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I don't have any birds... yet. I'm hoping to get at least a couple of girls out of these for the garden. We're doing things on a smaller scale to you lol. I wanted 1 Sebright, 1 Friesian and 1 Vorwerk, no more. I'm not doing chicken math on the eggs, because otherwise I'll end up counting my chickens before they hatch, so it's really only 4 out of 12 that hatched. We'll wait and see if there are any girls here. If not, I'll go pick some eggs up from the breeders myself. Simon (my OH) said we could (it's important to keep him happy!).
I ended up removing them last night, about three hours after hatching. Just long enough for it to figure which way is up. None of them ever dried in the incubator, cos I had humidity up at around 75-80%. The first Friesian was pecking at the beak that kept popping up out of the shell. It was so cute! She wasn't really attacking, because when the other chick came out, she kept following it around in its tumbles and trying to lay next to it <3 They've only about 10 hours difference in age but the difference in size is surprising!
The two little Sebrights think they're boss, but the first Friesian is already as big and half again, so they've decided not too peck at her so much lol. I ended up saying what Jim said "You'll regret that when she's three times your size!"
Do people not recommend to keep the eggs incubating until 24 days? If no one else has pipped, I'd be naughty and check the eggs with your fingers for a pip and tap on the shell. The second Sebright answered when I did that. My incubator gets up to temp and humidity very quickly, so I allowed myself some naughtiness lol. It saved me some anxiety! I wouldn't give up on the others yet.
Is the little darkie a brahma then, with it's feathered toes? I love how dark it is. Do you name your birds?
Those silver pencilled plymouth rocks are so cute, they look like they're wearing little brown eye masks. I had to look them up as I'd never seen silver pencilled ones before. I'm not too keen on the rocks, but silver pencilled look gorgeous!
I might start using kitchen roll for the brooder too... I remember reading that using a towel and washing it once a week is fine, but they haven't even been in it two days and it's already rank.
I don't have any birds... yet. I'm hoping to get at least a couple of girls out of these for the garden. We're doing things on a smaller scale to you lol. I wanted 1 Sebright, 1 Friesian and 1 Vorwerk, no more. I'm not doing chicken math on the eggs, because otherwise I'll end up counting my chickens before they hatch, so it's really only 4 out of 12 that hatched. We'll wait and see if there are any girls here. If not, I'll go pick some eggs up from the breeders myself. Simon (my OH) said we could (it's important to keep him happy!).
I ended up removing them last night, about three hours after hatching. Just long enough for it to figure which way is up. None of them ever dried in the incubator, cos I had humidity up at around 75-80%. The first Friesian was pecking at the beak that kept popping up out of the shell. It was so cute! She wasn't really attacking, because when the other chick came out, she kept following it around in its tumbles and trying to lay next to it <3 They've only about 10 hours difference in age but the difference in size is surprising!
The two little Sebrights think they're boss, but the first Friesian is already as big and half again, so they've decided not too peck at her so much lol. I ended up saying what Jim said "You'll regret that when she's three times your size!"
Do people not recommend to keep the eggs incubating until 24 days? If no one else has pipped, I'd be naughty and check the eggs with your fingers for a pip and tap on the shell. The second Sebright answered when I did that. My incubator gets up to temp and humidity very quickly, so I allowed myself some naughtiness lol. It saved me some anxiety! I wouldn't give up on the others yet.
Is the little darkie a brahma then, with it's feathered toes? I love how dark it is. Do you name your birds?
Those silver pencilled plymouth rocks are so cute, they look like they're wearing little brown eye masks. I had to look them up as I'd never seen silver pencilled ones before. I'm not too keen on the rocks, but silver pencilled look gorgeous!
I might start using kitchen roll for the brooder too... I remember reading that using a towel and washing it once a week is fine, but they haven't even been in it two days and it's already rank.
