~May 4th Hatch~ Whose With Me~~!PICS!~

[MissD'uccle]

Yippie one of mine hatched this morning!! Unfortunately I had to go to work and the DH is watching the bator closely for the others

Lots of pips also so hopefully lots of new babies and pictures coming soon!!

 

[jennh]

I had gotten 7 Partridge Cochin hatching eggs from someone on this forum. I put 3 under one of my broodies, and a friend put the other 4 under her banties. Mine are LF, btw. Anyway, I had one of my 3 hatch, the other one is almost hatched, and nothing so far on the last. My friend has none yet. Can it be because a banty is incubating instead of LF?

As soon as Greta is over I'm going up to check on the one that was almost hatched.

Jen

 

[JestersEye]

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Yes, I agree... Some of 'em look a great deal alike!

This batch of Cochins is now complete. The final count is 12 chicks out of a total of 20 eggs, but only 14 had made it to lockdown. I decided to help the last chick finish hatching because I was afraid that it might have been having trouble because I had opened the 'bator to remove the hatched chicks a couple of times. I had to go out for a bit, and was afraid to leave it unhatched, in case it was actually trapped in its shell. (If I had stayed home, I might have opted to wait and keep checking for chirping sounds and movement.)

I went slowly and checked closely for signs of blood or yolk. It seemed completely ready and hatched out with no problems once I helped it along. The remaining two eggs seemed lifeless so I candled them again, and then carefully pipped them myself so I could peek inside. As I suspected, both of them were dead. I had been worried about those two when I candled before lockdown; but kept them because they looked dark and filled enough. At the time, I remember wondering if they were still viable. I think now that they were already dead, since the chicks hadn't even finished absorbing their yolks and seemed too small for full-term chicks. They were fully formed and close to the end, though. I couldn't find any reason why they died without hatching, however. Oh well... sometimes I guess it just happens with no obvious cause.

This was the best and easiest hatch I've ever had; and I am totally in love with my new Brinsea Octagon 20!

I have more eggs that are due to hatch on May 13th, btw... I'll have to let you know how I like my new Brower Top Hatch incubator after that batch finishes.

 

[MissD'uccle]

Yippie they're here!!! Black and blue mottled d'uccles and a bantam EE/mille fleur d'uccle cross!! They were shipped eggs and so far have 50% hatch rate and only on day 21.

 

[The Wolf Queen]