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

[jnjmanning]

well st Louie hmmm it's Been a while but three hours from shy town and from shy town to st Louie is about 3 hrs to I believe so about six hours I would say that sound right to you ?

She only has one hen laying so she can only sell 6 at the most. I will keep looking!

 

[el pollo rey]

Yay!  That's great!

Me too!  16 hatched, 5 pipped externally, 5 pipped internally and 1 with a wonky air cell...assisted hatch in progress, but I do not know if he/she will make it...and mine are a little sticky too.  Condensation on the glass for me too...I know it means the humidity is too high, but it sure gives them a little more time to pip without drying out the membrane!

. It's a fine line and allot of folks don't adjust for altitude it is important there is a base line but it needs to be tuned to your situation

 

[el pollo rey]

She only has one hen laying so she can only sell 6 at the most. I will keep looking!

. Thanks jac I really appreciate the effort

 

[chickydee64]

So we have two hatched and a third almost hatched...lots of other eggs have pips and cracks......it does take forever though

..Congratulations..........................................
I am in a holding pattern. lock down Monday..................English orpingtins, Buff Orpingtons, Speckled suusex a few seramas, bluelaced red Wyandottes and a few from my mixed flock.
Have spent the day with my other chickens......Put my red Serama Roo with a couple of girls s I will have some eggs to sell
and the little devil has lost most of his tickle feathers...........not looking beautiful at this point. Did I get a good picture first?............of course not

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It is hot here.in the 80's all week.....
Have fun all.............

 

[Jharper]

I have a broody cochin bantam sitting on 8 of her own and I just put a full turner on today.

 

[ceocka]

CRiISIS IN COSTA RICA ,,,,,,, well the Broodys are moving along well we we have five for nine and a EE zipper under broody #1 BUT sometime yesterday one of the kids collecting eggs inadvertently took the clutch of my Silkie who was down from the hen house for food and water apparently ,,,,,at 7 am the wife went down to check on broody #1 and seen the traumatized behavior of the lil Silkie and immediately came in and said to me Houston we have problem lol so we took the carton into the bator room for emergency candling and quickly found here half developed clutch among the 18 eggs in the carton we set them in our second bator that is about half full for emergency warm up as I candle the now cool eggs I was surprised to see slow movement in a few I think they were reacting to the warmth of the light , I have not seen this before it was interesting to see movement as far as I can tell they were cooled for about 16 hours so we will see in a day or two what the out come will be with her lil clutch in the ER bator lol my wife was heartbroken to discover this but I can hardly blame the kids as I have over 40 hens laying daily so it's kinda a daily eggathon here I feel bad for the lil hen she is such a good lil mom and was due to hatch around the 16-17 th but there are two more Broodys and over 60 in the bators so we will still be able to give her a few to brood to make her happy ,,,,,, lol

Oh that was close. So glad you go to them in time!

 

[ceocka]

Happy Mothers Day to everyone! Today is also my daughters 15th birthday! Wow how time flies! Having a party for her birthday and Mother's Day combined today! She also is going to set 10 silkie eggs in bator too! Ordered her some for her birthday!

 

[HellurrJesse]

Hi everyone! Just noticed this thread! I have chickies due today on Mother's Day! I hope they hatch well! I'm so excited!

 

[Keggen]

I have LF Cochin eggs. Should be black, blue, white, and splash. Very excited about this breed and REALLY hope some hatch! So stinking cute! He didn't say. I'm very lucky in that I live about 20 minutes from Newnan, GA, where the local poultry assoc. holds 2 large shows every year. I'm new to chickens but apparently these are major shows in the south. The breeder I talked with is on the assoc board and said they met last week, tons of bad hatches and no idea why. I wouldn't doubt the weather though... It has been crazy here! I wouldn't think it would be a specific type. Most of this poultry assoc. members raise a variety and have been doing so for years. . Good luck! Hope it goes great!

How cool, my brother, his wife and their kids live in Newnan.

If a egg has a crack will it hatch? the leghorn (A6) has a crack, if I cover the crack will it hatch? here is a picture, the black is the embryo (I edited the photo) and the crack is right above the A6

My toddler accidentally cracked one of mine last time so I poured melted paraffin wax over the cracks. It worked great and I've heard others have good results from wax too.

 

[chickydee64]

Hi everyone! Just noticed this thread! I have chickies due today on Mother's Day! I hope they hatch well! I'm so excited!

Welcome.......and good luck with your hatch.............