October 2021 Hatch-A-Long

[AusHen]

I fiiiinally have development in some eggs from my OE rooster over a few hens. they range from day 4 to day 7 so I will have some more chicks later this month

 

[Lizzy733]

Can't you give her some eggs to hatch now? Transfer some over to her so she has just 1 week till hatch? It really is so cute to watch mother hen care for her chicks

Oh I know, we've done it twice before; she's a great mum, but over half these babies are a flighty breed, so we are hoping them + Orpington chicks, plus hand-raised will give us super friendly babies like we got when we brooded the shavers and Silkie. When she's raised them, they've been a bit 'no-touchy'. Not the boys(rehomed), but girls were always super shy.

I was intending to sell down to 3 pullets from this hatch, but now we're likely buying a lifestyle block so I get to keep all my babies XD

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

Day 20, (just) on chipmunk hatch and I have 2 (atleast) bantam Wyandotte chicks hatched. A trick I learnt from hatch a longs last year was when using upright turner, hatch upright in egg carton. It's working

 

[WooingWyandotte]

Day 19 - seven ameraucana pips. No Marans pips.

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

Worlds longest hatch happening here. First 5 hatched day 21, then 5 more between then and today (day 23). Out of 27 eggs . I still have one thats trying, so everyone has until he is out to do somethung, otherwise its a quick candleanda toss out

 

[Lizzy733]

Might be a busy day tomorrow for lockdown, so sorting my brooder today. Was going to try a two heat pad cave, but looking to not be getting up to temp, so gonna put a ceramic in there to raise the ambient. Ordered good feed for delivery early last week, but it's Mia, so getting a kg of the cheap local stuff as a backup.

Soo ready for these little fluff muffins to hatch out already.

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

Ended up with 11 out of the 27 that got to lockdown. The janoel 48 is going in the bin... so got 6 standard partridge Wyandottes, 3 bantam silver penciled wyandottes 1 buff orpington and 1 mystery chick. By mystery I mean I expected it to be a buff orpington but it has markings. Will get pics tomorrow

 

[WooingWyandotte]

Well it’s day 21 and I have 15 Ameraucana’s and 9 Marans which all appear to be wheaten! There were 2 more Marans eggs but the chicks died before they could fully unzip. The humidity dropped in the incubator overnight and screwed them over unfortunately.

 

[Lizzy733]

Lockdown!

Everybody's weighed in and been assigned a cubby (hoping to keep tracking who's who after the hatch.

Incubator's been moved to the kitchen where I can monitor it more closely.

What temp do you guys generally hatch at?

Right now, it's running around 37c at about 65% humidity

Somebody was just wiggling too! XD

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

Time for chick pics

and this is my mistery colour chick.. orpington, ment to be from full buff linesso curious if just a bebe thing I haven't hatched them before