Newbies 1st Hatch ! ! *Contest Listing updated*
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im gonna be good and not open the bator im sitting on my hands even though i wanna know if they are still alive
Me too...No more opening the bator!
im gonna be good and not open the bator im sitting on my hands even though i wanna know if they are still alive
Me too...No more opening the bator!
It's Day 23 by my figuring, and with three hatched (one yesterday and two the day before) I think we're done. I candled a couple eggs and found no movement; opened one, and found a mostly formed dead chick.
So I guess I'm 3 out of 15.
We're leaving things sit until the youngest is dry and hopping around a little better, he lost a lot more blood than the others and didn't look too great that first day, but I don't hold out a lot of hope for the remaining eggs.
I'm the most bummed that none of my shipped eggs hatched, and I know there was LIFE in them on Day 14. Oddly enough, my first two pips were from eggs out of my fridge!
Stumpy is looking much better today, but he's still in the 'bator as the day-older chicks were pecking him mercilessly. I have a sort-of-buffish EE mix and a black bantam cochin that may or may not frizzle, unsure of which roo (RIR or mutt) is the dad. Stumpy came out of a Cuckoo Maran egg and has a big white spot on his black head, making me believe that he's likely a 'he' ... it worked with the 5 CM chicks a broody hatched out for us (4 girls and a boy) so may as well get used to calling him a boy.
Hopefully the other two are pullets ... we just gave away our extra mutt roos!
So I guess I'm 3 out of 15.
We're leaving things sit until the youngest is dry and hopping around a little better, he lost a lot more blood than the others and didn't look too great that first day, but I don't hold out a lot of hope for the remaining eggs.
I'm the most bummed that none of my shipped eggs hatched, and I know there was LIFE in them on Day 14. Oddly enough, my first two pips were from eggs out of my fridge!
Stumpy is looking much better today, but he's still in the 'bator as the day-older chicks were pecking him mercilessly. I have a sort-of-buffish EE mix and a black bantam cochin that may or may not frizzle, unsure of which roo (RIR or mutt) is the dad. Stumpy came out of a Cuckoo Maran egg and has a big white spot on his black head, making me believe that he's likely a 'he' ... it worked with the 5 CM chicks a broody hatched out for us (4 girls and a boy) so may as well get used to calling him a boy.
Hopefully the other two are pullets ... we just gave away our extra mutt roos!
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Buttercup - 3/15 is 20%, not the lowest on our list by far. Congrats on your 3 hatchlings.
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Buttercup, I'm glad 3 hatched for you, and I hope everything turns out ok for Stumpy.
Day 21 today, and I have a pip! I think it's going to be a LONG day.
Day 21 today, and I have a pip! I think it's going to be a LONG day.
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Congrats to all that have hatched
Waiting for the others
This has been a fun thread and exciting!
Waiting for the others
This has been a fun thread and exciting!
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I've enjoyed this too. Soon, there'll be a new Golden Feather Member. Most eggs set + highest hatch percentage? Sound like good criteria?
I've enjoyed this too. Soon, there'll be a new Golden Feather Member. Most eggs set + highest hatch percentage? Sound like good criteria?
Michelle
Sounds good to me!
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