Ranger Grow-Out Journals

[Jared77]

He's impressive and very good looking. Please continue to keep us posted

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

very interesting. thanks so much for sharing

 

[TimG]

There's peeping coming from the incubator!

 

[Mrs. Mucket]

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Oh this is exciting! All these Ranger aunties and uncles want to hear the peeps! How soon will they hatch then? Keep us posted Tim!

 

[TimG]

There are five now.

 

[TimG]

Seven. The most recent two appeared suddenly, from no signs of pipping to out the shells in under two hours. Though I am trying my best not to open the windowless incubator very often.

 

[biomistake]

Go little babies GO!!!

 

[Mrs. Mucket]

Sounds like those little Rangers are strong from the get-go! Can't wait to see some pics, Tim!

 

[Jared77]

This is super cool news. I know a lot of us are anxious to see how they mature.

 

[TimG]

Eight are out of the incubator and into a cage with food, water, and a heat lamp. They are chirpy and curious. I didn't clean the pen thoroughly and they've discovered some bits of straw and cobweb that has been amusing them.

There are still a few eggs in the incubator, but no signs of pipping, so I expect eight will be the final count. I dated the eggs and will report whether there seems to be any correlation between lay date and hatch rate when I clean out the incubator.

I'll try and post a picture later today or tomorrow.