September Hatch-A-Long!

[Tara Black]

Well we put 13 eggs in lockdown tonight and put the other 5 under our silkie broody (she has been insisting on sitting on 3 infertile eggs, so we figured we would let her have some babies for her efforts). Here is hoping the next 72 hours goes well!

 

[cowmommy2001]

Oh she's stunning!! Hoping she get some pretty babies to mother <3 and your incubator hatch goes great too!!

 

[naightengale]

so any tips for intagrating new chicks in with older ones?? the older ones were hatched sept 8th-11th new ones hatching now...more to follow next week too.

 

[Mamagigi]

My 32 chickies are in lockdown now. I marked and then put the aircell so it is up when I laid them on their sides. I just went back to check humidity and temps. Some of them have rolled over. I have them in individual cupcake liners so they don't break each other open through their efforts. Do I move them back or just leave them be?

 

[DeannaA]

well sizzle passed and my turkey pipped its air then expired! no more disappointment and loss for awhile I hope!

I'm so sorry. It's so horrible to lose such cuteness.

 

[DeannaA]

I put my first turkey eggs in lockdown today. 4 Red Bourbon. 2 had already pipped internally, I think I saw 1 move and the last I saw no movement put I put it in anyway, just in case.

 

[Angie Poo]

angie can you get a picture of it's comb? from here looks like a girl

I can try to get a pic when I get home. I'm pretty sure it's a boy though. It is a polish crested cross (don't know who the dad is). This ones mom and aunt hatched out 16 of the same mix earlier this year. Every baby that had a comb at hatching was a male and all the ones without a comb were females (I know this since I still have all of them and they were hatched in the first week of June.

The mom is a polish crested and the dad is either a buff Orpington, Easter egger, or a white Plymouth Rock.

 

[chickydee64]

My 32 chickies are in lockdown now. I marked and then put the aircell so it is up when I laid them on their sides. I just went back to check humidity and temps. Some of them have rolled over. I have them in individual cupcake liners so they don't break each other open through their efforts. Do I move them back or just leave them be?

Hi, Just leave them,they will be fine on their own and will likely get rolled around a bit as some hatch.
Opening the incubator during lock down can cause big problems.....Good Luck

 

[familypendragon]

None of my eggs hatched, so will try again another time.  May have had them to humid.
Kathryn

Oh no Did you eggtopsy?

 

[Chuckfriedrice]

None of my eggs hatched, so will try again another time. May have had them to humid.
Kathryn

Dont feel bad. my 9 from my August try , none of them made it to hatch point . I made alot of changes and so far my September hatch is doing ok ! Going on day 11 and so far out of 32 Only 1 looks bad " so far " ,lol