November/December "Hatch-a-Long"

[foxystag]

Well, it looks like I'm in again lol. I've ordered more silkie and faverolles eggs, oh boy...

Good luck! o:

I am trying not to get ahead of myself and order more. :x Resisting. Have to resist-

But hey! I just completed day 1! On day two now. Nervous, nervous, excited, nervous, excited, excited.

 

[Tsagirl]

well....I was ridiculous and candled on the 5th day.....

I have my heritage RIR eggs that I got and received 17 of them from this breeder. They arrived after 5 days of being sent and rocking and rolling from the USPS...and.....

13 eggs are veiny!!!!!

can you tell I am so freaking happy!!!!!!!

Ok, now you guys can continue..I just wanted to freak out and get that out there! WHOOT!

 

[foxystag]

well....I was ridiculous and candled on the 5th day.....

I have my heritage RIR eggs that I got and received 17 of them from this breeder. They arrived after 5 days of being sent and rocking and rolling from the USPS...and.....

13 eggs are veiny!!!!!

can you tell I am so freaking happy!!!!!!!

Ok, now you guys can continue..I just wanted to freak out and get that out there! WHOOT!

Omg! I am so happy for you and YOU GIVE ME HOPE. AH, HAPPINESS!

 

[Heidisgran]

Well, it looks like I'm in again lol. I've ordered more silkie and faverolles eggs, oh boy...

 

[CarolinaHen]

Wooohoooo!!!! Just hatched my first Partridge Silkie from my own babies that I raised!! I've been waiting a long time to see this little one! Pics to follow as soon as they are out of lockdown

 

[CarolinaHen]

Took this through the window

 

[foxystag]

Wooohoooo!!!! Just hatched my first Partridge Silkie from my own babies that I raised!! I've been waiting a long time to see this little one! Pics to follow as soon as they are out of lockdown

 

[lizgarf]

Ugh, disaster!! Help! After removing the suspect cracked egg this morning, I came home after being gone all day to a different mess. The other legbar egg had been crushed in the nest, there was goop on most of the other eggs and another was kicked out of the nest, and one of my broodies had egg mess on her. 2 eggs and one broody did not appear dirty. I cleaned up the nest, cleaned up the broody, and wiped down the dirty eggs with a damp cloth and a little alcohol.

I think the egg got crushed by another hen laying in the nest, but I'm not sure of that because when I got home, the coop door was partially open, and a wire fence I have protecting some plants nearby was knocked down. It had been windy, but I don't think the wind could have opened that particular door. All of the hens were fine, so I'm at a total loss as to what could have happened, other than it was just a coincidence and another hen crushed an egg. The egg had good development and didn't smell bad - I don't think it was a bacterial explosion.

So, questions: is the whole clutch a loss? Should I just keep candling and smelling the eggs? Do I need to separate out the broodies? The only option I have immediately available is a portable (cloth) dog crate I can put them in, inside the larger coop. I think that will stress out the broodies, and I'm worried it will break them, but maybe I have to do it?

Thanks for your help. I'm so sad. 10 days left to go, 6 eggs left, I hope.

 

[familypendragon]

How cool is that! I too, just for chuckles, pulled 4 eggs from the fridge to fill out a row. They were more than 2 weeks old and the fridge is at 40 degrees. Day 7 candle showed all 4 developing. :yiipchick
Day 10 is tonight. Can't wait to see how they are doing! Of course, I'm not counting my chickens before they hatch, but so far, so good! The rest of the eggs, like the last batch, were just stored on top of my chest freezer at room temp until I was ready to set them. The house is kept at 78 degrees.

I rebuilt my incubator so I could have it in the house this time because of the wild temp swings outside...and my biggest challenge now is going to be getting the humidity up at lockdown. We'll see. I suspect I'll figure out how to manage that when the time comes.

IMO getting humidity up is easy - its the rare occasion you have to get it down that is hard. Just lay paper towels under the eggs and when you need more humidity drip water through any vent hole not above an egg and soak the towel. Humidity is effected by amount of surface area not depth of water

 

[CarolinaHen]

IMO getting humidity up is easy - its the rare occasion you have to get it down that is hard. Just lay paper towels under the eggs and when you need more humidity drip water through any vent hole not above an egg and soak the towel. Humidity is effected by amount of surface area not depth of water

I use paper towels too.