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

[Saris]

Well, I'm ready to call it.... I got 9 Ameraucana and 1 Bielefelder boy. There is another Biele that is still in it's egg waiting to absorb all it's stuff and hopefully hatch. The other Biele eggs made it to lockdown and not much further. Happy/Sad day for me....

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I am out. My incubator ran away yesterday and cooked the eggs, quail, OE's and SFH. I am going to take a break. I think I will save up money for a new incubator before I hatch again. I don't even have any tears, just numb. My washing machine decided to flood the kitchen too. Bad day for appliances. The only bright spot is that my Bantam Wyandotte girl started laying, a beautiful pale pink egg.

oh NO!!! did it ruin anything? the wash machine???? I am so sorry what a mess!!! sorry on the EGGies too poor things!

My,parents said I can't incubate anymore

sorry CH

Well, the eggs I bought from eBay arrived. No broken eggs! The incubator and homemade egg turner should be ready tonight!

AWESOME!!! good luck with a quick finish, get that thing up and running and calibrated!! good luck!!

Just in case anyone was following: Update on chick with leg issue (I tried to keep this short and sweet as this is an incubating thread not injury thread)
I treated as if she had straddle leg ... I taped her feet in shoes....I removed these the braced her leg.
I have been giving her vitamins and electrolytes in a dropper. She is eating and drinking hardily on her own though.
This morning her leg was slightly improved. So, we are continuing vitamins, electrolyte, and monitoring.


Also, I see A TON OF PEOPLE have their noses pressed the 'bators today watching hatchings. CONGRATS to all!!!! I love reading the updates, photos, and learning from your questions and experience.

Good News,!! let me know how she turns out, I just put one in a cup, a teeny serama

Quote: YAYYYAYYAAA Go Mike GOOOOO !!!!!!!!

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Some of our babies

dawwwwwww great shots!!

@Sally Sunshine and whoever's caught up or to those of you that wanna know later after you catch up.

One chick out it pipped last night early(day 20) I shoulda stickied that Boolie comment bout how if you set them at night it's wonky. I do catch some of your observations Blooie thank you. Its resting.
Two eggs pipped(one last night, one this morning).

Could barely turn tv on for long enough to get VA news.

NOSE prints on the bator!!

If I missed anybody in the update please tag me so I can get you on the next one.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW YOUR UPDATES!!!!



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4/22/16 3PM Friday

I have some pipping started, so I hatched and am hatching lmao HOWEVER after this batch ALL BATORS ARE EMPTY!!! OMG!!!! NO WONDER I AM OVERRUN WITH EGGS!!!

They are hatching!!!

And I'm stuck at work for another hour...so I have to live vicariously through my daughter's updates. She said 4 more pip'd. This one is an Amerucana and the others piped are olive eggers (from 1 from each of two farms) a moran and a I don't know about the other one because I had to take a work call. YEAHHHHH!!! So excited to get out of here and get home!

LOL CONGRATS they sure are!!!! gO BABIES!!

So far 19 Easter Eggers, 1 Gamefowl, 2 Legbar pullets and 3 Legbar cockerels.
1 Legbar egg currently pipped and 1 wrong end Bielefelder pip.

come on more pullets!!!!

Just candled 3 randome eggs from the batch that got u plugged, and 2 were moving.

GREAT NEWS!!!!

@Chaos18 Day 18 update!

Today is day 17/18, the last day of turning... "Lockdown" tomorrow afternoon! I turned them today and it was the first day I could really feel the weight difference! They are full of chick! I don't think I was this excited the day I went into labour! Squee! Babies!!!!!!

(Also going to eggtopsy my duds. Sniffle.

RIP chickies. )

BABIES!!!!!!! awwwww rip DIS babies

Quote: ohhhhh those are better results than you though!!! good luck with the rest

 

[campingshaws]

 

[wingedshade]

Great news! Good luck!

Thank you!

 

[wingedshade]

Cute! I don't think I can trust my kitty around chicks. He attacks everything!

 

[BantyChooks]

oh NO!!!  did it ruin anything? the wash machine????  I am so sorry  what a mess!!! sorry on the EGGies too poor things!

sorry CH

AWESOME!!!  good luck with a quick finish, get that thing up and running and calibrated!!  good luck!!

Good News,!!  let me know how she turns out, I just put one in a cup, a teeny serama

YAYYYAYYAAA Go Mike GOOOOO   !!!!!!!! 


dawwwwwww  great shots!!
NOSE prints on the bator!!

I have some pipping started, so I hatched and am hatching lmao   HOWEVER after this batch ALL BATORS ARE EMPTY!!! OMG!!!!    NO WONDER I AM OVERRUN WITH EGGS!!!




LOL CONGRATS they sure are!!!!  gO BABIES!!
  come on more pullets!!!!

GREAT NEWS!!!!

BABIES!!!!!!!  awwwww rip DIS babies

ohhhhh those are better results than you though!!!     good luck with the rest

ALL EMPTY??? and you have allll those georgeous eggies???

 

[Laurel Meadows]

Or you can just feed starter/grower or All Flock to the whole flock and keep oyster shell in a separate container for the layers....the chicks might nibble on some out of curiosity but won't get enough to hurt them, and the hens will take what they need.  I've done this for sometime now.  Hasn't affected chick health or adult laying and it's also fine for the roosters.

X2. I also feed my entire flock including my layers starter/ grower with oyster shell in separate little feeders.

 

[Laurel Meadows]

Aww so cute!

 

[wornoutmomto3]

It has begun!!!

The chicks are hatching! It started last night with one. We are now up to 9 hatched! One died just after hatching, but 8 chicks are alive and well. Three more are pipped in the hatcher!

 

[TJordan]

Well they say no pain no gain... My hand and arm are all cut up but my 2 new babies are separated in the brooder and the bigger littles (5weeks old) are outside and the smaller bantams and silkies are not getting stepped on. I hate cutting hardware cloth and securing it. So sharp.