September Hatch-a-long!

[slordaz]

I know that this thread is supposed to be about hatching, but many chickens are drowning in the hurricane Florence area.

1.7 million chickens drown as NC rivers swollen by Florence, and it's not over yet! All of that rain on the hill and mountain tops will still be making it's way downhill still!

https://www.yahoo.com/news/1-7-million-chickens-drown-175600464.html

well it's a fact of life, when we had a big wild fire near us, I had feed and cages ready if needed to move my flock out with us wasn't leaving them behind but I'm not a commercial outfit either, Shame on them for not having a emergency plan for getting those poor birds out of there when they had ample time to do it, but to many commercial don't care they will just up the prices to cover their losses while their insurance will pay for them so they don't care about their animals

 

[BlueBaby]

Yes, but I am wondering how many BYC members lost flocks this way who are not raising them commercially.

 

[slordaz]

the ones I am hatching out giving a few to a neighbor that lost her hatch to a skunk but has since remedied the issue after I went over and showed her how to skunk proof her place. The rest are going out to the farm of one of the admins for the local blessings page I run

 

[TheBeardie]

I just got everyone in lockdown, now it's a waiting game. The next few days are going to be long, especially when the pips come. The few Marans eggs were hard to see any movement, but I definitely have been seeing development. 26 eggs are in lockdown. Wish me luck!

 

[slordaz]

I just got everyone in lockdown, now it's a waiting game. The next few days are going to be long, especially when the pips come. The few Marans eggs were hard to see any movement, but I definitely have been seeing development. 26 eggs are in lockdown. Wish me luck!

good luck everyone that's in lock down

 

[igorsMistress]

A chip in an egg, huh? If you go to sleep now, you're going to miss it!

Stop that

 

[igorsMistress]

Good luck everyone

On a side note, I can not believe that these quail chicks will pile up in a corner and I have to move them over to the heat plate for bed

 

[L1sa]

I'm just entering day 20. I've asked Doris if she's in lockdown but she just looked at me and growled!!!

 

[TheBeardie]

Still on day 18 until later this afternoon. No changes, not that I was expecting any since my temp wasn't on the high side and I didn't set any bantam eggs. My humidity was a little high, over 80%, so I took out some of the water via the aquarium air hose and syringe. It's still holding around 80%. How long should I wait to get worried about the high humidity? What should I do I it doesn't go down at that point?

 

[igorsMistress]

Still on day 18 until later this afternoon. No changes, not that I was expecting any since my temp wasn't on the high side and I didn't set any bantam eggs. My humidity was a little high, over 80%, so I took out some of the water via the aquarium air hose and syringe. It's still holding around 80%. How long should I wait to get worried about the high humidity? What should I do I it doesn't go down at that point?

I don't know how long but I opened the lid and let some out when it got high.