"Springing in the Chicks" 2016 April Hatch-a-Long Hosted by Mike & Sally

[pjnbill22]

My candler is useless on my brown eggs. I'm using a 200 lumen surefire lumamax on high setting. Still not bright enough to candle from the pointy end.

Someone mentioned using the flashlight feature of a cell phone (it's actually the flash for photos) so I tried it, even though I have a dedicated candler. It's pretty amazing and, because it's so small, it's super easy to get a good seal over the air cell. Can't hurt to give it a try. (= PJ

 

[Purpletie3]

So, my staggered over-hatch has begun. One of my honas was out this am.

I ran out of room in my hatcher and had to decide which eggs would stay in the turners from tuesday til last night. They are due tonight. I had many hona and silkies so, they were my experimental few. I purchased some little baskets that would fit on the shelf and contain the little hatchers & am keeping the shelves leveled until tomorrow; no rotation. The baskets are so they won't dive into the hatching area below. Unfortunately, when I went to put them in the baskets there were five already pipped. Usually, everything works out just fine even though this hatch is a little of a cluster.

The bottom of the incubator is lined with eggs. I was able to fit 107 down there. Should be cool to see what hatches!


Hope everyone else is doing well with their incubation & hatches!

 

[Chaos18]

So, my staggered over-hatch has begun. One of my honas was out this am.

I ran out of room in my hatcher and had to decide which eggs would stay in the turners from tuesday til last night. They are due tonight. I had many hona and silkies so, they were my experimental few. I purchased some little baskets that would fit on the shelf and contain the little hatchers & am keeping the shelves leveled until tomorrow; no rotation. The baskets are so they won't dive into the hatching area below. Unfortunately, when I went to put them in the baskets there were five already pipped. Usually, everything works out just fine even though this hatch is a little of a cluster.

The bottom of the incubator is lined with eggs. I was able to fit 107 down there. Should be cool to see what hatches!


Hope everyone else is doing well with their incubation & hatches!

Good luck with the rest of them.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Mornin Liz! You have great plans for the weekend?

Getting all brooding stuff set up Hopefully, i work saturdays and have sunday/mondays off
Monday is calling for snow showers. Gross
But hopefully on Sunday i can give my daughter a horseback riding lesson that she has been asking about for a couple weeks but keeps getting rained/snowed out

And you? What are your big plans or will i find them in the next few posts....

 

[Laurel Meadows]

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@mlm Mike Our gorgeous Icelandic Chicks!! Thank you !!!

Morning Sally! Beautiful chicks! I just noticed I have that same throw pillow they are standing on

 

[Laurel Meadows]

Good morning, everyone! I'm a little under the weather today but thankful it's Friday!!!

 

[Balloonjuice]

I have a bright LED hand held flashlight, to get a good seal i put play dough on it, i have lots of play dough and it works really well

I remember pla-dough from when my kids were little. It smelled like it was delicious (it's not).

 

[Chaos18]

Good morning, everyone! I'm a little under the weather today but thankful it's Friday!!!

Morning. Hope you get to feeling better.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Good morning, everyone! I'm a little under the weather today but thankful it's Friday!!!

I hope you feel better, The weekend is coming!! Tell your body to buck up! LOL

 

[DwayneNLiz]

I remember pla-dough from when my kids were little. It smelled like it was delicious (it's not).

My daughter has finally figured that out lol