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

[mlm Mike]

Quote: I hope your power isn't out too long, good thing you have the generator.

Some more action... #3 needed a little help as it was packed in there like a sardine. #1 is also. I wish I had let them loose more moisture. I was trying so hard to keep loss around 15% when they really should have lost more than that. I think the humidity here is double strength. #2, the first one out was pretty crusty and wasn't fluffing up so she got a little bath. She was so sweet all snuggled in her towel.

More Emus!

Too many cute chicks! Hope my eggs hatch some healthy baby chicks. My 2 year old made a chicken feed birthday cake with straw for candles "for the baby chicks" he said. ..... No pressure!

How cute, no pic of the birdseed cake?

Quote: I hope it came down too.

 

[Eps32]

Power back on!! But that generator is so life saving. When you have incubators and chicks.

 

[mlm Mike]

Power back on!! But that generator is so life saving. When you have incubators and chicks.

 

[junebuggena]

Yep. That's a rose comb.

that'll be one weird looking Chicken, naked neck with a rosecomb

 

[Sally Sunshine]

@h2oratt How is your sick chick?

My 6 mushy chicks are doing great so far. Their bellies have gotten a lot smaller over the day. They are all eating & drinking & active so I think at least some of them will make it. I am giving them vitamins & electrolytes in their water. It smells weird to me but they like it.

The one I did the assisted hatch on is the weakest so I am not sure if he will make it, but like I said he is eating & drinking so maybe he will pull through also. Out of the 6 sex-linked eggs I got 5 boys and 1 girl.

This is one of the healthy ones, he is a lavender cuckoo orpington.

I went to bed early because I was exhausted and then woke up at 3am. This is all happening quickly, but #2 is OUT! #3 is pipped and # 1 is definitely internally pipped. No word from #4 yet.

Someone wants to say hello...

YOU NEED A dance PARTY!

Started collecting eggs for my next hatch.....

-Banti

Everyone have a wonderful day!

I'm off to my herding lessons, I'll catch up with the thread later today!

I am glad herding went well!!

Mama is a CCL. Papa is a Cream Brabanter or a Wheaten Ameraucana.

awwwwwwww cuties!!

Got another chick that the turkey sat on... It not nakeneck this time.








hopeful it is a little hen......

awwwwwwww Congrats!!!

You are setting emu????

at some point I hope I can try it!! dont you?

@Sally Sunshine have you heard from @lindalouly she hasn't posted in a long time.

AND I MISS HER TERRIBLY!!

I have not been on much myself to be honest, been very busy. I pray she is ok!! @granny hatchet is louly love ok?

Hi all! I'm so egg-cited to join you! This is my first time incubating so I'm sure I'll have tons of questions. Just got a GQF Genesis 1588 set up today, and a dozen serama eggs ready to go in tomorrow morning!

WELCOME!!!!!! Serama!! are they shipped or local? you need anything tag and give us all a shout and we will do what we can to help!

I have pulled extremely helpful NOTES, LINKS &​

Informational Post Links from the Incubation w/ Friends thread​

for EVERYONE'S convenience and will continue to put them HERE:​

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/incubating-w-friends-helpful-notes-links-informational-post-links​

Is it OK to turn eggs onto their sides after having been incubated upright in egg cartons for 9 days?

To be honest I have been testing this. It seems to be ok after day 13 but there are losses before that for some reason.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Some more action... #3 needed a little help as it was packed in there like a sardine. #1 is also. I wish I had let them loose more moisture. I was trying so hard to keep loss around 15% when they really should have lost more than that. I think the humidity here is double strength. #2, the first one out was pretty crusty and wasn't fluffing up so she got a little bath. She was so sweet all snuggled in her towel.

WOWWWWWWWWW go babies go!!!!

Power back on!! But that generator is so life saving. When you have incubators and chicks.

you bet it is!!!

 

[rottlady]

sold my mismarked Barnevelder today and her Roo mate and the buyer gave me 4 Sizzle eggs

So now my incubator has 12 Barnevelder, 12 Delaware, 4 Crested Cream Legbar and 4 Sizzle

Not quite sure what I will be doing with poodle chickens though LOL

 

[Balloonjuice]

Power back on!! But that generator is so life saving. When you have incubators and chicks.

Great News!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

GOT my Aquarium lights installed so I can see in the coolerbators and have Lamp like use too!! Love them so much each cooler now has one!! WELL worth the $7. free shipping !!!!

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WORKS LIKE A CHAMP AND INSTALLED SIMPLE with some washers and a BOLT!



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[mlm Mike]

sold my mismarked Barnevelder today and her Roo mate and the buyer gave me 4 Sizzle eggs

So now my incubator has 12 Barnevelder, 12 Delaware, 4 Crested Cream Legbar and 4 Sizzle

Not quite sure what I will be doing with poodle chickens though LOL

Great! What are poodle chickens?