Set eggs 3/5. Looking for others to hatch with!

[CALI CHICK]

I'm so excited...I made my first "profit" on my chicken hobby! I sold 2 of my 7-week old silkies. I'm pretty sure they were both roosters but even if they aren't I wanted to get rid of them because I wasn't happy with their toe spacing. I only charged $10 per chicken, but I know they'll go to a good home. The guy wanted some Blue roosters for his girls!

Here are some last photos of Shadow and Hazy Daze!
SHADOW

HAZY DAZE:

And a picture @ THE FEED STORE FOR THE SALE of my boys...

 

[wholewheatchicken]

Did you sell the two in the last picture? Your blues are very pretty.
Yes, I am going to sell my chicks that just hatched and I have four or five older ones that can go. Some of them I bought from someone else and a few of them she gave to me for free.
Congragulations on your first profit! Are you going to frame it? I sold some eggs awhile back. I was going to give them for free and the person wanted to pay me so I asked for a dollar to put it in a frame! It's fun to look at it.

 

[Ryan Moorefield]

Monday is hatch day for me!!!

This is my first hatch and I am so excited.

If only I was patient enough then the days would just fly by. I will keep you posted on how they are doing. I have 32 Ameraucana eggs and 2 Ameraucana/Black Australorpe eggs.

I would appreciate and tips on hatching and what to do after they hatch. I am so excited!!!!!!
I really hope they hatch.

 

[wholewheatchicken]

Monday is hatch day for me!!!

This is my first hatch and I am so excited.

If only I was patient enough then the days would just fly by. I will keep you posted on how they are doing. I have 32 Ameraucana eggs and 2 Ameraucana/Black Australorpe eggs.

I would appreciate and tips on hatching and what to do after they hatch. I am so excited!!!!!!
I really hope they hatch.

Congragulations!!! It doesn't seem like it's time for our hatches. I'm due for Saturday. I have been really patient and not paying much attention to the days until tonight and now it seems like forever! I have other chicken chores to do and I keep finding myself going in with the flashlight and looking for tiny cracks.....and there are none. It doesn't seem like Saturday will ever get here!
Will you be in school Monday or are you possibly on spring break?
Okay. So after they start hatching in the incubator, do not, do not, do not open the lid. You have to wait for all of them to hatch or else you could shrinkwrap the ones that are pipping. My last hatch took 48 hours for everyone to finish, but I had some heating issues that drug it out. After they hatch, it will take a few hours for them to dry off and fluff up. They will flip and flop around in there until they get up on their feet and that is okay. With the number of chicks you are going to have hatch, I would highly recommend you hatch them in egg crates. That will keep the first ones that hatch from rolling the others around on the floor. If the ones that haven't hatched get knocked out of position, they say they expend more energy to reposition themselves and may die before they can zip. I used egg crates the last time and I really liked it and I'm using them again this time. If you are interested, you just cut the bottoms of the individual egg crate out and put the egg in with the big side, or air cell, up.
After they finish hatching and you're ready to take them out, put them in a brooder box. Already have it set up and adjusted for the right temperature, that being about 95 or a few degrees less. If they get too hot, that helps lead to pasty butt. Which speaking of, for the first many days you need to check their vent and make sure they don't have poop stuck to it to where they can't use the restroom. It will kill them if they do. If it happens, sometimes you can gently pick it off or else use a warm washcloth. Don't use pine shavings the first few days as they don't know it's not food. I use a rubber mat like you would put on shelves. I use that in the bottom of the hatcher too so they can get better footing. You will need to dip their beaks in the water so they know it's water. With so many chicks, they will learn from each other. Use chick starter food for them. Some people use vitamins in the water. Use a brooder that is large enough that they can get away from the heat, if they need to. If they huddle under the light altogether, they are too cold. If they get away from the light they are too hot. Oh, yes, you have to have a brooder light. Use a red one because it is more calming to them. You can put a thermometer in it to help gauge the temperature. Keep a good eye on them for the first few days that you don't have any that are a little weaker and need extra attention. Make sure they are all eating, drinking and pooping and you are on your way!
Does anyone else have something I added or didn't get right?
Good luck. Keep us posted. Oh, and we all love pictures!!!!

 

[mayberrygirl]

I have a lockdown starting on Sunday. I am still trying to get the humidity in the hatcher to go up, I am stuck at 55%, it is styrofoam.

 

[wholewheatchicken]

I have a lockdown starting on Sunday. I am still trying to get the humidity in the hatcher to go up, I am stuck at 55%, it is styrofoam.

I use sponges in mine. Even in the LG, filling up the wells full blast, I couldn't get it up over about 55%. I put a sponge directly under the vent hole so I can just get it wet with a syringe. And also I play with the vent hole that is open. If the H is going down too much even after wetting everything, I put a cup a little bit over the hole to shut it off some and let the H rise. If it gets too high, I just move the cup over some. It has been working well like this and I haven't added anymore water yet.
And last time I used my hatcher box and I couldn't get the H up so I shoved a paper towel in through the vent hole and left a bit of it out so I could wet it like a wick. I got the H up to 60% and everything did fine as when the first chick hatched it rose to 65% and then eventually it got to where there was way too much H going on in there. I have mine at 65% right now for this lockdown and am worried it might be a bit high, but I am playing with the vent hole and I only have one vent out as of yet.

 

[mayberrygirl]

I added a second small bowl of water and now have it holding at 65%, finally.

 

[wholewheatchicken]

I added a second small bowl of water and now have it holding at 65%, finally.

Awesome. That H is tricky the whole way through if you ask me....too high....too low...oh, got it just right - not for very long, LOL!

I have my first pip. I was surprised.....didn't expect anything until overnight tonight. It is a porcelain silkie egg!!!!

 

[mayberrygirl]

Woohoo! Yay! I love when they start pipping!

Humidity is always hard for me in these styrobators. It has been much easier to maintain in the igloo one I made, but I did add a humidistat and an air pump, so it does all the work for me, LOL.

 

[wholewheatchicken]

Pip No. 3 has occurred. 2 porcelain and 1 BBS.