Set 16 Silkie eggs this morning........ anyone else setting this week?

[nurseamc]

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Yippie! Out of the 19 LBs incubated, I was able to lockdown 10 (ALL 10 HATCHED Sunday!). I had incubated 11 frizzles (only one wasn't viable) I hatched out 10 frizzles yesterday. My 42 guineas ... well, I just locked down 41 viable eggs last night and have 14 pipped now. Most of them are rocking-and-rolling!

Most excellent hatch rate this go round! I LOVE my GQF!

 

[gavinandallison]

So I place 12 eggs in lockdown Tuesday morning, go to get a shirt out of the wardrobe this morning and hear cheeps from the incubator! Hope I will find a b/s silkie chick hatched when I get home........

 

[gavinandallison]

12 in lockdown, added 12 more to incubator this morning. The 12 in lockdown, for some reason, are worrying me.... Don't know why but they are....

 

[gavinandallison]

Bad news!! The cheeps must have been from outside as on day 23 we candled and there was nothing in the eggs.......

 

[chittyn]

6 Rhodies in incubator

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

I ordered 6 khaki campbell duck eggs from someone on ebay, I got them today, she shipped 1 extra but it was cracked then I candled them to make sure none smelled, one was bad but two of them ended up being chicken eggs! So now I have 3 good healthy looking duck eggs and two what I think are leghorn chicken eggs that also look healthy, put them in the bator not to long ago. Happy hatching!

 

[MuckyPuppy]

Ok, none of my first set of two dozen eggs hatched. In the first dozen, there were a lot of clears and a few early quiters. In my second dozen, there were around 6 clears, five early quiters and one late quiter. I had a lot of temp problems (a ball would have bounced less) and I think that had a lot to do with the quiters. I am thinking that the clears are because the eggs were shipped.

Because I am a glutton for punishment, 2 1/2 days ago I put in another six Silkie eggs. The temps are a lot more stable and so far everything looks great so far.

I have another 6 Silkie eggs coming in the next few days and will again end up with a staggered hatch. I am also toying with the idea of ordering 6 Orpington eggs (bantams) to go in with the second set of Silkie eggs. There is some other Orpington eggs (LF) I am also thinking about getting but the breeders' hens have gone into moult and they won't be laying again for around two weeks. So I might as well make them a whole seperate incubation. After this I am definately quiting for the year!!

 

[CapricornFarm]

I set 4 dozen the 25th and will set another 4 dozen tomorrow !