Setting and hatching in December? Come join us! - Holiday Season hatch-along

[Roxannemc]

i set 6 eggs tonight. So yeah. I"m up for a Jan hatch

Great! guess we should start a jan hatch thread.

 

[Little Wing]

Great! guess we should start a jan hatch thread.

How about a never ending hatch-along? Anyone hatching at the time can join in.

 

[Runawaylobster]

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Well i know they need to be laying and have a roo!

LOL!!!!

 

[MarineCorpFarmr]

Guess i should post this someplace else but I am so ignorant when it comes to birds...Dogs cats im fine but birds?...hummm...
So when a roo mates a hen does it just take a second ?.Sort of fly up and get on her and off that quick ? Or do they stay for a minute or so to mate?
Anybody know?
2 of my roos have been jumping on the hens but only for seconds ...like 2 seconds or 1 no longer almost like they are running over them. or are they just practicing?
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Only takes a couple seconds really lol, there is no grace to it luls

 

[MarineCorpFarmr]

Great! guess we should start a jan hatch thread.

How about a never ending hatch-along? Anyone hatching at the time can join in.

Ok yall win, Ill make a never ending hatching thread tonight lol

 

[MarineCorpFarmr]

Thats not bad for so many eggs. Are you doing projects with some?

Projects are building a mutt flock of hens for eating eggs, and freezer stock piling. Then building up the flock breeds with the pure breeds

 

[AlivianAcres]

Ideal lockdown humidity? Is 83% too high?

 

[MarineCorpFarmr]

Ideal lockdown humidity? Is 83% too high?

Yeah thats a little high. I aim for about 65% But as they start to hatch the humidity will go up on its own. I'd vent out a bit of the moisture. Good rule of thumb is if you have condensation inside the bator, the humidity is too high.

 

[AlivianAcres]

Yeah thats a little high. I aim for about 65% But as they start to hatch the humidity will go up on its own. I'd vent out a bit of the moisture. Good rule of thumb is if you have condensation inside the bator, the humidity is too high.

thank you!!! I took out a washcloth and its down to 77% I'm gonna try switching to a smaller dish of water and see if I ant bring it down a bit more

 

[KPenley]

Just saw this thread. Is it too late to join? Congrats on all the chicks hatching!
I've got 8 white silkies going into lockdown on Saturday. So far they've all survived. Hoping for a Christmas morning surprise for the kiddos!