The 5th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[Wrightsx4]

I'd like to join with my dozen eggs.
6 salmon faverolles
2 marans
1 ee
1 buff orp
1 Slw
1 bluebell

 

[Whoops]

Quote: I will update pictures every week so you all can see them grow and change. Two of the kittens have white on their bellies and some on their feet/legs. The one is a dark gray with only a small patch of white on chest and between back legs. The one kitten has kind of a white frosting over its back. I know there is a long haired tom running around. I think he got to her before I knew she was in heat..

I will post some more pics of the kittens later.

BTW, mom is doing great!

I have been bottle feeding kittens for the past few weeks.. (well.. going on 2 weeks now)
mom cat gave birth in the evening.. then disappeared the next morning (she was a feral stray that "adopted" us).. haven't seen her since.. but she left these guys behind (5 total)
I started feeding them when they were barely 24 hours old...


pics taken today:
Snowball


Moose


Piglet


Jet


and Jack


Very cute. My Bitey Kitty was bottlefed by the rescuer. I am very grateful to that person for taking such good care of her and make it a point to post pictures of the cat on FB where friends in common show them to the rescuer. I like for the rescuer to know that this one turned out well and has a good life.

It looks like the two white ones are going to have the Siamese pattern.

But, yeah, I harken back to "kitten season" at the emergency clinic when I see them.

 

[Corny Caleb]

SO ,I got my second turkey egg today!! going to let the hen sit on them, but she isn't broody yet. too early for that. Here is the soon-to-be turkey papa proudly gobbling lol.

 

[cacooley]

I am joining the 2014 Hatch-along. I am a newbie, and I have no incubator. I am using a Prince Lionheart wipes warmer I saw in a box of old baby stuff. So far, the temp is 97°F and Humidity is 61% (using a moistened paper towel folded in the corner). I am testing tonight to see if I can put the eggs in there. I am putting a barrier between the bottom of the warmer and the eggs.
2 Cochins
2 Copper Marans
1 White Leghorn
1 Brahma

 

[bantambury]

here are two pictures I took of my chooks today!

GOOD LUCK FOR EVERYONES HATCHING!

 

[farm n louisana]

Just got my first incubator my eggs or due march 21 so I'll see if any hatch n I'll try again for the Easter hatch

 

[cacooley]

here are two pictures I took of my chooks today! GOOD LUCK FOR EVERYONES HATCHING!

Those are some beautiful pictures of great-looking birds!

 

[sbarab]

I couldn't stand it. There were two pretty eggs that were laid today that were just begging to be added to the bator. So I went from 42 to 44 eggs in the bator.

 

[CGinJCMO]

First hatch for me and I have managed to come up with a couple of questions. more to follow im sure however I'm trying to stay current on the threads and soak up the knowledge. Lets start with humidity. I have a little giant still air that I added a fan to. I plan to use a automatic turner also. So I set everything up and had it running tues after a decent amount of tinkering I got the temp to stabilize at 99.4 for about 24hrs. Humidity however was around 10% and that had me a worried so I added water to 2 of the channels in the bottom and allowed it to stabilize. 12 hours later temp was down to 88 and humidity was 81%. decided that was way too high and read on here to not use the channels so I dumped the water back out. Bring it around full circle and I'm back to a dry incubator sitting at 99.5 degrees with 19% humidity for the past 20ish hours. Am I ready to set tmrw morning or do I need to bring the humidity up a bit more. 2nd questions is candling prior to incubation I shouldn't see anything but a clear egg correct? I'm sure its something that comes with practice but not really sure what I should see. I have 12 splash orpington, 12 partridge plymouth rock, and 12 mystery eggs that were purchased local a week ago. All of these appear to have aircells and based on pictures and information posted earlier appear to be normal. I have 5 eggs from my bantam easter eggers that don't appear to have aircells at all? Thank You In Advance and have a good day.

Don't know if you've gotten an answer yet (I'm so behind) but I have the LG incubator too. One thing I'd try is damp sponges. It might up your humidity a little bit. I might also check whatever you're using for reading the humidity. It could be off. Search for "calibrate your hygromoter" Also go to the Little Giant tips and tricks thread for ideas for this incubator. I didn't use all of the tips, but I did take a lot of them and the hatch before and had 27 out of 37 hatch.

CG

 

[cracrzy4chicks]

I have a question for all you experienced chicken peeps.

I have a lav am & a blue am roos. I put them over barred rock hens. Will the chicks be sexlinked ? If so who has the spot on their head roo or pullet ? And will the barring be present on both sexes when they feather out ?