May Hatch-a-Long!

[thebyrdsx5]

81 degrees not 8!

 

[yeye5]

It's a mix of smaller breeds. Pure bred Silver Phoenix standard, D'Uccle (various they had 4 colors), Belgian Bearded D'Anver, Black Cochin and Crele Old English Game Bantams. Total were getting 14 eggs. Not sure how many we'll give her yet.

If it works without upsetting her, could you plz take a pic of the eggs next to her?
Are the cochin eggs from bantams? I thought full size cochins were on the larger side?

 

[yeye5]

It was out just over an hour. The thermometer said 8! I bought a new incubator yesterday morning that has a digital thermometer, it heats up faster. So when the electric came on I just moved the whole egg turner to that new incubator. I put them on lock down this morning. All still moving!!!! I am worried I've had the humidity too high this whole time though. There's no fixing that now. So time will tell. I saw one egg the chick internally pipped!

So what happens if the humidity has been too high?

That's awesome news! Go chicks!!!
I'm still an old-fashioned broody hatcher so I'm sorry I can't have any opinion on the humidity setting. Someone will, though.

 

[yeye5]

I'm glad nobody could see the massive antics in my yard a little while ago...
Due to a goofy bunch of factors (including that Mima was introducing adopted chicks that I bought her at the feed store after a very sad loss in Februrary). I had moved egg-laying nest alternatives, put them in places where I never would expect a young pullet to go broody.
Without fail, three of Mima's daughter in one coop went broody. Her oldest daughter in a different coop also went broody. Technically I know that it's easier to move nests once the chicks hatch but I had to do it before since there was too much moving and juggling around of everything.
The girls were excellent and tolerant about it. I got the expected Wednesday/Thursday hatch with its 2 moms brooding and also the single brooder (expected hatch Friday) into much better safer nest boxes!
I now use mostly the super-size storage bins made of plastic, lids off of course. There is no way for a chick to accidentally escape before it can figure out how to get back in. (That was the cause of the very sad loss Mima had in February. )
Since the hatch after those is in a different coop and due a week from this Tuesday (5-9) I'm going to do the same nest box switch in a few days.

While in the coop, dealing with the broodies and eggs I was moving very slowly and delicately, then once I got each old box out, I was throwing things all over the yard, only to return to inside the coop and again move slowly and deliberately. I must have looked like I was on slow motion then on fast-forward back and forth!

I just thought I'd share my silly anecdote.

 

[jnckids]

If it works without upsetting her, could you plz take a pic of the eggs next to her?
Are the cochin eggs from bantams? I thought full size cochins were on the larger side?

Yeah I'll take pictures. I'm going you let them rest a day then put them under her. Everything is bantam but the silver Phoenix, it's standard.

 

[thebyrdsx5]

I have some under my broody silkies too!

Hopefully I'll get some chicks one way or another!

 

[yeye5]

Yeah I'll take pictures. I'm going you let them rest a day then put them under her. Everything is bantam but the silver Phoenix, it's standard.

I'm sure she'll appreciate that you got her bantam eggs!

 

[jnckids]

I'm sure she'll appreciate that you got her bantam eggs!

No doubt. She had one of hers under her and I have 3 of hers under my other broody. I'm just not certain their fertile.

 

[RockingA]

What breeds do you have in there?

Over on the left are a few Welsummers, middle are Ameraucanas, and Buff Orphs on the right!

I need a second incubator though... I had so many others that I wanted to put in to hatch!

 

[RockingA]

Is anyone hatching any Marans? Do they ever do hatching egg swap on here?? I'd love to trade hatching eggs if they do that!