Need hatching buddy! Setting 5 duck and 5 hen eggs Sat 1/16

[ladeefire]

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I bet they will be fine!
I lock down tonight! I am so excited and nervous. I have no idea how many or if any will hatch. I have the brooder set up and the chick feed on hand (no feeder though because I am a dope) I can hardly contain my excitement. I hope I dont screw this up. Due to my awesome candling skills I have NO idea how many to expect. I dont smell anything rotten and nothing has exploded (ew).

 

[seminolewind]

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I bet they will be fine!
I lock down tonight! I am so excited and nervous. I have no idea how many or if any will hatch. I have the brooder set up and the chick feed on hand (no feeder though because I am a dope) I can hardly contain my excitement. I hope I dont screw this up. Due to my awesome candling skills I have NO idea how many to expect. I dont smell anything rotten and nothing has exploded (ew).

I'd be beyond excited if I hadn't candled and had to wait till hatch!

 

[classless chickens]

Me Too!!! Lock down tonight. I will turn them one last time and lock them up!!! I did one last candle last night and threw out 10 eggs.....9 duds and one with a developed dead embryo inside. I was unhappy about the Salmon Faverolles ALL being duds. I have BCM's, BO's and BA's. I looked at all of them and they are all pretty dark with the air pocket only showing. I am so excited!!!!!!

 

[chickeypeep101]

 

[ladeefire]

Lockdown has begun. I am not even sure if I already messed it up. I put them in and for whatever reason the hovabator decided to not heat up again after taking the turner out

I turned it 1 1/2 full turns and just barely got it to 101(ish) but DH seems to think that sometime tonight it will spike if I dont back it back down 1 1/2 turns again.

sigh

 

[ladeefire]

OMG you guys... I locked down and I was looking in and checking the temperature inside there and I saw one of the buff rock eggs MOVING so i called my daughter and she was like OMG it is moving. I checked and I saw one of hte dark brown ones moving too!! MOVING

 

[heritagebirds]

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Woohoo, you're gonna have chickies!

 

[topeka]

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Sounds like they are coming early!

 

[topeka]

I put my (almost) 4 week old chicks in the outside brooder this afternoon. That will give me a little time to clean out the inside brooder.

I candled last night and still have 8 healthy looking birds. Lockdown tomorrow! The next few days should be pretty exciting on this thread!

 

[ladeefire]

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Sounds like they are coming early!

they shouldnt be moving on day 18? there were 2 of them rockin and rolling.