Show off your world record of hatching eggs here!!!!!! :D

[lvchicken]

Have record of hatching eggs and want to show off??? Well, this is just the place. Show the whole world what a good home-hatcher you really are! Feel free to post your new-borns!!!!

Just post how many eggs you've hatched so far and how many are under the hen and in incubator! It can range from 1 to 60 billion LOL!!!!!!

 

[Crayonsmom]

3 in the incubator

0 hatched (This is my first attempt!)

 

[lvchicken]

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That's great! Good luck with it!!!!!

 

[hmlongino]

I had my first hatching this month... 22 eggs put in, 18 chicks came out! (One died during zipping, I think he got stuck... so almost 19!)

Whoo hoo!

 

[lvchicken]

Congratulations!

 

[macdoogle]

I hatched 13 out of 17. 8 out of 12 shipped and 5 out of 5 local. My last hatch was 1 out of 16. As long as I get one live chick I'm happy.

 

[lvchicken]

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That is quite a bummer the rest didn't hatch, but at least you got one like you said! I bet you baby her a TON!!!!!!!

 

[bucket04]

I'm new to BYC, but I've been reading all sorts of posts on here for about a year now to help me with my chickens. I finally made an incubator out of a styrofoam ice chest, and set 7 eggs... got 4 live babies.

They were born March 9th and 10th.

I built a larger incubator and using my previous numbers, set 35 eggs to get 20 chicks. I set them as they were laid by my 9 hens, over the course of 5 days (the three I lost in my first batch were set a day after they were laid, so It could have been because I don't have 'storage' figured out....) Hopefully there won't be a problem hatching babies out for 5-6 days.

In my first batch, the babies dried off fairly quickly and I was able to get them out while waiting for the others to hatch. So far, through candling, I have caught and discarded 4 dud eggs, and have a possible 3 more that may not be viable. I have 28 I believe to still be viable, so I can technically lose up to 8 more and still get my 20 babies.

If I can figure out how to upload pictures, I would love to show off my peeps.... Oh, and I uploaded the video of my 'first born' onto Youtube.... if anyone is interested.

I never realized how large this forum community is... I'm very glad it's here! Now I know I'm not alone in my chicken addiction.

 

[hmlongino]

I have 12 going into lock down tomorrow... it's so exciting (and nerve-wracking)!!

 

[Kbagwell1]

I have 16 in the incubator now! This is my first set so lets see what happens!!