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I went to bed last night listening to soft peeping in the bator. Woke up this morning to rather loud peeps. I thought for sure I was going to see one running around in there lol. Nope, but there is one external pip :) yesterday, it was the Marans and Ameraucanas who were rocking their shells but today it's a Rhodebar with the pip.
 
I think all that are going to hatch this week have hatched. Total is 73 chicks and 1 poult.
I find it interesting how the different breeds hatch at different times, though all set at once and the eggs gathered across a week for each breed. Everytime I hatch mixed breeds or hybrids, they also come out first and seem to be trying to beat down the door! This week it was the black sex links, 25 popped out and I had to move them to the brooder before the first Rhodebar even started to pip. The Ameracaunas and Legbars were early too, but there was one straggler, then the Welsummers started and finally the Rhodebars. I have them split by type and age across 3 brooders because the first ones looked big enough to hurt the newer ones.

Maybe it's egg color that determines the order of hatching:
1. white
2. blue
3. brown

I also set 4 guinea eggs last night. Timing is trickier with those. I plan to put them into lockdown with the turkey eggs I set Sunday evening and the chicken eggs I will be setting this coming weekend.
 
stake said:
Oletmyer:

Great looking bater....a question....do you always put your eggs fat side up? I thought they should be horizontal???
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Cabinet incubators position the eggs like that, but then tilt the entire tray at a 45 degree angle, and reverse the tilt to turn the eggs. I wonder how these get turned.

Maybe tilting the entire incubator, like the Brinsea 20's.
 
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Blue on Blue

My first ever blue egg laying blue sex links


(photobombed by a Welsummer)

Problem is, the blue makes it very hard to discern a white head spot like the black sex links. Once they grow a few feathers, the barring on the males will be obvious. Or maybe all the blue ones are females!!
 
I should be seeing some eggs tonight. Some will go in my new made in China plastic incubator that is designed to roll the eggs that are on their side, some in typical tilt type egg trays. Of course with two incubator there will be slight temp and humidity differences. I'm interested to see how the new plastic thing works.

It's 37.5°C, right?
 
barb, good luck on the hatching
whats the weather up there close to us? we're down in the florida panhandle for the winter, altho nice here i miss my animals
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