new arrivals! :D

[MetalSmitten]

just got done with our very first time incubating - it didn't go quite as well as i'd hoped, only 4 hatched =/ but they're cuties

click link for video! five whole minutes of new chicks doin' chick stuff!

two blue cochins, two barnyard surprises

 

[debilorrah]

Congrats!!!!

 

[TK Poultry]

4 is better than nothing. My first time hatching was a dud. Then I got an 100% hatch! I've never had it happen again

Congrats! Enjoy them because you will catch the hatching bug soon and then thats all you'll do

 

[MetalSmitten]

i'm definitely enjoying them!

i just gotta try to figure out what went wrong this time... what did you change between your two batches that caused the success to skyrocket so much?

ETA: hey, you're a fellow hoosier!

 

[weimarmama]

Congrats they're very cute chicks

My first time I had 0 out of 18 eggs to hatch, but they were Seramas.

 

[TK Poultry]

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The first time I didn't have a way to track my humidity, and the I used a thermometer that came with the incubator. The second time I bought a two in one thermometer and I was able to track my humidity and temp more accurately. The 100% was with someone elses eggs. I've never been able to reproduce it. I usually average 85%-95%....

 

[tia]

Congratulations on your four little chicks... they are so cute!!! My first few attempts at incubating were not very successful. I am getting better, but have to give the credit to the newer models of incubators. Keep on trying, we learn so much each time.

 

[Balbinka]

Aw! You are definitely rockin' the pink feeder!

I tried to find one but didn't manage to do so!
They are adorable, congrats.

 

[MetalSmitten]

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can i ask what brand it was? i'm getting super frustrated with thermometers/hygrometers, they're all different and i don't trust the calibration results and bah humbug. an 85-95% average is awesome though!

 

[TK Poultry]

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can i ask what brand it was? i'm getting super frustrated with thermometers/hygrometers, they're all different and i don't trust the calibration results and bah humbug. an 85-95% average is awesome though!

I had and still have a LG. They are ok... I have a new one eyed and I'm leaving hints to Mom. I just candled the eggs and I have 100% fertility on my eggs in their now and they are all developing well and I think they'll all make it to lockdown!