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

[Rockporters]

Good morning!

Chicks are doing well, but I can’t tell who is who lol. I am usually very good about keeping track of hatches, but it’s sugaring season..and I have pneumonia. in other words, I’ve lost track and control of all my crap.

The empty shells indicate:
3 Liege Fighters
1 Quail Brabanconne
2 Altsteirer
2 chocolate Cuckoo Eng. Orps
3 blk Eng. Orps
and 1 missing shell that I must’ve tossed out.

The little one-eyed cross beak is fluffy and perky this morning. None of them have eaten yet, so I haven’t seen how it will do. Still deciding whether to cull it or not. If it can’t eat on its own, we’ll have to cull it.

Anyway, here are this week’s rugrats!

 

[My hen house]

I haven't had a reply for my thread that i started so I thought i would ask here

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/supplement-to-feed-chickens.1352630/

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Everyone: How long have you waited to set shipped eggs?

I'm a strong believer that regardless of what the eggs look like it's often "what will be, will be" but the chances of a successful hatch are always higher when the eggs are fresher and they were already delayed by being in the mail so while I did allow my eggs to rest, I waited about 6 hours. 8 to 24 hours is recommended.

Another thing I commonly see is people putting them in the incubator and not turning them for a period of time. There are lots of studies showing that the first 7 days are actually the most important days to turn the eggs so I always put them in the turner...I also use my horizontal turners, lol.

....so I basically went against just about everything I've ever read about shipped eggs, LOL! I had scrambled eggs that had zero development but only 1 actually quitter in the batch that I did as I pleased. Maybe I just got lucky but I'm going to do it again and monitor it much more closely from a few sources so I can say with more confidence what I feel works best.

 

[Jules929]

I'm a strong believer that regardless of what the eggs look like it's often "what will be, will be" but the chances of a successful hatch are always higher when the eggs are fresher and they were already delayed by being in the mail so while I did allow my eggs to rest, I waited about 6 hours. 8 to 24 hours is recommended.

Another thing I commonly see is people putting them in the incubator and not turning them for a period of time. There are lots of studies showing that the first 7 days are actually the most important days to turn the eggs so I always put them in the turner...I also use my horizontal turners, lol.

....so I basically went against just about everything I've ever read about shipped eggs, LOL! I had scrambled eggs that had zero development but only 1 actually quitter in the batch that I did as I pleased. Maybe I just got lucky but I'm going to do it again and monitor it much more closely from a few sources so I can say with more confidence what I feel works best.

You're a rebel!

 

[Floydie]

I didn't ivomec the quail. I have put little (big) bird in with the others. I need to clean down the broody box and put it away for a few weeks time when my other eggs will hopefully hatch.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Good morning!

Chicks are doing well, but I can’t tell who is who lol. I am usually very good about keeping track of hatches, but it’s sugaring season..and I have pneumonia. in other words, I’ve lost track and control of all my crap.

The empty shells indicate:
3 Liege Fighters
1 Quail Brabanconne
2 Altsteirer
2 chocolate Cuckoo Eng. Orps
3 blk Eng. Orps
and 1 missing shell that I must’ve tossed out.

The little one-eyed cross beak is fluffy and perky this morning. None of them have eaten yet, so I haven’t seen how it will do. Still deciding whether to cull it or not. If it can’t eat on its own, we’ll have to cull it.

Anyway, here are this week’s rugrats!

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Oh my goodness! I hope you feel better! Your peeps are so sweet!!

 

[Phillyndilly]

Hello all things are moving along slowly here but I have another chick! One inside the incubator externally pipped it seems like its moving along ok but it also seems the membrane is brownish. It continues to make the hole bigger but I just want to make sure it’s ok? The humidity is up at 72 I’ve attached a picture. I know it can breath for sure but just want to make sure that looks ok. I’m going out for a bit but should be back in a few hours hopefully there’s progress

 

[Phillyndilly]

I didn't ivomec the quail. I have put little (big) bird in with the others. I need to clean down the broody box and put it away for a few weeks time when my other eggs will hopefully hatch.
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Oh my gosh those are so insanely cute!!!!

 

[FortCluck]

How is Lucky this morning @FortCluck ?

Not alive anymore didn't absorb much either

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Not alive anymore didn't absorb much either

Aww, I'm so sorry! You did everything you could and gave it the only chance it would have gotten otherwise.