May Hatch-a-Long!

[Farmer Viola]

Well, one of my two bantam cochin eggs is pipped. Not the other..why do I have a bad feeling about the other. :/ If one has pipped by this time on day 20, I expect others to pip too..but I have to keep telling myself, there is only one other!

cmon little cochins!

 

[Farmer Viola]

just caught up on the thread, day 18 for me! 31? eggs in that batch if I remember right. Day 10 for the next set, had to toss 3 clears last night so 7 left. I will be moving the day 18's to the hatcher/still air this evening. I haven't been collecting more eggs to set in their place....yet.....

 

[5 Acre Rooster]

just caught up on the thread, day 18 for me! 31? eggs in that batch if I remember right. Day 10 for the next set, had to toss 3 clears last night so 7 left. I will be moving the day 18's to the hatcher/still air this evening. I haven't been collecting more eggs to set in their place....yet.....

We all carry the weight of "Yet...." for me its waiting for now to get the extra girls I added to my BSL pen to fertilized by the BA and the old BYM sperm dilute. Then I will set a large batch of 1 for trying to sell..

I also have the dilemma of what eggs to set in which hatcher. I have 2 LG still airs that I use for hatching, this next round anyway. I have RIR, WLH, BSL and Meat Project. My issue is that the Meat project have both black and white chicks coming out. Don't know if I'll have room for BSL/WLH/RIR in 1 hatcher. Which is about the easiest way I can hatch them. The WLH and RIR are more important to me since these are the only fertile eggs for those pure breeds. And I will not be getting more, until my roosters mature this summer/fall. Almost hoping home flock eggs end with a few clears..... that's sad.
I am thinking my Rouens due on the 1st can sit in a lower shelf in the homemade bator and hatch there, did this last year when I had like 4 batches all hatching at once. Ducks/chickens and guineas all hatched. That incubator always holds a lot of humidity no matter what. Could use better incubators but I do fine with these I have and am happy w/o high dollar machines. I seem to have better luck with el'cheapos that a lot of people do with state of the art products.

 

[Farmer Viola]

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We all carry the weight of "Yet...." for me its waiting for now to get the extra girls I added to my BSL pen to fertilized by the BA and the old BYM sperm dilute. Then I will set a large batch of 1 for trying to sell..

I also have the dilemma of what eggs to set in which hatcher. I have 2 LG still airs that I use for hatching, this next round anyway. I have RIR, WLH, BSL and Meat Project. My issue is that the Meat project have both black and white chicks coming out. Don't know if I'll have room for BSL/WLH/RIR in 1 hatcher. Which is about the easiest way I can hatch them. The WLH and RIR are more important to me since these are the only fertile eggs for those pure breeds. And I will not be getting more, until my roosters mature this summer/fall. Almost hoping home flock eggs end with a few clears..... that's sad.
I am thinking my Rouens due on the 1st can sit in a lower shelf in the homemade bator and hatch there, did this last year when I had like 4 batches all hatching at once. Ducks/chickens and guineas all hatched. That incubator always holds a lot of humidity no matter what. Could use better incubators but I do fine with these I have and am happy w/o high dollar machines. I seem to have better luck with el'cheapos that a lot of people do with state of the art products.

If I were you I would set the meat project eggs, BUT that's just because that's what Im doing right now too. Well, they're just an experiment, I have no idea if they will be a viable meat cross. but either way, they are made of meat, and we will eat them

everyone seems to have really stable temps in their homemade bators. I need to work on finishing mine. I have some of the parts, but I need a lamp kit or a lamp, and a DC plug thingie. basically the wiring stuff is holding me back! my styrobators work pretty well for being cheap I think. I would really like to install a fan in the still-air though. that thing has huge temperature variances. 1 egg can be 104 and another egg on the other side can be 96F ugh

 

[Cynthia12]

One of my two made it. Pretty cute little tiny tot. Now, for my others, just barn yard mixes..will be a surprise. Due to hatch in two days.

 

[glenann]

I am thrilled with my first hatch! e

I had 15 shipped eggs. One egg was clear at day 7, one had stopped developing at day 14, and one other didn't make it to lock down. I had 12 good eggs at lock down. The hatch started a day late, yesterday afternoon. 10 have hatched, one other has pipped, and the last one is rolling around.

All are bantam Mille fleur Cochins and I am in love!

 

[glenann]

One of my two made it.  Pretty cute little tiny tot.  Now, for my others, just barn yard mixes..will be a surprise.     Due to hatch in two days.

So glad one made it!! Best of luck with the mixed surprises!!

 

[Farmer Viola]

One of my two made it. Pretty cute little tiny tot. Now, for my others, just barn yard mixes..will be a surprise. Due to hatch in two days.

I love surprises!

I am thrilled with my first hatch!

I had 15 shipped eggs. One egg was clear at day 7, one had stopped developing at day 14, and one other didn't make it to lock down. I had 12 good eggs at lock down. The hatch started a day late, yesterday afternoon. 10 have hatched, one other has pipped, and the last one is rolling around.

All are bantam Mille fleur Cochins and I am in love!

congratulations!

that is a great hatch rate. we love photos!

 

[Mister B]

Hope I am not too late, I just put 24 eggs in the incubator.

 

[BirdyGirl7198]

Here are my two sweet little Canada Goslings that hatched May 16th