NY chicken lover!!!!

[County Boy]

As soon as I can get a group shot will send you one. =) I have one little bitty runt chick that I had to help out but it seems to be doing well. The rest are all scurrying around!

Thats good! I had one runt this year but it died.

 

[horsekeeper]

My daughter and I just completed out first try at hatching. Got 22 out of 26 from our own flocks. The two flock roosters are golden cuckoo marans that we got from Travis and Tab last year. Two are going to be white and are fluffier than the rest, so Pinky the silkie must have romanced one of the ee's. All the chicks have fuzzy legs except one. We feel so lucky to get this many from our first attempt.

55 more due to hatch on April 1st that include 16 of our own and the rest from trading ducks and getting 4 dozen hatching eggs. Really excited to see what we get from the mixed flock of 100 mutts.

 

[blzzrdqueen]

Uhg, can someone here help me?

I was just informed on my hatch thread that I have to lock down my 5 D'Uccle eggs 2 days before the rest of my regular large size eggs, which are due to go on lockdown Friday morning! I don't have a spare incubator or hatcher! I have the items needed to build a bator but don't have the time to commit to the build until after the Easter holiday! Please help me and tell me what I need to do?

When I candled last night (day 14) it looked as thought the chicks had run out of room to grow in their shells (the D'Uccles)...I'm so worried now....I don't know what to do!!!!!!!

 

[featherz]

Uhg, can someone here help me?

I was just informed on my hatch thread that I have to lock down my 5 D'Uccle eggs 2 days before the rest of my regular large size eggs, which are due to go on lockdown Friday morning! I don't have a spare incubator or hatcher! I have the items needed to build a bator but don't have the time to commit to the build until after the Easter holiday! Please help me and tell me what I need to do?

When I candled last night (day 14) it looked as thought the chicks had run out of room to grow in their shells (the D'Uccles)...I'm so worried now....I don't know what to do!!!!!!!

Were they set at different times? I hatch banties with LF all the time (just did a few days ago) and everyone popped out on the same day. I always do lockdown all at once.

 

[blzzrdqueen]

Were they set at different times? I hatch banties with LF all the time (just did a few days ago) and everyone popped out on the same day. I always do lockdown all at once.

They were all set on the same day, 5 D'uccles (considerbly smaller eggs), 6 Austrolorp, 1 blue Americauna, 1 Penedesenca...

I was just told to go ahead and lockdown tomorrow (2 days early) and the other larger eggs will hatch when they are supposed to (day 21)...I'm so flipping nervous, this is my first hatch and I really really don't want to cause any harm to any of the babies!

 

[marquisella]

Uhg, can someone here help me?

I was just informed on my hatch thread that I have to lock down my 5 D'Uccle eggs 2 days before the rest of my regular large size eggs, which are due to go on lockdown Friday morning! I don't have a spare incubator or hatcher! I have the items needed to build a bator but don't have the time to commit to the build until after the Easter holiday! Please help me and tell me what I need to do?

When I candled last night (day 14) it looked as thought the chicks had run out of room to grow in their shells (the D'Uccles)...I'm so worried now....I don't know what to do!!!!!!!

I hatch Silkies and large fowl together all the time. The silkies usually hatch first, but not by much. If they were set the same time, don't worry.

 

[County Boy]

They were all set on the same day, 5 D'uccles (considerbly smaller eggs), 6 Austrolorp, 1 blue Americauna, 1 Penedesenca...

I was just told to go ahead and lockdown tomorrow (2 days early) and the other larger eggs will hatch when they are supposed to (day 21)...I'm so flipping nervous, this is my first hatch and I really really don't want to cause any harm to any of the babies!

Bantam and LF hatch the same time. Somebody told me to do that before to but it's not true. Lockdown on the day they are supposed to be. Worst that can happen is you have an early bird on day 20 of hatching.

 

[blzzrdqueen]

My one worry about the D'Uccles is they have ZERO room to grow in their eggs...they are tightly fit into them right now...that is what I had posted originally and why the poster had told me to lockdown early...

 

[featherz]

My one worry about the D'Uccles is they have ZERO room to grow in their eggs...they are tightly fit into them right now...that is what I had posted originally and why the poster had told me to lockdown early...

Nah, I just hatched a bunch of tiny bantams (even smaller than my d'uccle eggs) along with LF and they came out at the same time. Don't stress. Just lock the whole thing down a day early if you are worried.

 

[blzzrdqueen]

Nah, I just hatched a bunch of tiny bantams (even smaller than my d'uccle eggs) along with LF and they came out at the same time. Don't stress. Just lock the whole thing down a day early if you are worried.

Thanks!

I just candled all of my eggs (I have the bator in the bathroom where I can turn on the heat when I candle and it keeps everything warm, I can also run the shower to bring up the humidity while the bator is open) and all 5 D'uccles are just about touching the air cell, the other larger eggs are no where near it yet...