Tis Time for a March 2020 Hatch-a-long!

[CluckNDoodle]

I have two NR 360, one is that exact model and at this time of year it runs dry for me at 30% exactly. My other one is the newer model, and it runs so dry that keeping it at 30% was a fight.

Maybe I just have a really dry house?? I have a Version 2 and a Version 3 NR360. Did you get one of the fancy new dome models? NU1 or something? I'm so tempted to get another NR360 just so I can "keep up with the Joneses" LOL.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I'm going to check the duck eggs and report back to tell y'all what is going on. I can't believe they're already about to hatch. Now I can have my incubator back

Looking forward to the ducky update!

 

[FortCluck]

Looking forward to the ducky update!

There's a ton internally pipped now. But I doubt they'll come out any time soon

 

[ASteelman]

Not gonna lie y'all, I am super tempted to start collecting eggs again for the Easter hatchalong... with my luck 5/5 of my ameraucanas could very well be boys.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Not gonna lie y'all, I am super tempted to start collecting eggs again for the Easter hatchalong... with my luck 5/5 of my ameraucanas could very well be boys.

Sounds like a great reason to hatch more.

 

[FortCluck]

I'm thinking about doing my own duck eggs but I have to figure out what day to set them for Easter hatch a long. I'll go back and look. My Pekins have started mating finally and I wouldn't mind duck meat for the fam.

 

[Mosey2003]

So I ordered another HovaBator 2370 (because of course I did, lmao). Got it set up Saturday and after one adjustment, it's bang-on.

I'm up to 40 eggs collected for Hatch 2. Will see what I get today and set them tonight.

 

[beth1004]

Not gonna lie y'all, I am super tempted to start collecting eggs again for the Easter hatchalong... with my luck 5/5 of my ameraucanas could very well be boys.

I didn’t hatch them but the first chicks I ever had. They were a birthday present from my kids were 4 silkie roosters. I’m curious to see what these 3 little ones we hatched are.

 

[beth1004]

Well, my hubby got our brooder built last night. Chicks are out of the cardboard box.

 

[Phillyndilly]

At first I didn’t want styrofoam because I felt like it was cheap and wouldn’t last long but now maybe I’m regretting it!
I didn’t weight mine so I’m not sure of exactly how much they lost. I will weigh next time around I definitely need a better tracking system because I was so confused I wrote dates on them and I was all over the place. I’m just going by the air cell size so hope that doesn’t bite me in the butt.

These are mine so I guess you can see kind of where the air cells are does that look good? If they need to get bigger maybe I’ll keep the humidity down?
That was their size a week before lockdown in the bottom photo