October-hatch-along 2019

[FortCluck]

Mine is ready, set it up yesterday morning.View attachment 1942579

I'm eventually going to make one like this for quail! I bought one I can just take down quickly for the chicks. Usually I just use big cardboard boxes because we always have them and you just toss them after.

 

[Kat MacK]

First pip on the second part of our staggered hatch

 

[FortCluck]

First pip on the second part of our staggered hatch View attachment 1942689

Awesome I'm so jealous seeing everyone's pips and chicks! I just keep saying "Only a week"

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

@Muscovy Wunda you asked about humidity, what kind of incubator are you using? The trick is to have a wide area of dampness to increase it rather than a deep vessel. A paper towel or wet rag would work.

I have a jonoel8-48. I hatched start of september and had no issues with the humidity, filled base with water and just added an extra wet cloth in to bring it up a touch. But this time the humiditys just not happening. Going off surface area of base, is about 95% size of incubator, but thats under hatch tray so that would interfer alittle... I can't get it to stay over 50%. I have 2 wet cloths in there, as flat as I'm willing to put without them touching eggs. Would it chill the eggs to have the cloths layed under them abit?

 

[Kat MacK]

I have a jonoel8-48. I hatched start of september and had no issues with the humidity, filled base with water and just added an extra wet cloth in to bring it up a touch. But this time the humiditys just not happening. Going off surface area of base, is about 95% size of incubator, but thats under hatch tray so that would interfer alittle... I can't get it to stay over 50%. I have 2 wet cloths in there, as flat as I'm willing to put without them touching eggs. Would it chill the eggs to have the cloths layed under them abit?

I have sometimes put wet cloths in the microwave till they're warm before adding them to a bator. This will bring humidity up FAST, so be ready. I use washcloths, and if they're not quite dripping wet but pretty saturated when you warm them up, they can be good for 12-18 hours

 

[SSSophie]

I don't know how you manage 200 do you bring all your chickens to auction?

It's called patience and perseverance. I honestly don't know where to find those items some days but we manage. I can only work 3 days at my job or chores start piling up. I've never attempted to sell 200. We had 50 point of lay RIR I sold this summer and folks were asking for more after they were gone. Praying it all works out. You see.... What happened was.... We have some pretty uh... Heartless... TSC employees. Ones who I have individually spoken with. They ALL have flocks of their own. I've attached a picture of how a *whole* brooder of 64 RIR were so severely impacted it took me two days to get them all well. Those were the third set for $0.25 each. The second set was a wonderful bantam/cochin assortment i am keeping and the first set was 147 black sex links I split with someone. The BSL were all in one brooder. A brooder that previously had ducks in it, and they were wallowing in a mush of duck and their own fecal matter mixed pine shavings and water. Had coccidiosis. We lost about 15 from the third batch. Otherwise all are thriving. The sex links ended up being a mix of BSL, Dominique, Barred Rock, black OEGB.

some days whenever the sun comes up I just want to put my head under the pillow and cry but by the grace of God I keep going. I am a firm believer that if these birds have not been purchased at $0.25 a piece from careless employees who simply did not want to do their jobs that they would have died a very painful excruciating death. It is what it is.

 

[BlueBaby]

I'm in lock-down today for the 1st part of my split hatch.

 

[FortCluck]

It's called patience and perseverance. I honestly don't know where to find those items some days but we manage. I can only work 3 days at my job or chores start piling up. I've never attempted to sell 200. We had 50 point of lay RIR I sold this summer and folks were asking for more after they were gone. Praying it all works out. You see.... What happened was.... We have some pretty uh... Heartless... TSC employees. Ones who I have individually spoken with. They ALL have flocks of their own. I've attached a picture of how a *whole* brooder of 64 RIR were so severely impacted it took me two days to get them all well. Those were the third set for $0.25 each. The second set was a wonderful bantam/cochin assortment i am keeping and the first set was 147 black sex links I split with someone. The BSL were all in one brooder. A brooder that previously had ducks in it, and they were wallowing in a mush of duck and their own fecal matter mixed pine shavings and water. Had coccidiosis. We lost about 15 from the third batch. Otherwise all are thriving. The sex links ended up being a mix of BSL, Dominique, Barred Rock, black OEGB.

some days whenever the sun comes up I just want to put my head under the pillow and cry but by the grace of God I keep going. I am a firm believer that if these birds have not been purchased at $0.25 a piece from careless employees who simply did not want to do their jobs that they would have died a very painful excruciating death. It is what it is.

I got a duckling from TSC thats legs were bent in a 90 degree angle and she couldn't even walk. Now she's pretty and straight legged because of all the time and treatments we put into her!

 

[FortCluck]

It's called patience and perseverance. I honestly don't know where to find those items some days but we manage. I can only work 3 days at my job or chores start piling up. I've never attempted to sell 200. We had 50 point of lay RIR I sold this summer and folks were asking for more after they were gone. Praying it all works out. You see.... What happened was.... We have some pretty uh... Heartless... TSC employees. Ones who I have individually spoken with. They ALL have flocks of their own. I've attached a picture of how a *whole* brooder of 64 RIR were so severely impacted it took me two days to get them all well. Those were the third set for $0.25 each. The second set was a wonderful bantam/cochin assortment i am keeping and the first set was 147 black sex links I split with someone. The BSL were all in one brooder. A brooder that previously had ducks in it, and they were wallowing in a mush of duck and their own fecal matter mixed pine shavings and water. Had coccidiosis. We lost about 15 from the third batch. Otherwise all are thriving. The sex links ended up being a mix of BSL, Dominique, Barred Rock, black OEGB.

some days whenever the sun comes up I just want to put my head under the pillow and cry but by the grace of God I keep going. I am a firm believer that if these birds have not been purchased at $0.25 a piece from careless employees who simply did not want to do their jobs that they would have died a very painful excruciating death. It is what it is.

You're an amazing person

 

[SSSophie]

You're an amazing person

awe. Thank you!