Setting the week of August 22 (or so... ) Everyone join!! You know you want to!

[wahmommy]

Today will be Day 21 and already five of the eight Black Copper Marans eggs are hatched... no pips from the last three Marans or from the five ameraucanas yet...

 

[what did I do]

I have 15 healthy chicks and one strong one that I had to help out of the shell. I ended up washing the chick to get some of the yucky stuff off of it. It is bleeding a little from the navel so I don't know if it will make it but I'm trying.

I opened all the other eggs looking for life but there was none. I'm a little sad that I only ended up with 15 but that is better than none.

They'd will go th their new home tomorrow.

 

[what did I do]

one thing I hadn't counted on - this chick is LOUD! and the incubator is in my bedroom -guess its earplugs for me and DH tonight LOL

aren't they. I have mine all the way across the house and can hear them from any room.

 

[mstricer]

one thing I hadn't counted on - this chick is LOUD! and the incubator is in my bedroom -guess its earplugs for me and DH tonight LOL

That is so funny, I made the same mistake, Marans are loud if alone, after a day or so you will love it they have a sweet song, that if you hear again you will say, ahhh a marans chick. Congrats

 

[mstricer]

Haven't check my broody, listened yet we are on day 19 1/2, technically not hatching until Monday, probably Sunday night, that's when I set them. Congrats to all who are hatching,.

 

[mstricer]

Okay it's official, my Marans girl was in the house and on this thread while I was at work. She was my sneaky girl who hid away under an old, gross, dirty, oil smelly worktable in out garage. She had since been moved in a cage in the garage, She has started hatching before the EE I set. Lots of peeping going on under her, Oh yeah for those of you who want to encourage your chicks to hatch, all you have to do is a soft cluck, cluck ,cluck every time they cheep. Well that's what she was doing and it seems to work. I can't wait to see how many she hatches, I won't know until she gets up, I don't like bothering them the last 3 days, unless you count staring at them with my ear turned up as bothering, then I'm guilty. Well anyways here is my incubator # 2

 

[swindledana]

I have 3 RIR chicks that hatched today. 13 more pipping.

 

[chichichickapea]

I chunked my unhatched eggs today, 5 of them. 2 were not developed at all, 1 looks as if it developed a little then died, the other 2 look fully developed but no sign of life, never pipped, moved, etc. So, what did I do wrong??? Did not have a hygrometer...what I am reading is humidity probably...guess I will invest in one. My little Mini Brinsea Advanced held it's temperature great, was always 99.5-99.6....unless in the automatic cool down period (I did use that)....and had an auto turner. These were shipped eggs, I let them sit overnight with the big end up in a carton. Did not turn eggs the last 2 days of the hatch. Advice?

 

[MnMPoultry]

The new fuzzies! 14 out of 16 hatched!

 

[JodiLynn]

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I have 5 out of 12 eggs hatched. They started yesterday @ 8 am and the 5th hatched this morning around 8. They are all 5 salmon faverolles and 2 had curled toes; one foot each; so they got a homemade splint and seem to be doing just fine! Is is normal for the hatch to have chicks hatching at different times? I put 2 eggs in a day later than the other so thats why they are late but the other faverolles were on the same timeline as these guys! This has truly been a unique and exciting experience.

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