Progress has been made! Pics added of new babies!

[dolly85]

Well, I ended up having 9/9 hatch!!!! There was another egg that failed to develop and I threw out after a week. Considering these were some pullets first eggs, the hens and roos were only 7- 8 months old, the eggs were laid in freezing cold, and I forgot to turn them while I collected eggs over a weeks time I think I did pretty good! They also survived through humidity ranging from 30-70%, and temps from 97-103! Amazing..... I thought this was supposed to be hard???

 

[Nodaksnakelover]

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LOL! Sometimes it is! Just seems everything worked out for you in the end, congrats!

 

[Joey8765]

haha, well done, you did a good job!

 

[BHep]

Congrats.................So cute!

 

[dwegg]

Congrats!!!

I am so glad to hear a great success story... 9/9 babies... very happy for you guys!

 

[blefky]

Congratulations!!

So exciting, I just may have to give it a try after the holidays!!

 

[dolly85]

Thanks you guys! I set so many because I thought I'd be lucky to get only 2-4. Hope you all have the same luck on current or future hatches!!! Here are some cute dried off little fuzzy butts!!!!!!

The two silkies came out of large tan eggs, I'm thinking they are the buff orpington/silkie crosses. The d'uccle came out of a really tiny cream colored egg, and looks like it may be purebred! The other bantams look to be assorted games.... the only possible dads are a D'uccle, Silkie, and a Cubalaya. The black chicks with yellow faces are probably OEG or sebright hens with the Cubalaya roo.

 

[valley ranch]

Greetings, Good job! Came out fine the first time. I'm looking forward to doing the same, we just got a rooster.

What kind of incubator do you have? Fan? Turner?

Thankyou Richard

 

[dolly85]

Its a little giant from Farm and Fleet. I got the egg turner but not the fan. If I do a future hatch I'll probably get the fan as there was a 2-3 degree difference in temps from one side to the other. I also kept it in my bedroom and kept the house at a constant temperature. Any temp changes outside the bator affected the inside as well. My thermometers were cheapies from Wal-Mart. All in all I think I spent 110.00 for the stuff. It was worth every cent for the experience! The kids were and still are thrilled about it. The directions were clear and the product worked well. I would recommend it to someone looking to hatch a few chickens here and there just for fun!

http://www.farmandfleet.com/catalog/find.aspx?t=incubator&submit.x=17&submit.y=12

 

[iluvsedward]

W00T!