Rillowens first Hatch-Along! FOOD THEME

[TwoCrows]

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My seeds for outside their coop arrived! I'm excited

What a beauty!

 

[Debbie292d]

All I could think of was hatching boxes too lol. But thats alot of little boxes! 23 individual boxes... i may have to give up on the idea.

If it's for us, I'd just make a good guess.

If I really have to keep a few seperate, I bought plastic baskets from a hobby store. Just measure the distance from the floor of the incubator to the highest height you could have before you buy. I got some too short and they jumped out.

That said, I missed this somehow! Any eggs left?

 

[redinator]

Any ideas for how to keep the egg numbers straight when they hatch? I would love to be able to attach a picture to each name when hatching comes, but im not sure how to keep them straight! I suppose I could stickers their ankles, but im worried that might just cause problems and not be worth it.

I struggle with this too. I bought hatching bags, but the ones I got were fairly small and would only hold 1-2 eggs. I wanted to seperate 5-6 by breed. The eggs that are set to hatch this weekend (my large eggs) I'm trying drawer dividers.

I still haven't found good leg bands though. I'm trying orthodontic rubber bands https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CDQSW57N?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1&th=1 but I don't reccomend them for feather legged chicks.

 

[Debbie292d]

I struggle with this too. I bought hatching bags, but the ones I got were fairly small and would only hold 1-2 eggs. I wanted to seperate 5-6 by breed. The eggs that are set to hatch this weekend (my large eggs) I'm trying drawer dividers.
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I still haven't found good leg bands though. I'm trying orthodontic rubber bands https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CDQSW57N?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1&th=1 but I don't reccomend them for feather legged chicks.

Hubby's an electrician so has every size zip ties known to man, including little mini ones. I used his little ones all up, so bought these. They work great for feathered legs. A fingernail clipper (toe clipper is better) works for snipping the ends off, or for getting them off.

We keep them lose, like a bracelet, not tight at all, then for baby chicks they're checked bi-weekly. Adults get checked whenever we get around to it as the same goes for them...it's like a bracelet on them.

We have never had an issue with any age.

 

[redinator]

Hubby's an electrician so has every size zip ties known to man, including little mini ones. I used his little ones all up, so bought these. They work great for feathered legs. A fingernail clipper (toe clipper is better) works for snipping the ends off, or for getting them off.

We keep them lose, like a bracelet, not tight at all, then for baby chicks they're checked bi-weekly. Adults get checked whenever we get around to it as the same goes for them...it's like a bracelet on them.

We have never had an issue with any age.

I recently bought reusable zip ties https://a.co/d/05c3MhtH, but they seem a bit wide/thick to use on chicks. I always worry with the regular zip ties I might over tighten it and have trouble getting them off.

 

[Debbie292d]

I recently bought reusable zip ties https://a.co/d/05c3MhtH, but they seem a bit wide/thick to use on chicks. I always worry with the regular zip ties I might over tighten it and have trouble getting them off.

Those look a little heavy-duty. The ones we bought aren't at all.

Although I like that yours are reusable. These sure aren't.