Our First Broody and Incubator Hatch: a Diary

[meetthebubus]

I think it's good you do whichever works for you, sorry I misunderstood

 

[igorsMistress]

I think it's good you do whichever works for you, sorry I misunderstood

Hey, no worries! I appreciate all the input possible. I do worry that maybe Scarlett will get weird with them to be honest. Maybe Nugget too. They can be surprisingly vicious. Even sweet Pepper. They've shocked me in the past so I'm thankful that so far things are going smoothly. I've read the stories too. And those about the broodies eating their chicks...it's a risk to be sure. I'm going out every 2 hours to check on everyone and a little more frequently near dusk when everyone is going to roost.

 

[igorsMistress]

Ruby scratched out a big hole in the litter. There's damp ground underneath and she's teaching the kids to forage there's litter everywhere!

She went to the open big door and acted like she wanted to go out into the yard so I built some steps for the chicks inside with a couple of bricks so they can get out through the pop door.

 

[nicollee]

, [USER=376561]@nicollee stopped by and picked up 3 of those tan eggs due to hatch on Tuesday. Now we will have to talk her into joining us in the August hatch-a-long. [/USER]

[QUOTE="igorsMistress, post: 20304441, member: 202364"]
There are 2 eggs in the incubator. I think the CCL mix might hatch still :fl send us good mojo!
[/QUOTE]I'm here, Five seems more relaxed now that she has real eggs under her

 

[igorsMistress]

I opened the coop door for better air flow this evening. Ruby is already trying to convince the littles it's time to get ready for bed. Cleaned out the waterer for the hundredth time today.

 

[aart]

I opened the coop door for better air flow this evening. Ruby is already trying to convince the littles it's time to get ready for bed. Cleaned out the waterer for the hundredth time today.

You could put the waterer up on something big enough for them to stand on it too.....might help keep the bedding out.

 

[meetthebubus]

Any news on the other eggs?

 

[igorsMistress]

Any news on the other eggs?

I candled with new batteries in my flashlight, nothing so I tossed them last night. I ended up with just the 2. I'm cool with it. I lost 2 to the heat so if these turn out to be girls I'm back to 9 layers. If I have a roo that's ok too.

 

[igorsMistress]

You could put the waterer up on something big enough for them to stand on it too.....might help keep the bedding out.

I tried that first. Ruby is quite zealous about showing them how to forage. She even managed to get bedding into the hanging waterer in there

I moved a brick and put the baby waterer behind that near the nest. It's working out ok.

 

[nicollee]

I tried that first. Ruby is quite zealous about showing them how to forage. She even managed to get bedding into the hanging waterer in there

I moved a brick and put the baby waterer behind that near the nest. It's working out ok.

She must be using up that extra energy she stored while sitting...
baby chicks ... so much fun...

Last year I didn't seperate Lunpy with her chick either... She protected him, until he got big enough to run away from any threats