October-hatch-along 2019

[FortCluck]

ooo I never thought of that

 

[Eliselove]

For better or worse Im in lockdown now.

me too! I have managed not to do any tinkering

 

[Eliselove]

My feral chickens taste gamey . They eat just what s on the land and are pretty wild .

That is fascinating!!!! Do you ever feed them anything or just let them forage? Do you grow crops for them? What breed are they? What kind of laying rate do you get with them being all forage? Are they primarily for meat or for eggs?

 

[Compost King]

DANGER! you can barely see the little guy/gal on top of the cage but he/she has been pecking at the wires going to the fan and heating unit. Pretty scary. I might have to rethink my use of cages. Not going to open it up to spare the life of one stupid bird and risk shrink wrapping those who have not hatched yet. Complications! but its all part of the fun.

 

[BlueBaby]

@Compost King Congrats on the hatch!

 

[igorsMistress]

DANGER! you can barely see the little guy/gal on top of the cage but he/she has been pecking at the wires going to the fan and heating unit. Pretty scary. I might have to rethink my use of cages. Not going to open it up to spare the life of one stupid bird and risk shrink wrapping those who have not hatched yet. Complications! but its all part of the fun.
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I found this thread an interesting read. I've opened my incubator while eggs were pipped and didn't have issues. I've also marked eggs that were more porous than others and made notes about the chicks that hatched. Eggs with different levels of porosity require different levels of humidity during incubation and lockdown in my experience.

"Shrink wrap" vs. "Sticky chick"?

 

[flgardengirl]

OMG I have a chick starting to zip. I just went into lockdown yesterday. What the heck? Its one of the extra eggs that were included with the Orpington eggs, that is a Golden Cuckoo marans, I think. That one was in the incubator that was having really whacko temp swings. I hope he doesnt have two heads haha.

 

[FortCluck]

OMG I have a chick starting to zip. I just went into lockdown yesterday. What the heck? Its one of the extra eggs that were included with the Orpington eggs, that is a Golden Cuckoo marans, I think. That one was in the incubator that was having really whacko temp swings. I hope he doesnt have two heads haha.

I hope not either, but post pics when it's out! How exciting.

 

[FortCluck]

I found this thread an interesting read. I've opened my incubator while eggs were pipped and didn't have issues. I've also marked eggs that were more porous than others and made notes about the chicks that hatched. Eggs with different levels of porosity require different levels of humidity during incubation and lockdown in my experience.

"Shrink wrap" vs. "Sticky chick"?

Reading that just stressed me out even more. It's so humid where I am. The incubator has been running between 49% to 60% humidity.

 

[igorsMistress]

Reading that just stressed me out even more. It's so humid where I am. The incubator has been running between 49% to 60% humidity.

There are no set rules for incubating other than temp. Some eggs need more or less humidity depending. You'll get the hang of it as you go along.