October 2016 Hatch-A-Long!!

[Cerise1924]

Baby silkies...

 

[Cerise1924]

Turned the eggs at 12 all was well. Decided to check them at 6:30 and found that someone unplugged them. The eggs were cold. Please tell me they can survive this. Nobody is owning up to unplugging my incubators... Can't say thst I blame them... I am so not happy.

Oh, no! What was the temperature reading of the incubators at 6:30? Hoping chicks will hang in there. What day is it for the eggs?

 

[Roseyroberts]

Oh, no!  What was the temperature reading of the incubators at 6:30?  Hoping chicks will hang in there.  What day is it for the eggs?

I didn't even think to look at the reading when I plugged it back in.

 

[AustralorpsAU]

I didn't even think to look at the reading when I plugged it back in.

I had to move my incubator 15 mins away with it unplugged and they all survived. Depends what temp they were

 

[Cerise1924]

Day 14 for the Silkie eggs. Candled again. Of the 12 shipped eggs:

-4 were obviously clear, so at this point I took them out.
-The one with the detached air cell did reattach, with the upright technique. However, it doesn't look like it has a chick. I am leaving it in, all the same.
-4 are looking just as they should: dark and hopefully full of little Silkies-in-progress. Good air cell growth.
-3 look ok, except for big, saddle-shaped air cells. I understand that can prevent a chick from getting into a good hatch position, and is common with shipped eggs. So, a bit worried about those three.

Glad that the one little paint egg is one of the promising ones.

 

[Cerise1924]

I didn't even think to look at the reading when I plugged it back in.

Oh, I am sure you were just distraught! Hoping the heat held enough to keep your chicks going.

 

[lpatelski]

Blue Skunk update

 

[AustralorpsAU]

How does my brooder look like?

 

[lpatelski]

How does my brooder look like?

Flammable

, just kidding

my first brooder was a huge cardboard box lined with plastic.





Now my chicks are brooded in a 55 gallon aquarium.

 

[AustralorpsAU]

Flammable

, just kidding

my first brooder was a huge cardboard box lined with plastic.





Now my chicks are brooded in a 55 gallon aquarium.

You got me there!!!

They are so cute!!