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

[teamfreewill]

Day 21, we have some pippers! 3/7 so far

Normally my Serama hatch on day 18, but these ones are late bloomers!

 

[LeroySouthpaw]

No, but perhaps I should!
My original flock of chickens and turkeys all came home on the motorcycle. All of my fish and dogs did too. FYI, fish on a motorcycle is a very odd feeling. I will not tell you how I kept them warm.

Maybe you should! You have no idea what I'm imagining here!!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Day 20, waiting is so hard!!

Ladies and gentlemen, I have an announcement to make:


Jace has hatched 5/6 fertile eggs!!!!!

The 6th one, I am not sure if it was actually fertile or not. Looked clear when candled, with a lot of fluid? Broke it open and it looked like a clear, but it had sort of a murky fluid so I dunno if that was an early quitter.

I'm counting it as such though.... All the rest were obviously clear.
-Banti

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Quote: How do you get your humidity so high? I can't get mine to hit 70. Should I pipe water into the bottom?

I haven't opened the bator at all today!

since the sun came up...

I think they're malpo. I can see inside the polish egg and it looks shrink wrapped. I missed days 9-16, so I have no idea what temps/humidity were like. My sitter could've opened the bator an hour every day... I have no way to find out. The merle that I helped had a dry brown membrane, so I'm sure it was stuck.

Anyway, I have incubation guilt over not treating these babies better. I'm already looking at less than 50% hatch rate.
what do do for humidity?

Somehow three little polish chicks ended up in my brooder

CONGRATS!!!! where are pics?

 

[mamahmendez]

Just an update, all 8 of my chicks that hatched April 7th are doing great! They will be 2 weeks old tomorrow & they are all healthy even though 6 hatched with omphalitis.

This is the chick I had to assist because he got stuck zipping. He is huge now!



Buncha boys



Chocolate cuckoo chick that is going to my friend. I think this one is a pullet.

Your Dino-stage chicks are way cute! I love their colors!

Well when you send them my way tell them to stop and drop a little rain cause I don't want to water the garden myself.

So you've been stealing all the rain the last couple days? That's awful nice of you. Since it was sunny and beautiful the last couple days. Good weather to get stuff done outside.

@mlm Mike and @Chaos18 Apparently there is no rain near you guys because IT IS STILL RAINING ON ME IN TEXAS! It is wet. I think we are starting to grow a little slimey. We did get a break and some sun yesterday. Our grotto was flowing with crystal clear green water. And the sunset last night was perfection though. I will be doing my best to send rain your way!

Somehow three little polish chicks ended up in my brooder

Lucky!!!! I hope some show up in my brooder!

 

[LeroySouthpaw]

The small jugs are for the first week, then the gallon jugs, why are they dumping them? Do you keep them filled?



of course!!

I see allot of hatched chicks, but where are the spent shells???? Quick, the chicks have taken over the incubator!!! Next the Brooder, then THE WORLD!!!

 

[Chaos18]

Not fer long.

Are they all LF chicks?

 

[TJordan]

Ok... I'm officially swamped with chickens. I just did a beak count... Or as best I could. In my big pen I have 13 laying or POL bulk austra hens, 2 white leghorn hens and my last 5 month old blk austra rooster. That's 16 there In my small pen I just put out my 5 week old pullet bigger babies. 4 polish, 3 dominites, 5-6 EEs, 2 buff orphingtons and 5-6 production reds. That's another 22.... Then the fun of counting the brooder... At least 33 chicks. Many are Roos and will be relocated. The pullets I know are 3 silkies, 2 full blood bantams, 1 frizzle Cochin and I was bad girl and got 2 silver grey dorkings this morning. The rest are mixed of undetermined sex. That's around 73-74 birds. Help. Just outside. First time. Oh what is this stuff?! Move over. Let me see

 

[shahtir101]

Here's my favorite one!

 

[Chaos18]

Your Dino-stage chicks are way cute! I love their colors!

@mlm Mike and @Chaos18 Apparently there is no rain near you guys because IT IS STILL RAINING ON ME IN TEXAS! It is wet. I think we are starting to grow a little slimey. We did get a break and some sun yesterday. Our grotto was flowing with crystal clear green water. And the sunset last night was perfection though. I will be doing my best to send rain your way!




Lucky!!!! I hope some show up in my brooder!

Pretty pics. Just be careful that ya don't float out to sea with all the rain.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: awwwwww

I have a Silkie egg.on day 16 now it has a big clear area but has a back spot that isn't moving and one that is what does it mean

if there is veining its alive, if no veining its dead

see our candle section in our notes
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/incubating-w-friends-helpful-notes-links-informational-post-links

The hardware cloth on the bottom of the bator? Should have shelf liner or screen to help prevent injury and splay leg.

wINNER wINNER cHICKEN dINNER!!!!! lolz

holy cow! y'all are busy posters!! tomorrow evening is hatch day for my chicks! We were also blessed with a kid from my FF! it is a buck, so unfortunately we wont be keeping it but it was still quite the experience! I have another doe due to kid any day as well!!

Awwwwww how sweet!!! congrats!!

Day 21, we have some pippers! 3/7 so far

Normally my Serama hatch on day 18, but these ones are late bloomers!

YAY!!!! go babies!!