November Hatch-A-Long (2014)

[Sustained]

Ok, couldn't help myself. I've never been able to see anything this early before. Remember, all these eggs were refrigerated when I bought them so this is experiment #2 for me with this hatch.

Woohoo!! I can't wait to start candling again! That's a great pic. I've never been able to get candling pics to turn out.

 

[ochochicas]

My incubator temp seems to be stabilized at 99 and the humidity looks good. I weighed a few eggs this morning. They have lost 1 - 2 grams, which is right on track for day 4. I can hardly wait to candle them and see what is happening inside.

On another note, my thermometer said the temp dropped to 74 while I was at work. There was no power outage today, so I'm thinking it must be a thermometer (or human) error of some sort. My Easter Egger stopped laying the day I set the eggs. I'm glad I got the eggs when I did!

 

[Dcat]

Sustained, I usually can't get good pics either, LOL. The coolest thing is you can see the heartbeat if you look!

Ochochicas, you are a better chicken mom than me, I don't take the time to weigh them but I do mark the air pockets. I should havae done it the first day but I will be doing it soon. My temp showed that it spiked to 102 overnight but didn't go below 99.

 

[Antiquity]

Candled day 7 on batch 1 today and threw out the two non-developers. Batch two is still 11/12 but one of those is a little iffy. I also discovered an egg from batch one has a very small crack, but is still looking good so far. I wish i could take good candling pics, but they all just photograph as big round smudges with some dark spots. Oh well. Here's a picture of my aquarium set up instead.




Oh Sustained,

just keep adding those eggs. I wouldn't have been able to pass them up either: I am officially hooked. If I had a larger aquarium, I'd be adding more as well. Every lost egg makes me want to put in a dozen more.

 

[thailand]

Hi fellow hatch-a-holics

Good to hear how everyone's eggs are coming along. I candled mine for the first time last night and the prognosis is as follows:

Under the broody: 6/10 with good veins and lots of movement. 3 x clears and 1 x not sure (will give a little more time and check again).

In incubator: 6/12 with good veins and lots of movement. 1 x blood-ring and 4 x clears. 1 x not sure (will also give more time).

The kids helped me with candling last night and they were thrilled to see movement.

I'm impressed with my cheap Chinese incubator, it's holding temp and humidity really well. This is my 2nd hatch with it and I think I've finally got it worked out correctly.

 

[pickledpenny]

My notes are downstairs for the mixes, but my lavender orpingtons are looking great! 11/12 have movement on day 6 <3 the other was a clear. Then I tossed a bunch of the mixes that were total clears there's still a handful though. I'll update numbers soon!

 

[Mulberry]

I am setting 25 eggs in total all my own. ( I can't get anyone to post to Europe from fancy America) :-(
5 Japanese was thrown out of the nest
10 Italian
10 mix large fl barma, bold neck, kendermagos.

 

[Pyxis]

I am setting 25 eggs in total all my own. ( I can't get anyone to post to Europe from fancy America) :-(
5 Japanese was thrown out of the nest
10 Italian
10 mix large fl barma, bold neck, kendermagos.

Unfortunately with birds it's really not feasible to send them to Europe from America because of all the fees, paperwork, vet confirmations, certificates, etc etc needed. You'd end up paying a small fortune for your eggs! Then again, if you were willing to pay the money, I bet you could find some breeder of the breed you really want who is willing to help you out.

 

[rachelpotter]

Because I don't have any egg pics to share yet, I thought I'd show y'all what we were working on yesterday ( my day off). Building a coop. This is the built-in brooder/solitary confinement pen inside. We had 18 -5 week old chicks in 3 huge dog crates in our bathroom until last night. Really glad to get them out of there.. but really sad too. I kinda enjoyed talking to them as I was getting ready in the am... just didn't like the dust and the smell!! I got up twice last night to go check on them. Is cool here (low 50's) but they are feathered and had two Brinsea heaters in there with them last night. I think they enjoy the extra space! (This one is 3 feet wide by 8 feet long)

In other news.. got tracking numbers on my eggs! They are coming from Oregon, New York and Georgia to me here in Mississippi. This ought to be interesting!

ae

 

[Iko127]

Because I don't have any egg pics to share yet, I thought I'd show y'all what we were working on yesterday ( my day off). Building a coop. This is the built-in brooder/solitary confinement pen inside. We had 18 -5 week old chicks in 3 huge dog crates in our bathroom until last night. Really glad to get them out of there.. but really sad too. I kinda enjoyed talking to them as I was getting ready in the am... just didn't like the dust and the smell!! I got up twice last night to go check on them. Is cool here (low 50's) but they are feathered and had two Brinsea heaters in there with them last night. I think they enjoy the extra space! (This one is 3 feet wide by 8 feet long)

In other news.. got tracking numbers on my eggs! They are coming from Oregon, New York and Georgia to me here in Mississippi. This ought to be interesting!

ae

Wow!! That is so nice!! Great job! The chicks should love it