Setting eggs on FEB 10

[bugglesmommy]

My cat's been sitting in the same room as the incubator, staring at it, waiting to hear those irresistible peeps coming from inside the styrofoam... she's a little early, but I hope she won't be disappointed.

My cat knows better then to go into my animal room. I don't trust him enough for that. The doors only open if I'm in there and he'll sit at the doorway and stare at the brooders.

I got an email from the Polish egg seller. Apparently her roo isn't as romantic as she hoped and offered to replace the eggs if a dozen aren't fertile on day 7. I am really impressed! My new incubator should arrive today and my serama eggs are in transit. * cross fingers*

 

[bugglesmommy]

Hey guys. I did a quick preliminary candeling just now and so far I have 4 Polish eggs starting to develop, 2 of the silkies ( the other two have blood ring i think but I don't eliminate before day 7), and 2 of my own silkie/ Polish mix eggs. Old Grandpa still has game! Isn't 9 like 90 in chicken? I can't tell with the quail.

Also here's this:

Any with hairline cracks (in the shell only with membrane intact) you can seal the crack line with nail polish-a couple of coats, incubate as usual but don't wash. When you do this check those cracked hatching eggs daily once in the incubator and remove IMMEDIATELY if you notice a bad smell. Your nose will tell you which egg it is. The most serious location of a crack is about half an inch from the fat end of the egg where the chicks pip then zip around and cut the top off the egg when hatching. Reinforcing the crack there may make it harder for chicks to hatch.

 

[CowgirlHC]

i planned on doing a prelim candling this eve but I am SO sick as is my daughter and honest to john I fell asleep in the tub! Maybe tomorrow eve and I did patch the cracked egg so we shall see.

 

[my sunwolf]

i planned on doing a prelim candling this eve but I am SO sick as is my daughter and honest to john I fell asleep in the tub! Maybe tomorrow eve and I did patch the cracked egg so we shall see.

Aug, I'm sorry you're sick. Everyone around here seems to be as well, I just keep knocking on wood hoping I don't get it. Cool that you patched the egg, can't wait for 21 days on this hatch

I've still got hope for my babies even though they weren't turning for the first few days

 

[bugglesmommy]

Drat it! I got my new incubator with fan and autoturner and I'm trying to calibrate it. It comes with a thermometer as well as a mercury thermometer. I put in both the mercury and a new digital. Well the two that came with it agree with less then .5 difference at 99-99.5%. The digital said 95. I put in a fourth thermometer, the digital one I used on my last hatch from my other incubator to be certain. It reads 95. That means my 2 digital agree at 95 and my other 2 at 99.5. WHAT!? What do I trust? Agh!

Sorry you are sick. I am only just getting over a 3 week long cold.

***On a side note one of my 2 seramas is silked!!!! The man I got them from didn't realize his pair was carrying the gene. My chicks were the first hatched from his pair.

 

[bugglesmommy]

Pics of the kids from last time for fun.

The not silked serama Sally sunshine

Group shot.

 

[my sunwolf]

Pics of the kids from last time for fun.

The not silked serama Sally sunshine


Group shot.

Very pretty chicks! I can't see the Silkie-feathered-ness chick in the group photo at all

I'm curious, are there different degrees of Silkieness? My Silkies from a hatchery seem to have more "real" feathers than they're supposed to, but I have no idea what "supposed to" means in this case.

This is one of the "blondies" from my last hatch--Buff Orp roo over a White Leghorn hen. So far looks like most of the batch is female. And fluffy!

 

[Bellurd]

That little fluffster is so cute! I didn't realize how short the fluffy stage lasted. I feel like they're growing in front of my eyes!

How do you guys tell the difference between the girls and the boys?

 

[bugglesmommy]

I honestly have no clue as to gender yet. I just name them and change it if I'm wrong.

The other serama is the smallest chick in the bunch. He ( maybe LOL) is in there somewheres. I have some silky chicks I had bought and I was surprised to realize that his feathers are coming in like the silky feathers and nothing like normal/ the other serama's feathers. I didn't know seramas could be silky!

 

[CowgirlHC]

I did a prelim candling last night and wasn't able to see a whole lot because of the eggs being quite dark. I seen one that I am certain is developing, 2 others I'm questionable, and the other 5 I just have no clue! 1 or 2 look like the air cell is on the wrong end, is that possible? All of them were marked on the big end, but one was like a perfect oval and the seller did their best to guess, but I'm kind of questioning it. Ugh I am NOT doing well with this hatching thing. After this turn I may just sell the 'bator and buy!