Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[BullChick]

Woke up and the hatch had begun!! I hated coming to work. All I can think about is how much fun the weekend should be

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[chickenboy100]

Woke up and the hatch had begun!! I hated coming to work. All I can think about is how much fun the weekend should be

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What's up with the bottom one's neck!!?!?!?

 

[SilkieSensation]

Nothing wrong with it. It's just still unfolding from being rolled up in the shell. It's foot is still tucked up by it's face.

 

[tinychicadees]

Take off the one rack. Raise the humidity for the egg hatching.

ok, thanks, that's what I was kinda thinking, but wasn't sure.

 

[Reyvaughn]

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WOW! I love my flock, but 97 chickens in the basement?! I have a hard time believing it wasn't for very wrong purposes.

Somehow I was contacted about these birds this morning. I guess I was put on a list of possible homes without my knowledge! Thankfully they all have homes. I could have taken a few if they were in dire straights, but I wouldn't have been able to keep them.

 

[SilkieSensation]

My first Ancona baby from my flock has hatched! @sarasweatman your duckies are grandparents!

 

[dheltzel]

My first Ancona baby from my flock has hatched! @sarasweatman your duckies are grandparents!

Oooh, I want ducklings now! Do duck eggs need to be sprinkled with water or otherwise treated differently than chickens?

 

[chippysmom327]

Anne, my chicks began getting loud at night even with a red bulb. I forget if you said how old they are, but I began turning off the heat lamp at night (yes, it was nerve wracking) and they slept through the night again. There were 6 in the brooder, and I think they were 3 -weeks- old. I did get a black light bulb. I couldn't stand not giving them heat at night. Oh! And they were on the (enclosed) back porch in April. So not in a warm(ish) house. The Leghorns were noisy from day one. If I ever do them again, it will be with a broody in the coop. Let her  deal with them!
Chippy, I am so happy for you!

Thanks!!! I have to get around to PM' ing you back!

Day 8.

I'm considering skipping school the day they hatch

 

[SilkieSensation]

My first Ancona baby from my flock has hatched! [@=/u/120502/sarasweatman]@sarasweatman[/@] your duckies are grandparents!

Oooh, I want ducklings now! Do duck eggs need to be sprinkled with water or otherwise treated differently than chickens?

I use still air & hand turn all eggs. Other than slightly higher lockdown humidity I incubate them just like chicks. They take their sweet time hatching & can take a full 3 days from pip to hatch.

 

[Poetshens]

Out of the first two eggs I have hatched in a long time I have a Heritage Delaware rooster and a Speckled Sussex rooster...