Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[RiverGoddess]

You all will be the 1st to know

I have done the stare down wiggle test, the tap test, the heat test.....

How just the hatch test alrready !!!

I have been told they can go up to 60 days. So by NEXT WED ~ Really ?!?
(sorry about my impatience, but this literally has been the longest incubation EVER

)

Well hope all your hatches are going great & look forward to fluffy butt pics !

 

[RiverGoddess]

So in the meantime, just replanted my pond area & today we are putting up our last poultry run ~ 16' wide by 110' long. So now I have 5 large runs, to rotate them through & behind them run our pot bellied pigs (great little rototillers) then reseed & repeat !!!

 

[ChristineR]

You all will be the 1st to know

I have done the stare down wiggle test, the tap test, the heat test.....

How just the hatch test alrready !!!

I have been told they can go up to 60 days. So by NEXT WED ~ Really ?!?
(sorry about my impatience, but this literally has been the longest incubation EVER

)

Well hope all your hatches are going great & look forward to fluffy butt pics !

Didn't you get a stethoscope? Can you still hear heartbeats? That would drive me crazy, not being able to see what's going on!

 

[Iain Utah]

Very cool, RG.

for emu babies to get here soon!

I saw my laying brown African mating with my white gander today... so I pulled my bator out and turned it on. Hoping she lays again tomorrow so I will have 2 fresh eggs to set. I have my doubts about the egg I found in nest, since it was exposed to freezing overnight temps, but I'll set it too. If fertilized by the white, the babies would be color sex linked.

 

[JulieNKC]

My goose laid an egg today! And I got a duck egg, and 4 chicken eggs. 7 eggs in one day is the most I've got for a LONG time lol. Now to get those goose eggs fertile!

Yes!

Thank you for your sympathies. The first day after is always the hardest, but hope things will be a little better tomorrow.

Julie, Congrats on getting Halloween! He's one of my favorites!

I love him too. He's just "on loan". Although if he stays as sweet as he is once they've settled in, and I don't hatch the gander I want from my goose eggs coming for my project then his stay may become permanent, lol. I had to laugh at him today. I went outside and the geese and ducks came running like normal hoping for goodies. He looked at them for a minute, then me, then came running with his wings out too. He's trying so hard to fit in and be one of the group.

Just candle.... if you want ~ I just hatched my 1st ducks this morning ~ 2 cayuga babies. Totally forgot how long they take to pip, zip and hatch! They pipped 2 days ago, and just finally emerged today! Molasses Hatchers! All my eggs are taking an add'l 4-5 days because I am running my bator at 98.5

What kind of bator do you have again? I am still doing good hatches with my chicken and duck eggs. Can't wait for goose! I need something hatching & more important candle-able to keep me sane

This is my 1st time hatching these crazy prehistoric eggs ~ I have heard how hard these are to get to actually hatch. I have my fingers crossed, but trying to not get my hopes up just yet.

I think it's amazing they are hatching so well at that temp. Guess it goes to prove it's more the temp being steady and not swinging than it being exactly what's recommended. So crossing my fingers for a good hatch for you with those emus! Tell them to hurry though, my fingers are getting cramped, lmbo.

Hooray, we have a pip!

I'm so excited to meet this batch of ducklings!

Hurray pip! Get a move on little ducklings.

Very cool, RG.

for emu babies to get here soon!

I saw my laying brown African mating with my white gander today... so I pulled my bator out and turned it on. Hoping she lays again tomorrow so I will have 2 fresh eggs to set. I have my doubts about the egg I found in nest, since it was exposed to freezing overnight temps, but I'll set it too. If fertilized by the white, the babies would be color sex linked.

I'm so happy to see all the incubator's being fired up around here!

 

[psue]

So in the meantime, just replanted my pond area & today we are putting up our last poultry run ~ 16' wide by 110' long. So now I have 5 large runs, to rotate them through & behind them run our pot bellied pigs (great little rototillers) then reseed & repeat !!!

cool ideal

Didn't you get a stethoscope? Can you still hear heartbeats? That would drive me crazy, not being able to see what's going on!

I have one of those!

. I went outside and the geese and ducks came running like normal hoping for goodies. He looked at them for a minute, then me, then came running with his wings out too. He's trying so hard to fit in and be one of the group.

He's so good like that ... he's a sweet heart

 

[RiverGoddess]

My bad I mean it is running at 97.5 ~ I hatched 6 out of 7 Brahma eggs just recently, and I hatched 4 ducklings, and also set 5 Ohikis & all 5 are developing

I was told as long as you keep a staedy temp & humidity, it will not affect your hatch rate. ~ Only how long the incubation is ~ like it takes 25-28 days to hatch a chicken, and 32-36 days to hatch a duck.

 

[RiverGoddess]

Didn't you get a stethoscope? Can you still hear heartbeats? That would drive me crazy, not being able to see what's going on!

Yes but it is still frustrating, until you hear a chirp, scratching, etc. You really never know. Like they say "If you stare at an egg long enough ~ you will see it wiggle"

Very cool, RG.

for emu babies to get here soon!

I saw my laying brown African mating with my white gander today... so I pulled my bator out and turned it on. Hoping she lays again tomorrow so I will have 2 fresh eggs to set. I have my doubts about the egg I found in nest, since it was exposed to freezing overnight temps, but I'll set it too. If fertilized by the white, the babies would be color sex linked.

Thanks! YAY Bators are cookin!!!! Have you cracked any of the eggs for eating to see if they are fertile?

My goose laid an egg today! And I got a duck egg, and 4 chicken eggs. 7 eggs in one day is the most I've got for a LONG time lol. Now to get those goose eggs fertile!
Yes!

I think it's amazing they are hatching so well at that temp. Guess it goes to prove it's more the temp being steady and not swinging than it being exactly what's recommended. So crossing my fingers for a good hatch for you with those emus! Tell them to hurry though, my fingers are getting cramped, lmbo.

I'm so happy to see all the incubator's being fired up around here!

Egg Envy

~ I have to buy mine

(except the random one here and there)
Soon we will all be getting layed .....eggs

 

[JulieNKC]

cool ideal
I have one of those!
He's so good like that ... he's a sweet heart

Yes he is.

I just wish it was nice outside so I could be out there getting to know him better.

That's not going to happen for a little bit apparently.

My bad I mean it is running at 97.5 ~ I hatched 6 out of 7 Brahma eggs just recently, and I hatched 4 ducklings, and also set 5 Ohikis & all 5 are developing

I was told as long as you keep a staedy temp & humidity, it will not affect your hatch rate. ~ Only how long the incubation is ~ like it takes 25-28 days to hatch a chicken, and 32-36 days to hatch a duck.

That's good to know. Not that I want to make them take longer (i'd prefer shorter times!) or hatch any emu's, but you never know. Just in case.

Yes but it is still frustrating, until you hear a chirp, scratching, etc. You really never know. Like they say "If you stare at an egg long enough ~ you will see it wiggle"

Thanks! YAY Bators are cookin!!!! Have you cracked any of the eggs for eating to see if they are fertile?


Egg Envy

~ I have to buy mine

(except the random one here and there)
Soon we will all be getting layed .....eggs

I don't have to buy any, lol. That doesn't mean that I won't buy any though.

I detest shopping, but egg shopping is so much fun for some reason.

 

[Iain Utah]

RG, as of today, I only have the 2 eggs from the pasture and pretty sure one got frozen and probably won't develop. I hope the brown girl will lay again tomorrow and will check fertility by setting them.