moving a little bit. The two that hatched first were starting to pester the others, so they're under the brooder plate now resting up after their big day.