Moved broody hen, now won't sit on eggs, please help!

[ChooksinIowa]

First baby hatched, dry and warm.

Second egg pipped.

I only upped the humidity to 52% so as to try not to upset the other eggs. First baby came out fine, so hopefully that's going to work for the rest, and I won't do this many eggs from different stages at the same time again!

 

[megshenhut]

So glad you are getting some babies out of this trial by fire. It will definitely be much easier to incubate from the start and know what stage of development the little buggers are at. You may definitely have a staggered hatch by days if the hens didn't start brooding at the same time or if other hens could get in and lay in the same nest that the broodies were sitting in. Can you post pics of the little ones?

 

[ChooksinIowa]

Here's a pic of the two that popped out of the blue-green spotty eggs. I didn't realize those were at the same stage as the brown eggs that hatched first. I have two more blue-green spotty eggs that are going - one pipped and another I can hear noises inside it. I will also post a pic of the brown egg babies.

 

[ChooksinIowa]

Here's two of the four that hatched from the brown eggs. All four look roughly similar but different size/shape of head spots.

 

[ChooksinIowa]

I just love these little guys - so cute!

 

[megshenhut]

Oh they are so cute. So do you know what breed they are? How many more do you still have in the bator?

 

[verthandi]

That is just too kewl...and they are so cute! I'm glad they are hatching for you.

 

[ChooksinIowa]

Here is one from this morning! A new color!!

They are just mixes. The flock that I got is from someone who is moving and they have been in that family for a while as a mixed barn flock. Original flock members included Ameraucanas, Black Australorps, Dark Cornish, Light Brahmas and barred rocks. The eggs were under a black hen with gold feathers in her hackle/cape area and under a barred rock/cuckoo type hen. There were three different colors of eggs. The black ones with white head spots came from the brown eggs. There were a couple of blue spotty eggs that had this light colored chick and another black/grey colored chick. There was one khaki colored egg and I will post the chick from that next. There is one more blue spotty egg to go and it is pipped but not zipped!

 

[ChooksinIowa]

Here is the chick from the khaki colored egg.

Kind of yellowish with a brownish-rust color on its head and some brownish color on the wings too. Cute little critter!

I can't wait to see how they change as they get older. I am so scared that they will get sick or something since chicks are so fragile. I have them on the feed to prevent coccidiosis.

 

[nhnanna]

I would say the black chicks with the white spot on thier heads is probably a barred rock. They look like that when they are born. The blue eggs are probably EE's. I have some chicks from them that look like little chipmunk markings. Not sure on the others.
Hope this helped. Very cute babies.