Set 86 Eggs Tonight *FORTY-FOUR Hatched--Hatch Over *

[debilorrah]

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I have two this morning. I am tickled pink!!!!

 

[speckledhen]

Awesome, Deb!

I recandled the BBS Rocks. I cannot figure them out, but they all seem to be alive and I'll leave them in and see if the odd-looking, underdeveloped ones hatch. So, looks like 61 eggs will be in Intense Bator Watch mode by Saturday night. I can't believe I have this many viable eggs still out of all those shipped.

 

[kathyinmo]

This is what your brooder will look like the first few hours..... a chick carpet!

 

[speckledhen]

I love that plush carpet, Kathy! The reddish ones are all NHs, right? I'm going to decide which breeds hatch in which bator and was going to divide them up so the buff Orps are in a separate bator than the NHs, but I doubt any of the BOs will be redheads like that! My NH chicks I had from the hatchery a couple years ago were just yellow chicks and orange adults, LOL.

I will have your BRs separate from the few of William's BRs and will band them as they go in the brooder so I can keep track of the two lines. I want the larger share of the chicks in the newer model Hova since it's taller and I can see into the corners easier than on the older square one.

 

[kathyinmo]

Yes, those are New Hampshires, Barred Rocks, Lav Orps, a few Dels and Jersey Giants, and one chipmunk looking Icelandic.

Good luck! It is getting closer!

 

[debilorrah]

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[speckledhen]

I have separated them by which I want to hatch where, with 39 in the taller Hova and 22 in the other one. Tonight, will remove the turner in Bator #2 and place on their sides--the ones I moved to the other bator are already positioned and ready to up the humidity toniight. I still can't believe there are 61 eggs left, but I'm very pleased! There was movement in the BBS Rocks that appeared underdeveloped so I left them in.


Bator #1:

5 Barred Rocks
10 Buff Orpingtons
7 Easter Eggers and/or Ameraucanas
9 Porcelain and Mille Fleur D'Anvers
4 Blue Laced Red Wyandottes
3 Silver Laced Wyandottes
1 Olive Egger


Bator #2:

10 Barred Rocks
4 New Hampshires
8 Blue/Black/Splash Rocks

 

[PepsNick]

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Cyn, I'm setting eggs on Friday! Can't wait for yours to hatch.

 

[speckledhen]

I hear you're trying to top me, Nick. Setting 96???? Do you have buyers for all those chicks already? Best of luck! Mine are buttoned up and now, we're in wait mode. Day 18 has begun!

 

[tigercreek]

That is BE-YOU-TEE-FULL!!! Hope to have one of my own in 4 weeks. ......stan
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