Our hatching chicks!!

[SilkieSensation]

P.S. If I've got pipped or zipping eggs at the time that I open the incubator, I also have a bottle of warm water on hand and spritz the open-but-not-hatched eggs with it to counteract any membrane drying effect from opening the bator. I don't know that it's necessary, but it feels like a reasonable precaution to me.

Misting the lid works better as misting the eggs themselves can cause chicks to inhale the droplets & drown.

 

[SilkieSensation]

80% humid but temp stay the same and when day 18 comes best not to open the incubator till they are all hatched and dry

This will NOT work with a staggered hatch, especially 1 spanning as long as the OP's. Staggered hatches require opening the bator more frequently than a regular hatch & special considerations for humidity as I have previously mentioned.

 

[SilkieSensation]

YAY!!!! How many more are out??? AWESOMENESS!! I threw two links on sexing in my article https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/step-by-step-guide-to-assisted-hatching

This is the paste from it.......

SEXING CHICKS ~ With in TWO DAYS you must do this or wait till they crow or lay!! refer to : http://www.ca.uky.edu/smallflocks/sex_linked_crosses.html & http://www.ca.uky.edu/smallflocks/Feather_sexing_practice.html
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Feather sexing does NOT work for mixed breed chickens. For barnyard mixes all you can really do is watch development & see who has roo-ish characteristics 1st & pray your guesses are correct.

 

[SilkieSensation]

So is this a Mille fleur pure? Or a d'anver & a Mille fleur??

Mille Fleur is often used to refer to a particular color of d'Uccle. Mille Fleur is the color, d'Uccle is the breed. D'Uccles are feather footed, d'Anvers are clean legged. Both have puffy cheeks & can have the Mille Fleur coloring. It will be rather difficult to tell if this particular baby is pure or not since the breeds are very similar other than the leg feathers, but it definitely has d'Uccle in it since the legs are feathered as long as the d'Uccles are the only feather legged breed you have. Nearly any chicken can interbreed with any other (as long as they are at least similar in size). You would have trouble getting something like a Serama to cross with a Jersey Giant however.

 

[ChKnLuvRs]

Cute chick! I dont know the breed but mille Fleur is a color not a breed, there are a few breeds that come in that color d'anver, d'uccle, cochin

yes that i know

im wondering if this is from my mille fleur d'uccle pair i have or if it is a combination of my mille fleur d'uccle rooster & my quail d'anver.

 

[ChKnLuvRs]

Your chicks will tell you if your temps are correct. If they are huddled together under the light they are cold. Lower the light so they can get closer to it. If they are scattered as far from the light as they can get they are too hot. Raise the light. If they are running around or lounging everywhere randomly then temps are perfect.

thanks. They sleep & lounge alot

 

[ChKnLuvRs]

Mille Fleur is often used to refer to a particular color of d'Uccle. Mille Fleur is the color, d'Uccle is the breed. D'Uccles are feather footed, d'Anvers are clean legged. Both have puffy cheeks & can have the Mille Fleur coloring. It will be rather difficult to tell if this particular baby is pure or not since the breeds are very similar other than the leg feathers, but it definitely has d'Uccle in it since the legs are feathered as long as the d'Uccles are the only feather legged breed you have. Nearly any chicken can interbreed with any other (as long as they are at least similar in size). You would have trouble getting something like a Serama to cross with a Jersey Giant however.

yes, I have a d'anver hen & a mille fleur d'uccle pair. but with my mille fleur d'uccle hen for some reason we are having trouble knowing whether she is laying. and i never see my rooster on her only see him on the d'anver. and i have marked both my hens vents with food coloring and no eggs came out with a color but i did receive an egg that was questionable as to whether or not it was the same as i have been getting. looks a little smaller & lighter to me. What to you byc'rs think??

the picture makes it look kind of alike but to my eyes the one on the bottom

 

[SilkieSensation]

Each hen will lay a slightly different egg, but each hen will also have variances within what she lays. There will be variations in size, shape & color of the eggs from each hen, but these differences will not usually be drastic. You may be able to tell if the hen is laying by examining her vent & comparing it to that of the roo. If her vent is tiny & nearly closed like the roo's then she probably isn't laying yet. Compare her vent to the hen that you know is laying & see if they are similar in size & shape. If it's closer to the hen that you know is laying than that of the roo then she is probably laying or getting very near laying.

 

[ChKnLuvRs]

Each hen will lay a slightly different egg, but each hen will also have variances within what she lays. There will be variations in size, shape & color of the eggs from each hen, but these differences will not usually be drastic. You may be able to tell if the hen is laying by examining her vent & comparing it to that of the roo. If her vent is tiny & nearly closed like the roo's then she probably isn't laying yet. Compare her vent to the hen that you know is laying & see if they are similar in size & shape. If it's closer to the hen that you know is laying than that of the roo then she is probably laying or getting very near laying.

Ok thank u

 

[ChKnLuvRs]

CUTIE!!  look how fast the feathering is coming in COOL!

Why are my week & two week chicks plucking at the chests ???
Is there something wrong?