OCTOBER HATCH-A-LONG!!! 2015

[tiffani day]

Hubby is on the big computer so I'll upload some photos later.
Today's hatch started last night and finished a few hours ago. I've moved babies to the brooder and another set of eggs is in the hatcher...two pheasant in that bunch.
The hatch includes a few Cochin, Columbian Wyandotte and one tiny Serama.

On the Serama, I purposefully left the egg in the incubator in a tiny egg cup next to the motor to the turner. It was a totally dry hatch...first chick to hatch in 10 incubations. The chicks would be alive going in to lockdown and then die. I suspected it was the difference in the temperatures in the incubator and the hatcher. Not moving the egg was an experiment that worked.

Congrats on what sounds like a successful hatch, can't wait see the pics.
The clip that connects the Turner to motor had been knocked loose at some point. After I moved eggs to another incubator and started fiddling with it the cord just came completely out, it's back running fine now.

 

[alice80790]

mine are hatching NOW!

 

[NanaKat]

Hubby is on the big computer so I'll upload some photos later.
Today's hatch started last night and finished a few hours ago. I've moved babies to the brooder and another set of eggs is in the hatcher...two pheasant in that bunch.
The hatch includes a few Cochin, Columbian Wyandotte and one tiny Serama.

On the Serama, I purposefully left the egg in the incubator in a tiny egg cup next to the motor to the turner. It was a totally dry hatch...first chick to hatch in 10 incubations. The chicks would be alive going in to lockdown and then die. I suspected it was the difference in the temperatures in the incubator and the hatcher. Not moving the egg was an experiment that worked.

The Serama is in the foreground in the first photo.. Cochin were running from the camera in the second photo so I had to take another one... I keep three day old chicks in the brooder with the new babies to help provide extra cuddlers and to teach the newbies about food and water.

 

[tiffani day]

The Serama is in the foreground in the first photo..  Cochin were running from the camera in the second photo so I had to take another one...  I keep three day old chicks in the brooder with the new babies to help provide extra cuddlers and to teach the newbies about food and water.

aww look at cute little fuzzy butts

 

[lmboeder]

mine are hatching NOW!

Congrats!

 

[Nanna34]

Found my black silkie hen sitting on a full clutch of eggs including the BA eggs, she must have stolen them lol. I love it when they go broody they are good mothers.

 

[alice80790]

Check out my new page:

WELCOME TO THE FAMILY

 

[Mc620]

. My hatchlings ended up with seven

quail eggs arrived today setting tomorrow

 

[ChickaLong]

. My hatchlings ended up with seven

quail eggs arrived today setting tomorrow

 

[tiffani day]

On day 16 did my day 14 candle last night because of all my Turner issues I was having I just forgot. Of the 33 eggs I set 24 are thriving. Of those 15 are from my own girls 5 are welsummer I got from a local farmer and 4 are mystery eggs from the same farmer.