Too Early for Feb Hatch-A-Long Thread??

[ShannonsChimkens]

I love how many of us are hatching for February! Someone better have chicks hatching on my bday

I’ll try to give you an emu hatch for your birthday!

 

[FortCluck]

I’ll try to give you an emu hatch for your birthday!

I hope so! I want to see them! I really am thinking about getting them myself. What are you using yours for... Pets?

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

Thank you. Im pretty sure they are clears so I will pull them today or tomorrow. I'd hate to pull an egg and open it and see I was wrong. I have one more silkie hatching egg....Any chance I could throw it in and if I did would it have a chance to hatch even though its a week later than the others? I feel like I read where people did that but maybe my incubator isnt the kind that you can do that. Is that what is called a staggered hatch? Wow, lots of questions sorry

I agree with your assessment. I watched the video and it appears only the first two eggs have developed.

You can definitely add it. Older eggs don't have as good of a hatch rate. But if you have the egg I'd give it a shot. Things can get a bit tricky managing hatching conditions and an egg still incubating but it can be done. As you said it's called a staggered hatch. Not recommend for beginners but somehow most find themselves in just that situation. Lots of helpful posts and folks to help you through it.

 

[ShannonsChimkens]

I hope so! I want to see them! I really am thinking about getting them myself. What are you using yours for... Pets?

Yep, just pets. After I bought the eggs, I realized they would be added protection from the aerial predators. I have no ground predators to worry about, but the hawks and ravens don’t hesitate to try to get a chimken. The emus or emu will be raised to live with the chims.

Stopped turning E2 today. Still no wiggles or sounds. E3 is the one that should be your birthday emu.

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

Day 14 on the first half of the incubator. Day 7 or 8 on the other half. Just candled everyone, pulled anyone who may have died, and so far still have 49 in the incubator. Alive and moving! The silkie bantams that were given to me as dog food, went from 10 to 4. One gifted RIR/bantam cross left and one from my RIR crosses in the coop. The rest are foxfire eggs.

What did you end up getting? If you got any deathlayers I will be soooo sad. Have purchased 4 potluck shipments and no deathlayers. Darn it.

She sent a good variety but no Deathlayers. Mostly Isbars (7) and 55 Flowery (5) eggs. After that Marans (4),
Barbezieux (4), Silver Laced Orpington (3). Then 2 each of red laced Wyandotte, golden laced Spitzhauben, Swedish Flower, Barnvelder, and Legbar.

I'm just trying to rebuild my flock so this is an excellent start. I'll also be growing out the roosters and keeping 1-2 long term. Fingers crossed I'll have some good ones to choose from.

 

[FortCluck]

Yep, just pets. After I bought the eggs, I realized they would be added protection from the aerial predators. I have no ground predators to worry about, but the hawks and ravens don’t hesitate to try to get a chimken. The emus or emu will be raised to live with the chims.

Stopped turning E2 today. Still no wiggles or sounds. E3 is the one that should be your birthday emu.

What type of fencing do you have for them? Where did you buy the eggs?

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

Yep, just pets. After I bought the eggs, I realized they would be added protection from the aerial predators. I have no ground predators to worry about, but the hawks and ravens don’t hesitate to try to get a chimken. The emus or emu will be raised to live with the chims.

Stopped turning E2 today. Still no wiggles or sounds. E3 is the one that should be your birthday emu.

I'm sure you answered this in here somewhere but where did you buy the eggs from? Was it local or online?

Years ago I made an omelette with a ostrich egg. We had to open it with a screwdriver and hammer! That thing was tough.

 

[aliciaplus3]

the 2 early birds... I hate 4.30 am

 

[Merrymouse]

[QUOTE="UThobbyfarmer, post: 22145616, member: 216645"

You can definitely add it. Older eggs don't have as good of a hatch rate. But if you have the egg I'd give it a shot. Things can get a bit tricky managing hatching conditions and an egg still incubating but it can be done. As you said it's called a staggered hatch. Not recommend for beginners but somehow most find themselves in just that situation. Lots of helpful posts and folks to help you through it.
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Thanks, Ill do a search for staggered hatch and see what I can learn. The silkie egg I have is only one week old so not too bad. My main concern is will it survive being in the incubator during lockdown with no turning and higher humidity....Ill do some research. Thanks

 

[Merrymouse]

.. but I use multiple incubators.

ahhh. ok.. that makes sense, thank you