Set eggs February 12th! Hatch a long with me!

[sunny & the 5 egg layers]

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Whatever it takes, man!

I just set 24 mixed browns from my own in on Tuesday night....can I join?
Here are my stats... 24 brown eggs of mixed stock in an LG still air while heating with wood in upstate NY

We'll see!

Course you can join! The more the merrier!

 

[NYRIR]

Ok...great!
First turn about to take place...we are moving from side A....to B!

Wow....gonna be a lonnnnnnnng 3 weeks!

 

[sunny & the 5 egg layers]

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Ok...great!
First turn about to take place...we are moving from side A....to B!

Wow....gonna be a lonnnnnnnng 3 weeks!

It gets better once you get into a routine. I am on day 3 and I am finally starting to get into a routine and turning the eggs doesn't seem so crazy anymore. The only problem I am having is I keep forgetting to turn the fan back on after I turn my eggs! I always turn it off for my own saftey but get side tracked and forget to put the fan back on once I am done turning the eggs. I made a sign and hung it on my fridge with big letters saying, "Don't forget to turn the FAN ON!".

 

[speckledhen]

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I covered my incubator all with foam insulation last night. The temp stayed at 100 degrees all night long. I can honestly say my incubator looks like some sort of space craft though. Take a look for yourself:

DANGER, WILL ROBINSON! ALIEN CRAFT APPROACHING!

LOL, yeah, that'll work!

 

[jt813]

ill join i put sixteen americauna and rhose island reds on the 12th

 

[NYRIR]

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It gets better once you get into a routine. I am on day 3 and I am finally starting to get into a routine and turning the eggs doesn't seem so crazy anymore. The only problem I am having is I keep forgetting to turn the fan back on after I turn my eggs! I always turn it off for my own saftey but get side tracked and forget to put the fan back on once I am done turning the eggs. I made a sign and hung it on my fridge with big letters saying, "Don't forget to turn the FAN ON!".

LOL...scary isn't it what we can forget...and how often! I have hatched before and had good and bad outcomes. I know with my next batch of ducklings I will have to bump my humidity WAY up.I hope this batch of chickens comes out well.

@jt813
Welcome! I LOVE both those breeds I like your avatar as well

 

[Squawkbox]

They are all standard. My little chicks are already getting big except my little runt. (s)he is about 1/3 smaller, but makes up for it in attitude! I'd like if runty stayed tiny, so cute!

Standard or Bantam? I sooooo want some standard size Cochins...I only have the little guys

 

[Papa Brooder]

Ok, new to this I just joined a "set tonight" and then realized that the group started 1/18. So, I started my first hatch on 2/13. It was gonna be just a dozen....... but when I went to get my dozen ameracaunas, I ended up with 3 blue laced red wyandotte eggs and 2 silver hamburgs. Then I went to get a dozen sizzle eggs and ended up with 23 eggs. She just kept adding eggs to the carton: mostly sizzles of all varieties, some polish and maybe a few cochins. Because apparently I can't do anything small, I had ordered 8 swedish flower hen checks and a dozen cream legbar eggs from two different breeders. Then I read over and over and over again not to hatch expensive eggs for your first time, so I convince and experienced hatcher to take my CL and SFHC eggs in her incubator.

Phew. don't know what to expect but glad to join the club!

 

[Papa Brooder]

my wife will love it when I show her this pic and tell her I can hatch even more eggs! ha, she may call some chicken police on me as she's already struggling to adapt to my full incubator. Love the pic!

 

[TennesseeChicken]

I set 2 dz eggs on Feb 12th, too! At 1:25 pm. First time. Black Australorps, Golden Buffs and a blue egg that I don't know what kind of hen...Americauna, maybe? We tried candling a few today but didn't see anything and it seemed that the upper half was dark, so maybe not enough light? We used a homemade candler so I will try a flashlight in about 4 days. Thanks for the post!