May 2020 Hatch-A-Long

[chickiebaby1]

This one is the forced air 4250. I haven’t had many bad hatches.

Did you get it at a farm store? I’m thinking of getting another one.

 

[dougieee]

Thank you! How did yours fair? Shipped eggs are a gamble as we all know.

75% 9 out of 12 hatched, the other three were fully grown but were DIS. I couldnt fault the fertility.

 

[FortCluck]

Did you get it at a farm store? I’m thinking of getting another one.

Yeah from Tractor Supply

 

[6oddsocks]

Well I moved the 3 hatched into the brooder as they knocked the thermometer on to the remaining egg. Thought I'd check it out. No pips or noises. So candles. No movements. Tried the water test and its quarter floating but not moving

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Well I moved the 3 hatched into the brooder as they knocked the thermometer on to the remaining egg. Thought I'd check it out. No pips or noises. So candles. No movements. Tried the water test and its quarter floating but not moving

It will float due to the air cell. You have to wait until the water movement from placing the egg in it in stops and then see if there’s any movement. It has likely passed. Your call if you want to cull it now or wait a few more days.
please post photos of your little fluffed up chicks that made it though!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Just thought I’d post a few photos of the chicks we’ve decided to keep so far. They have names of course already!
besides the little Marans chick who needed therapy, whose name is Frida we have:

Jane, calico silkie

Pip, lavender silkie

Daisy, Blue Birchen Marans

 

[6oddsocks]

It will float due to the air cell. You have to wait until the water movement from placing the egg in it in stops and then see if there’s any movement. It has likely passed. Your call if you want to cull it now or wait a few more days.
please post photos of your little fluffed up chicks that made it though!❤

Thank you I'm just heading to bed
I think I will call it tomorrow. I know the kids will be a little upset but this was no guarantee as it was literally just a tesco shop egg that ended up fertile !
I'll get pictures tomorrow and spam you all Haha!
I'm just chuffed that my home made incubator cobbles together made it all the way though with minimal problems and have 3 very happy chicks . Although I've had to put them under the brooder plate twice already because they got out and coulsnt figure out how to get back in and just chipped at me for a while!

 

[Vantic]

So you empty the incubator (40 mutts a hatched, photo from the shop brooder tomorrow), no pips in remaining eggs and you think the rest are done. Get the chicks outside, come back into chirping. Can't complain I guess.

 

[Vantic]

I may be jumping the gun, but on the quest to get "what we want" in breeds of chickens. I contacted Foxfire Farms and will be picking up a dozen Blue Maran and a dozen Cream Legbar in the middle of July. I'm going to need an August Hatch-a-long.

 

[FortCluck]

I may be jumping the gun, but on the quest to get "what we want" in breeds of chickens. I contacted Foxfire Farms and will be picking up a dozen Blue Maran and a dozen Cream Legbar in the middle of July. I'm going to need an August Hatch-a-long.

I’m going to need a cream legbar