May Hatch Thread--Fill up those bators n' broodies!

[jnjmanning]

So far I have 11 CHICKS!! - 6 others are hatching and of the 8 eggs left 4 are rocking around but no pips yet. I had one die after partially zipping - not sure what happened - been studying it for a while and the best I can come up with is that it's internal organs are on the outside of it's body - at first I thought the yoke had turned black but after looking at some eggtopsy pics, I am pretty sure that it's internal organs. None of the others have had any problems. (The eggs in the carton are not due to hatch yet - those are set for May 30th).

The FIRST ONE around 7ish PM (Dominique/Light Brahma Cross) :


SECOND AND THIRD (Dominiques) by 9:30 PM:



FOURTH - Blue Splash Ameraucana - 10:30 PM (camera batteries are dying sorry about the fuzziness):


THE OTHERS - so far - POPCORN!!

(overlook the tweezers - I keep them by the bator in case):

Your set up look like mine, alcohol, tweezers, scissors, antibacterial gel for my hands....lol Beautiful looking fuzzy butts!

 

[kannna]

So this morning she let me see four. There were mostly sussex under her, so I think the little black one is silver, the yellow one will be coronation and I am unsure about the gray one. No sign of the Swedish Flowers. Maybe they are taking a bit longer or maybe that's what the gray one is.

 

[jnjmanning]

So this morning she let me see four. There were mostly sussex under her, so I think the little black one is silver, the yellow one will be coronation and I am unsure about the gray one. No sign of the Swedish Flowers. Maybe they are taking a bit longer or maybe that's what the gray one is.

Do you have coronation sussex?

 

[Justoldbobo]

11 of 15 hatched but having temp issues now with only 4 left. One chick has foot curled under but tryn to fix that.

 

[misschickenlittle]

All these babies are makin' me jones for mine to hatch!! I still have a week to go!!

 

[jnjmanning]

So I decided to quickly calibrate my thermometers. They were off seriously. I may lose this hatch!

 

[BearSpringsFarm]

14 successfully hatched

- still have pipping, zipping, and movement going on but it was getting a bit crowded in my small bator - so I moved the first 12 into my brooder. The rock under the water keeps them from scratching it full of shavings and it doubles as a heat sink to give more of a temperature variant for the chicks.



I just love how they sleep - LOL!

 

[BearSpringsFarm]

So I decided to quickly calibrate my thermometers. They were off seriously. I may lose this hatch!

OH NO!

So sorry - how bad were they off? If it was too low maybe they'll just hatch a few days late??

 

[misschickenlittle]

So I decided to quickly calibrate my thermometers. They were off seriously. I may lose this hatch!

 

[hickchick02]

14 successfully hatched

- still have pipping, zipping, and movement going on but it was getting a bit crowded in my small bator - so I moved the first 12 into my brooder. The rock under the water keeps them from scratching it full of shavings and it doubles as a heat sink to give more of a temperature variant for the chicks.



I just love how they sleep - LOL!

The rock under the water is a great idea. All the shavings in the water drive me crazy. I love the egg carton feeder too!