Official Christmas Hatch! c'mon and join

[sangel4you]

Yay...candeled today and all 15/15 are all still wiggeling away! Air sacks seem a touch small to me so I opted more for the dry hacth method. Letting it drop down to about 30 before I add any water. So we shall see. yay! 9 days to go!

 

[Cornychick]

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I hope our LGs continue doing well for us and get us to hatching. Are you going to leave your eggs in the turner and just unplug it or lay them flat?

 

[evonne]

i have the LG still air, and i've decided out here in vegas where there is not humidity anyway, a fan is not such a good idea... i put a fan in the homemade overflo baotr i made.. and omg, the water evaporated ssoo fast... but in the still air it's fine for a few days at a time...
the first hatch i did in my LG w/ still air was perfect.. so i think that's the way to go out here...
good luck all... when's lockdown if we're due on christmas??

 

[Cornychick]

I think my lock down starts next wednesday so I think yours would be tuesday?

 

[chickenlover54]

So excited!!! good luck everyone!!!!

may we all have a hatchy hatchy Christmas

 

[teddiliza]

AAAAAAAAGGGGGGH! Temp was up to 103 this morning when I checked the bator, so I turned it down a bit after opening the lid to cool it off quicker for a minute, then tonight when I came home it was really warm because of our space heater and again 103.5!!! So I moved the space heater.

I candled all and all are still moving, but I sure hope I didn't cause any day 16 development problems.

I hope they turn out okay.

 

[Cornychick]

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note to self...i shall move my spaceheater too!

 

[evonne]

omg... too high temps on day 16???? they are all going to walk backwards their whole life now!!!!

lol.. sorry... goofy mood... lol....

mi still air sits at 103 a lot, and my first hatch of my own eggs was fine... everything else i've tried was shipped eggs so i blame the USPS...

 

[kathyinmo]

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I swear, I'm gonna send you eggs in a HUGE box, full of heavy stuff .... just to get the eggs there safely! I will pack box inside of box, inside of box, etc!

Problem now is ..... I have no eggs! Well, except the silkie and serama eggs that I don't want! I sold all the hatchery stock. They were the layers. Now I'm waiting for the breeders to growout. Here I am with 135 chickens, and no eggs! LOL

 

[evonne]

lol... well silkies are still one of the things i want... i think i want a splash roo... and whatever girls to join him and dopey.. lol... but i heard that the banty eggs have an even harder time in the mail???

i figure come spring, or if i get some extra money before then, i might just post an add on craig's list.....

oohh kathy, was that you we were talking about mailing eggs wrapped and then put in an egg carton??
well i did that with the first batch i shipped out.. then put paper around the carton until it couldn't move... he got 4/12.. which isn't great, but considering i think there's 100 HUGE postal gorillas at Mc Carran airport that's good...