SEPTEMBER HATCH-A-LONG!!!

[Maiahr]

Has (will) anyone set chicken eggs Sept 9th, 10th or 11th (yesterday, today or tomorrow)?

 

[Matieus27]

@thefishguy77 so you also take them out of the incubator as they hatch??
@Matieus27 did your eggs arrive?

No not yet one batch is showing as shipped the others are not showing as shipped yet i am hoping they will show as shipped tomorrow sometime

 

[aliciaplus3]

I set my "last " batch on saturday.... so due sep 28th.

 

[thefishguy77]

@thefishguy77 so you also take them out of the incubator as they hatch??

No, I let them stay in until they are dry and fluffy. If I am doing something wrong please let me know. I am brand new to this aspect of chickens. Its averages about 18 hours.
We just watched another one emerging from their egg. Super cool thing to watch. Total is up to 7 chicks!

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[Mixed flock enthusiast]

Awesome! Congratulations on your fun hatch!

 

[Maiahr]

Yes, sorry I meant - they are dry, and you take them out... So you don't get shrink-wrapped? I do the same as you, but every time when I open the incubator I shrink-wrap 1-2 and I lose them

 

[Kris5902]

I set my "last " batch on saturday.... so due sep 28th.

“Last”... I seem to say that almost every month or so... maybe this time I can stick to it but as I’ve already considered a staggered hatch? Slim chances?

 

[john_wrightson2003]

Has (will) anyone set chicken eggs Sept 9th, 10th or 11th (yesterday, today or tomorrow)?

I set probably 15 eggs yesterday, EE, Silver Duckwing OEGB, and mutts.

 

[aliciaplus3]

“Last”... I seem to say that almost every month or so... maybe this time I can stick to it but as I’ve already considered a staggered hatch? Slim chances?

Most of mine are staggered. I incubate in my Old cabinet incubator and hatch in my brinsea....it has been working well. Every week when my last batch finishes I clean the brinsea and load the following weeks hatch in it. A trick that seems to work as good as anything to keep the eggs straight is to write the expected hatch date on the eggs when you set them. No guess work as far as when that egg is scheduled to hatch.

 

[Maiahr]

I set probably 15 eggs yesterday, EE, Silver Duckwing OEGB, and mutts.

Sept 9th? When will you do lockdown? I am setting up 10 Brahmas + some Leghorns today..