Setting my eggs tonight (April 10) Any tips?

[PaintedMeadows]

raimnel, how are the 2 broody eggs doing? Yikes!!

Nothing under our broody yet. My son is really dissappointed. Today would be day 21 I think. We put them under her at 6pm on friday, April 9th. Trying not to panic yet. she keeps stretching her head back by her rump and listening so I think there is something going on but I picked 1 egg up and I didn't hear anything or feel anything. Hopefully it was just sleeping. Anyways, wanted to see how all of the other hatches were doing and give this a little bump up. So do tell.

 

[klf73]

well, I was right! I have one out and at least 4 more pipped

The 3 from the other breeder will wait until tomorrow I predict. At first candling on day 3 the ones that are hatching today were bigger, must be the genetics as they are both the same breed, just different lines

 

[dak]

Goooooooooooood morning Chicken-nam

How is everyone?

Raimnel did the chicks do ok with the switch from broody to bator?

Here on day 20..... nothin....

 

[Bluemoon420]

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Patience grasshoppa...Mine didn't do anything on day 20 either. The Next day, and well into the morning hatched like crazy. I now have....7 silkie chicks, and one EE.

I haven't got any clear pictures yet.

All you can see when I try thru the small windows is blurs flailing about. I still have one silkie egg left, and 3 EE eggs so I don't want to open the bator yet. Today is day 22.

I don't expect the 3 blue eggs to hatch. This happened last time, so I'm beginning to think neither of my two roos and her are a good match. The one silkie egg in there may hatch. I've seen it wiggling.

Bluemoon

 

[dak]

Congrats bluemoon. I'm working tomorrow at the hospital so if there is any action I''l probably miss it. Figures with my first hatch.

 

[raimnel]

well good..... afternoon (I just looked at the clock)

I now have 9 chickies happily (more like drunkly) walking about in the 'bator
I went to bed with 2 hatched (#1 silkie, #2 EE) and at midnight woke up to peeping (#3 silkie)
Woke up at 3:30 and check on them and 1 more hatched (#4 Silkie) ETA #4 is the one the broody slammed with her beak 2-3x's
Woke up at 6 and 2 more were on their way (#5 &6 both silkies)
then at 8am yet another (#7 silkie)
then 8:45am another one (#8 silkie)
and at 9:10am another one (#9 EE)

3 more to go, 3 silkies all have pips!

the 2nd one from the broody doesn't look very good, it has been peeping in the shell (internal pip) since about noon yesterday and no pip. I know I know I shouldn't have but I piped it, well I did find out that it looks very shrink wrapped

I'm hoping it can make it out. If not I'll still have 11 out of 12. Not bad for a 2nd time hatching in a homemade 'bator.

 

[Jennmom2three]

Congrats!!! I noticed that mine are rockin a little more this morning. I have a barnyard mix...a olive green egg is rockin away...

 

[dak]

Grasshoppa not patient.....grasshoppa want babies....NOWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think I'm gonna go candle something.

 

[PaintedMeadows]

Well congrats on all of the hatches so far. I am impatient too! lol. I want to go check her again but should leave her alone I guess. Sitting here twiddling my thumbs! I am also waiting on a miniature mare who doesn't seem to want to foal either. ARG

 

[raimnel]

#10 just hatched!

IT'S A SILKIE EASTER EGGER!!!!

black skin, YELLOW feathers, it's legs are black and down it's feet are black but it's toes are yellowish!

I'll get pics of this little GIRL

soon I just had to share that funny stuff!!!

BTW one of these is what I was hoping for, didn't knnow that it whould look soooo funny!!!

I'm in

ETA i gotta good look at it's toes..... all 5 of them, the 2 small ones of black w/yellow tips and the rest start out black but the ends are yellow.

to funny!