October Hatch-A-Long 2017

[Peep_Show]

Crooked Chicken, Stuckinlove:
How are things progressing?

 

[Stuckinlove]

Crooked Chicken, Stuckinlove:
How are things progressing?

I got home tonight and the internal pip is now an external pip! With my incubator I can only see through the sides and not the top however I don't see any other external pips so far. All 11 were moving yesterday though

 

[Stuckinlove]

Two out of 11 with external pips!!

 

[Windus]

21 and counting! Still have 4 eggs that I can see the chicks moving inside, will see if they hatch!

 

[Peep_Show]

Lots of colors there, Windus. What kinds are they?

 

[Windus]

Lots of colors there, Windus. What kinds are they?

About half are Blue Laced Red Wyandottes and the rest are either Lavender Orpingtons or Lavender Orpington/Rhode Island Red or White leghorn mixes.

 

[Harmony Fowl]

About half are Blue Laced Red Wyandottes and the rest are either Lavender Orpingtons or Lavender Orpington/Rhode Island Red or White leghorn mixes.

I don’t have any purebred chickens and I don’t know if I could ever go for just one breed, but gosh, lavender orps are pretty!

 

[Crooked Chicken]

Crooked Chicken, Stuckinlove:
How are things progressing?

Well, still nothing on the remaining 5 eggs. I did open it once more to move chick to brooder and float tested the eggs. No movement whatsoever on the eggs. Giving them a few more days.

The chick is doing awesome - almost 2 days old. Took some pics earlier today and I think it's a girl. Mom is Barred Rock and dad is Rhode Island Red or EE. No white spot on head. I read on another thread that either combo will create black sex links.

My dog

Ruby is super fascinated. The chick sees her and pecks on the side of the brooder.

 

[Crooked Chicken]

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21 and counting! Still have 4 eggs that I can see the chicks moving inside, will see if they hatch!

So cute! How many eggs did you start with?

 

[Windus]

So cute! How many eggs did you start with?

Originally 36. Went down to 26 when I culled out the infertile and quitters. Still have 5 in the incubator. One I am pretty sure quit a few days ago but they other 4 still had movement last night when I candled them. Will see what I find when I get home from work tonight.