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

[melina90]

I was able to upload the assisted hatch clip to youtube so I could show you guys. The gooey stuff in the end was all hatching gunk, no yolk as it was all absorbed. You can see he was pretty much stuck in the shell due to low humidity (I'm doing staggered hatches, and this one zipped a day early). Hope y'all enjoy!

Here's a photo of the same chicken the day after hatching. Named it Rebekah Mikaelson. Another TVD-chick. Haha!

 

[AusChook]

I am feeling very disappointed in my eggs. I am up to day 7. I brought eggs locally instead of getting them shipped and only 4 have developed. When I brought them one egg had a date written on it which made it 10 days old. I asked her if they were fresh and she said they were but I am guessing they were not and some were probably older then 10 days. One had an air cell on day one which I thought was strange. I am rather annoyed about it as now I am paying for shipped eggs and I should've just done that in the first place.

 

[BBK]

I am feeling very disappointed in my eggs. I am up to day 7. I brought eggs locally instead of getting them shipped and only 4 have developed. When I brought them one egg had a date written on it which made it 10 days old. I asked her if they were fresh and she said they were but I am guessing they were not and some were probably older then 10 days. One had an air cell on day one which I thought was strange. I am rather annoyed about it as now I am paying for shipped eggs and I should've just done that in the first place.

That really stinks!

I bought shipped eggs and its not looking good from 15 Banty eggs 4 look good .
From 9 silver pencil rocks 3 look good
From 6 partridge rock 4 look good
11 out of 30 and its only day 7 there's a lot more time left from things to go wrong. ! I'm afraid....
Melinda

 

[Valley Girl]

Good morning,I'm pretty happy right now,I have 10 sweet little chicks and more will hopefully hatch today.All 4 buff orpingtons hatched

and six of my own barnyard mix. Here's a picture I took this morning.Once they are done I'll get some better pictures.

 

[melina90]

That really stinks!

I bought shipped eggs and its not looking good from 15 Banty eggs 4 look good .
From 9 silver pencil rocks 3 look good
From 6 partridge rock 4 look good
11 out of 30 and its only day 7 there's a lot more time left from things to go wrong. ! I'm afraid....
Melinda

hmm... I have 20 shipped eggs and all the ones I have candled so fare are developing. If they'll survive until hatch day is yet to be proved though...

Congrats on the hatch! Hope all the others hurry up and get out of those shells really fast!

 

[el pollo rey]

That is a hoot! I would be afraid if my wife enjoyed chickens too. As it is, she tolerates them, and that is all that keeps me from going overboard. When I lived out in the country, I had a big old wooden incubator that would do 250 eggs. I raised so many chickens that we had to eat a chicken a day just to keep up. Our kids just laugh now days when they talk about chickens. Hopefully I will be able to get one of my grand kids hooked in the future

i had the same story when my kids were young we lived out in the country and ended up having about 200 rir hens the kids had to have some feed store chicks so we bought them and about a week later the cat had a romp with them , the boys were broken hearted so i ordered some birds from a hatchery for them they had a min order and they just got cheaper when you bought more so i ordered 100 thinking the cat would have its share and still leave some for the boys well the cat had lost int rest in them after the feed store lot so they all made it. i liked them so much the next spring i ordered 100 more lol chicken math go figure lol

 

[el pollo rey]

Good morning,I'm pretty happy right now,I have 10 sweet little chicks and more will hopefully hatch today.All 4 buff orpingtons hatched

and six of my own barnyard mix. Here's a picture I took this morning.Once they are done I'll get some better pictures.

nice i hope they all hatch for ya

 

[el pollo rey]

I was able to upload the assisted hatch clip to youtube so I could show you guys. The gooey stuff in the end was all hatching gunk, no yolk as it was all absorbed. You can see he was pretty much stuck in the shell due to low humidity (I'm doing staggered hatches, and this one zipped a day early). Hope y'all enjoy!

Here's a photo of the same chicken the day after hatching. Named it Rebekah Mikaelson. Another TVD-chick. Haha!

that is just to cool mel

 

[el pollo rey]

I was wondering if it would help if I would get it up off the table with a table cloth on it would it help with humitiy

if the cloth has the holes on the bottom block it might

 

[melina90]

i had the same story when my kids were young we lived out in the country and ended up having about 200 rir hens the kids had to have some feed store chicks so we bought them and about a week later the cat had a romp with them , the boys were broken hearted so i ordered some birds from a hatchery for them they had a min order and they just got cheaper when you bought more so i ordered 100 thinking the cat would have its share and still leave some for the boys well the cat had lost int rest in them after the feed store lot so they all made it. i liked them so much the next spring i ordered 100 more lol chicken math go figure lol

gotta love the chicken math, haha! Just keeps multiplying...