Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[QuackerJackFarms]

I live on the coast so it usually is fairly narrow temperature range, but it has been getting into the 20s or so at night when we don't have the cloud cover and highs into the 50s. We have had a lot of hard frost warnings and flood advisories in the last couple of months. In the summer the highs are usually 70s-80s.

Your highs are what I would like our lows to be!

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

I finally just assisted these 2 chicks. One of them was already fluffing up in the egg.. Really? Chickens are usually pretty easy, but these eggs have been through a lot with the bator breaking and everything. I'm just glad they made it this far!

 

[JulieNKC]

Have you calibrated you hygrometer? How did their shells look?
One more week for me, then a week after that and I'll have ducks. Plus my little quail, if any hatch. I haven't had very good luck with it being cold out, so I'm waiting until spring to attempt hatching more of them. The one's in there will just be a suprise if they hatch anyway, forgot when I put any of them in there.

3 more weeks and my babies will be 6 weeks old, and I can move them to the outside brooder. Thank goodness, I'll have enough to clean with everyone else. Outside brooder is a tractor, move it a few feet and voila, clean brooder. I need to get more fence though, and fix the door, so I need a warm day before then.

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

I've got 2 little, fluffy butts. They are getting fluffied up right now and then I'll snap pics. They are cuties.

 

[JazminesZoo]

YEA ! Can't wait to see pics, I am going to take some of my Cochins & Jerseys! Auction was cool, went to 2 different ones. I didn't buy anything, was just a innocent bystander for now ~ MWA HAHA
Soon very soon

I've got 2 little, fluffy butts. They are getting fluffied up right now and then I'll snap pics. They are cuties.

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

YEA ! Can't wait to see pics, I am going to take some of my Cochins & Jerseys! Auction was cool, went to 2 different ones. I didn't buy anything, was just a innocent bystander for now ~ MWA HAHA
Soon very soon

I can't believe you didn't buy anything!! Was it worth going though? How did they have things "packaged".. or like.. caged up. So if you bought something what do you carry it in?

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

Have you calibrated you hygrometer? How did their shells look?
One more week for me, then a week after that and I'll have ducks. Plus my little quail, if any hatch. I haven't had very good luck with it being cold out, so I'm waiting until spring to attempt hatching more of them. The one's in there will just be a suprise if they hatch anyway, forgot when I put any of them in there.

3 more weeks and my babies will be 6 weeks old, and I can move them to the outside brooder. Thank goodness, I'll have enough to clean with everyone else. Outside brooder is a tractor, move it a few feet and voila, clean brooder. I need to get more fence though, and fix the door, so I need a warm day before then.

I can't seem to get my humidity up. It was/is 50 and holding, but I'm going to need it higher for ducks.. suggestions? I've got 3 washcloths, 3 tupperware containers and there is a huge water holder. All full!! I put 2 pitchers of water in a day.. no kidding.

 

[Iain Utah]

Congrats, QJ!!! CUTE chicks!!! Suggestions for boosting humidity: try putting a warm air humidifier in the room or using cigar box humidifiers in your bator. Or better yet.... stop opening your bator so much!

Still maintaining our holding pattern here. Will candle in 2 hours to see if any change with my impatient embryos.

 

[JazminesZoo]

I took pictures of the two places ~ both totally different, one place had a mic & auctioned like I would think, another one was all yelling. One was VERY professional, funny people~took out each bird during bidding, nice clean atmosphere. (where I will definately go) The other was very getto, kinda like I walked into deliverance Da da ding ding ding ding ding ding ding

I had fun, I went by myself, would have been more fun having a BYC friend to go with