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

[chicken hawk 33]

My,eggs from my pet chicken are out for delivery.

 

[campingshaws]

My,eggs from my pet chicken are out for delivery.

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[mlm Mike]

Mike that's so scary! We're at the auction dropping off the pygmy doeling. OF COURSE they have about a hundred tiny bottle babies.

It was, but it had a happy ending. It was one problem in about 35 kiddings, usually they kid really well.

My,eggs from my pet chicken are out for delivery.

 

[mlm Mike]

set 45 eggs on saturday morning! 5 CCL, 12 BLRW, the rest are english jubilee orps! some of those are a week old, but they went in anyway, we'll see how well they do. Gave them all a vent trim and put my own roo in with them since I know he is fertile....

Should have lots of chicks on the 23rd!!

I also have a pygmy doe due on the 22nd and one due the following week! These will be my first (and theirs!) and I am excited/nervous!!

Good luck with your hatch! Good luck with the kiddings!

 

[chicken hawk 33]

I can't wait to see what breeds they are.I have no clue what they are

 

[Balloonjuice]

We are using the term the same. By calibration I mean to ensure that it is accurate.

Thanks for the link to that post. Yes, we are using the term exactly the same.

 

[kimalulu]

Yesterday I candled my first batch of eggs. There were 2 bielefelder eggs that looked clear. I couldn't tell with some of the darker eggs but In all of the other eggs I was able to see some viening and/or movement. Really cool to see the embryo moving! Looked like 22 out of 24 are developing but all eggs are still in the bator in case I am wrong.

I'll have to recheck in the notes but my air cell looked small. (About the size of a quarter) So, I'm going to run it dry for now.
Really excited to have this many eggs looking viable so far!

 

[mlm Mike]

Yesterday I candled my first batch of eggs. There were 2 bielefelder eggs that looked clear. I couldn't tell with some of the darker eggs but In all of the other eggs I was able to see some viening and/or movement. Really cool to see the embryo moving! Looked like 22 out of 24 are developing but all eggs are still in the bator in case I am wrong.

I'll have to recheck in the notes but my air cell looked small. (About the size of a quarter) So, I'm going to run it dry for now.
Really excited to have this many eggs looking viable so far!

Glad things are off to a good start!

 

[dgibson0604]

Have you calibrated it?

yes i have i got it sitting between 99.5-100.5 degrees f

 

[Chaos18]

yes i have i got it sitting between 99.5-100.5 degrees f