Early in the incubation, I accidentally turned up my incubator too high, and when I got up in the morning it was at 107 + degrees. I figured all the eggs were goners, but left them in the incubator anyway, although I didn't turn them much, because, of course, they were goners.
Four of them (out of 10) hatched. But this is not the end of the story.
After everyone had hatched, I unplugged the bater. If has been really cold for May in WV, and the heat in my incubator room went down to the 60's.
I wanted to clean out the incubator and tossed the unhatched eggs in the trash when I heard a tiny, sad 'peep'.
Thinking I was hearing things, I scrounged around in the trash for the egg, pulled it out, and there was a tiny pip. And it peeped at me again. This was one chilled egg! I peeled the shell off, went a little too fast, and it bled a little. Then I put the chilled little thing in a warm incubator.
Next I looked, he was all fluffy and walking around amongst the eggs!
I have marked this birds so I can tell him from the others; he MUST be kept for breeding! This is one tough chick! He is pecking around and appears just fine. In fact, if I had not marked him, I could not tell him from the others.
I am open for names, but of course I am not sure of gender. All i can think of is 'Pilgrim' from the book 'Pilgrim's Progress', where Pilgrim has so many trials and woes, but survives.
Is this amazing, or what?
Oh--the eggs were from Taterschickens. RIR.
Catherine (IggiMom)
Four of them (out of 10) hatched. But this is not the end of the story.
After everyone had hatched, I unplugged the bater. If has been really cold for May in WV, and the heat in my incubator room went down to the 60's.
I wanted to clean out the incubator and tossed the unhatched eggs in the trash when I heard a tiny, sad 'peep'.
Thinking I was hearing things, I scrounged around in the trash for the egg, pulled it out, and there was a tiny pip. And it peeped at me again. This was one chilled egg! I peeled the shell off, went a little too fast, and it bled a little. Then I put the chilled little thing in a warm incubator.
Next I looked, he was all fluffy and walking around amongst the eggs!
I have marked this birds so I can tell him from the others; he MUST be kept for breeding! This is one tough chick! He is pecking around and appears just fine. In fact, if I had not marked him, I could not tell him from the others.
I am open for names, but of course I am not sure of gender. All i can think of is 'Pilgrim' from the book 'Pilgrim's Progress', where Pilgrim has so many trials and woes, but survives.
Is this amazing, or what?
Oh--the eggs were from Taterschickens. RIR.
Catherine (IggiMom)
