Need some hatching buddies - Hatching May 24-28

[Batty about Banties]

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on the surprise chickie!!

 

[Silkie horsechick]

of the 14 Buff and partridge I got 7 BEAUTIFUL Buff silkies

Of the 18 blacks and blues, only 4 plus one is deformed and will not make it.

Lots of yellow yoked unformed eggs - does this mean not fertile, or shipping damage maybe ??

 

[Cynthia12]

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hmm, nothing there at all? Could be either..non fertile..or shipping handling. Pretty tough on eggs.

Congats on what you do have!

 

[Silkie horsechick]

Thanks.
the Buffs are BEAUTIFUL! (Sassy Silkies)

My second hatch.

Have a dozen Catdance whites in now, so hope odds are better on them.
Installed a fan in incubator and think that is going to really help.
Made a big difference with temperature fluctuation already.
Have to beef up the water supply to keep humidy up though!

Guess the blacks were a mistake.
From pretty good birds though, so paid a lot.

All hatched in same incubator, so have to believe it was the eggs or shipping.

 

[Batty about Banties]

What does a shrink wrapped chick look like?!

 

[Stevenson]

Never would have guessed....

I opened the incubator to take the two barnevelder chicks out. First thing I did was take the shelf out that had the eggs on it so I could reach the two chicks. I could have sworn I heard chirping from the eggs! So I investigated and sure enough the last barnevelder eggs had pipped and made an attempt to zip, but on the bottom side of the egg. I made the decision to help immediately since I lost one already under the same circumstance. It was full of energy and looks like it is doing great! What is extra wild is that today is day 23 and I had given up on them so I didn't add water last night....the humidity has been less than 60% all last night and all morning....yet no shrink wrap.

I am hoping this one is a hen because I think the other two I have are roos.

This hatch turned out better than I thought it was going to.

 

[Cynthia12]

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Wow, surprises like that don't hurt! Happy that you got some Barnevelders. When they get older, you will have to post pictures. There must be a site for them somewhere on here. My little one, is staying pretty small..so hoping it is a hen also. Almost two months and is smaller than the other two month olds.

 

[WriterofWords]

My duckies that are due the 2nd started pipping yesterday, one Pekin is in a real hurry!

 

[Cynthia12]

Here's a picture of what I hatched out yesterday. Barnyard mixes, always the healthiest and easy to hatch. Going back to the friend that gave me the eggs..except for two I picked out to watch for myself.

 

[fifelakelooper]

Here are my BBS Jerseys! (ignore date...I am not good with tech stuff and I guess my camera needs resetting)
I think they are soooo cute...I love them!