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

[mammat]

No more shipped eggs, out of my dozen I have 4 viable eggs. 5 were clear and 3 quit. I cannot spend $55.00 for 4 Amerucana chicks. So disappointed. That is asumming these 4 make it to hatch next week. I never expect them all to make it, but 5 clear??? Ok off my soapbox.

Super stinky- I just spent a fortune on shipped eggs and had 40% clear and the rest have HUGE saddle air cells. But the reason I buy eggs instead of chicks is because I dont like opening a box of dead chicks and I have gotten chicks with diseases that killed my entire flock so the eggs are much safer

 

[Sally Sunshine]

is this fer real? what is that?

Lots of chick/chicken news today.

Broody #1 is a 2 year old Cuckoo Marans who is a first time mom. She hatched out 3 chicks and took them down the ramp into the chicken yard yesterday. Last night she went to bed as usual and left the tiny ones out in the dark. After much chasing, I gathered them up and took them in to her. She accepted them and I thought all was well. This morning, the blue copper marans chick was dead in the coop with a broken neck, the iSilverudd Blue chick was no where to be found, apparently eaten, and the isabelle leghorn was standing in the middle of the chicken yard screaming. Mom is merrily munching away with her peeps. She is the next chicken out of here! Being broody was what had saved her this long!

We still have broody #2, #3, #4 and #5 cooking.

I gathered up the weak little one and brought it inside. Since every brooder plate in the place is in use, I put it in a box on the stove to get warm. It finally went to sleep after food, water and heat. So now I have a stove chicken!

In one incubator, the GCM's are hatching. 3 are out so far. One is WHITE! Also, 2 isabelles are out. These guys look good and there are other pips and zips going on in there.

The 24 black and blue copper marans are set and cooking as of last night, BUT I had to use the Brinsea hood that has lost it's mind! I recalibrated to factory settings, but sometimes it is 98.6 and sometimes it is 100.6. There are 2 spot checks in there and I will switch tops when the GCM's get done.

The 24 Silverudd blues and isabelle leghorns are at 7 days now and will be candled, in my spare time, tonight.

In one of the 2 other brooders, in the house, are my latest purchase due to rare breed auction addiction. I cannot even look at that site! These are East Frisian Gull chicks in lemon and gold. 3 d.old.

The next event on my day was to clean the brooder for the now 2 week old dirty little secret DH doesn't know about yet...Silver Queen Silvia's



All the little Silverudd Blues hatched in the EHA from shipped eggs will go outside to a step-down brooder tomorrow. One inside brooder empty!!! Yeah! for a minute anyway.
and finally, I went to the PO, to pick up yesterday's purchase from a friend in MI, of 2 SFH pullets that are 7 weeks old...well...I needed more diversity...

DH retired today, so I feel sure he is going to notice the chick population around here is pretty large...

I think I will have to be happy with the chicks I have for a while!

In the meantime, the Silver AM's (Cynthia's fault) DH DOES know about, are lost somewhere in Atlanta for the second day. They may be goners...

CONGRATS!!! I AM SURE your BOTH BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF!! GOOD ON HIM!!!! YAY I can only dream of that day!!!

30 eggs started off in the incubator on April 6




....and my two girls sitting on their shared nest

WELCOME!!!!! two broodies!!! YAY!!! pretty eggies too!!

Here's 3 of 4 eggs that went into the hatcher.

All turned out royal palm.

4th egg had little hope it didn't make it late quitter.

CONGRATS!!! sorry about the last one though

Quote: x2

sweet BANTI!!!! how are temps holding up?

So my husband sent me this text at work: "I thought you said there was only 1!!"

Apparently the other 3 pips popped in the last 5 hours... He said he couldn't see any more pips, but who knows. I will probably just leave them for a few more days to be sure.

MUWHAHHAHHAHHAHAAAA too funny!!! you guys have to be a blast !!! what a pair you two!! you will be overun at the new place in short order!!

 

[chicken hawk 33]

is this fer real? what is that?

CONGRATS!!!  I AM SURE your BOTH BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF!!  GOOD ON HIM!!!!  YAY  I can only dream of that day!!! 


WELCOME!!!!!  two broodies!!! YAY!!! pretty eggies too!!
CONGRATS!!! sorry about the last one though

x2 
 

sweet BANTI!!!!  how are temps holding up?

MUWHAHHAHHAHHAHAAAA  too funny!!!  you guys have to be a blast !!!  what a pair you two!!  you will be overun at the new place in short order!!

it was a rainbow yesterday after some rain

 

[BantyChooks]

is this fer real? what is that?

CONGRATS!!!  I AM SURE your BOTH BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF!!  GOOD ON HIM!!!!  YAY  I can only dream of that day!!! 


WELCOME!!!!!  two broodies!!! YAY!!! pretty eggies too!!
CONGRATS!!! sorry about the last one though

x2 
 

sweet BANTI!!!!  how are temps holding up?

MUWHAHHAHHAHHAHAAAA  too funny!!!  you guys have to be a blast !!!  what a pair you two!!  you will be overun at the new place in short order!!

Dunno. All my thermometers are in the LG, gonna have to pull one out, I guess!
-Banti

 

[Chaos18]

Dunno. All my thermometers are in the LG, gonna have to pull one out, I guess!
-Banti

Or buy another one.............or three

 

[teamfreewill]

6 little ones hatched perfectly happy and healthy

There's one egg left that hasn't pipped, maybe I'll candle quickly to check for an internal pip when I move the little ones to the brooder tonight.

 

[Chaos18]

6 little ones hatched perfectly happy and healthy

There's one egg left that hasn't pipped, maybe I'll candle quickly to check for an internal pip when I move the little ones to the brooder tonight.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: AWESOME HATCH!!!

First buff Orpington out. Took out of hatcher quickly as it was trying to get stuck by the incubator window. One more pip so far.

In other fun, I am at the emergency room waiting to see if I have blood poisoning or not. Can't catch a break lately.

OMG NOOOOO I am so sorry !!

Woot! 4 chicks out and 2 pips.

Success!!! They are so cute

They sure are!!!!

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Got a second chick after getting home(ER doc says I look ok but keep an eye on it, and my dad lost the bet. Told him if he was wrong and I was OK he'd have to pay the bill for getting checked on). Think #2 is from my sole Aloha egg. No others yet, but hope to se more in the later morning (after I call in sick to work and sleep a lot)

oh no, I hope you figure it out!

Good Friday morning everyone!

@Sally Sunshine
29 of 38 set made it to lock down.
13 EE's, 7 ameraucana, 6 leghorn, 3 Columbian Rock
Hatch due April 24

GOOD LUCK cc!! How is your ankle? this time? I cant keep up with everyones injuries!! hmmm I cant keep up with mine own!

Good morning! Woke up and filled up the water in the resivore for lockdown! No external pips (day 18.5) but could hear cheeping! Humidity is now up and off to work I go. Can't wait for this weekends hatch

SWEET!!!! Lockdown here as well!!! GOOD LUCK!!

 

[mlm Mike]

6 little ones hatched perfectly happy and healthy

There's one egg left that hasn't pipped, maybe I'll candle quickly to check for an internal pip when I move the little ones to the brooder tonight.

Congratulations!

 

[BantyChooks]

Or buy another one.............or three

Yeah.... No!

Having 3 thermometers reduces the number of eggs I can set to just over 3 dozen instead of 7 dozen.
-Banti