Second Attempt At Chamois Sebrights, 6th September Who Wants To Join?

[Bantam Username]

By the way, everyone is welcome, the more the merrier!

I'm not really interested in the lemon/citrus sebrights they are just faded out golds in my eyes, but I think the chamois are beautiful. Apparently if I breed cham to gold I can get more cham, but interestingly, I saw a post on facebook of someone working on a lavender sebright which was lovely! It was chamois in silver basically - silver bird with lavender lacing which was pretty, makes me wonder if that was chamois crossed with silver?
I sent them a message enquiring about it several weeks ago now but no reply sadly.

When I finish incubating - thats several batches away - hopefully I will have a small flock of chamois, silver, and gold sebrights and some lavender old dutch. Maybe some seramas and barbu D'uccle and bantam araucanas too if I can get persuade the other half to let me have that many! Lol.

 

[spowell]

I just got my first eggs to incubate. I went this morning and picked up 9 Japanese eggs from a local lady. I have never done this before. I am so excited. I have my bator set at 99.5, humidity gauge at 45% (my humidity gauge is not a wet bulb, it is a regular old spring loaded humidity gauge. Is that ok?) I also weighed all my eggs. They weighed in at a whopping 29g each.

I have now put them into the bator and I sitting here twiddling my thumbs. This is going to ba a long 21 days!!!! Any guidence is much appreciated, I have chickens and I know what to do with them after they hatch. It's that part in between being laid and a fuzzy butt I'm not so sure on.

 

[Bantam Username]

Mainly I'd suggest read posts on here, I have been on here nearly every day reading posts and sharing my findings and have learned loads!

I have found that the days actually zip by, what with candling and turning eggs and topping up water, right up until day 18. Then those last 3 days drag out like a month!

 

[spowell]

Thanks, I have been reading on here since april and I have learned so much already!! Oh Yeah

I got the silkies I ordered today. I read that they have to sit for 24 hours before I can put them in the bator. So.....I'm patiently waiting, sort of.

 

[Bantam Username]

I only sit mine for up to 12 hours, everyone is different, but you only really need 24 hours or more if they have detached yolks, and look all shaken up. Some people only sit theirs for 6 hours. I figure, if I check that they don't look shaken up, then sit them from morning til evening, then put them in the incubator, turning it on after I put the eggs in, they'll have had enough time to settle, then warm up gradually, so no damage done. But really its personal preference on how long you wait and different situations.

My hard bit now is waiting til day 4 to candle, knowing full well this incubator runs a little colder than it should, so development will be slower.

 

[Bantam Username]

Dammit Dammit Dammit!!!!!!! Just candled and only ONE of the little B*****s are developing!!!! This is sooooo irritating, as its the only person who is selling these eggs in the UK and this is my second batch from them and the first batch failed!!!! I'm sooo angry right now!!!!

 

[Cattitude]

Hope that one keeps developing properly, and hatches to be a healthy chick. At least you will have begun! I bought some Ameraucana eggs on eBay that were a beautiful blue, but only two developed and they died in lockdown sometime. Persistence pays off, though; I'll keep on incubating Ameraucana eggs till I get as many hens as I need!

 

[spowell]

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I'm sorry... This is my first hatch ever, and I ordered all the eggs online. I'm so worried that none will hatch because I NEED all of them to hatch. I know it's not really probable that all will hatch. But, I can hope that maybe half will.

 

[Bantam Username]

Just a small update, lone egg is still developing well and is a wriggler so fingers crossed.

 

[Cattitude]

Superb!