Valentine day hatch

[Alwayswantchics]

My girls stopped laying. Hoping to game some by next week in order to set. Very sad.

 

[WillowChick]

Ok I had to go ahead and set the ones I had yesterday at 5pm

I had to give my rooster to my friend for supper because he was attacking my bantam.

Good news though... I got my pinless peepers in the mail and they work great!

I set a batch of 12 and snuck in an extra this morning because it was still warm. I hope it hatches within a day of the others but we'll see!

Sooo excited!!!!




One of them is pretty dirty but I was scared to clean it. I hope there's enough surface area for it to breathe.

Willow

 

[Alwayswantchics]

Decided to go with TJ eggs, if I don't get any from my girls.

 

[Alwayswantchics]

Due to finances being so crappy for us ay this time, I have decided to wait until my girls start laying again to set my eggs. Very disappointed.

 

[chickenteacher2]

We will press on....keeping you informed. Chicks are great whenever they come!

 

[Alwayswantchics]

Thanks for the words of encouragement.

 

[WillowChick]

Day 11. Looks like all my eggs are a no-go. I'm still gonna go through with it tho, cause 1 I cant see through. Hatch date is February 6th.

 

[WillowChick]

Well I figured out what went wrong!!!! I asked hubby to pick up a hygrometer for this next batch because I was worried it might have been the humidity that was messed up. The hygrometer also has a thermometer on it. I couldn't figure out why the hygrometer said 82 degrees and my glass bulb thermometer attached to a plastic backing said 99.5 until I realized THE STUPID THING SLIPPED OUT OF THE BACKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So the eggs were "incubating" at 82 degrees for 18 days... Not very productive.

I am so mad that our flock of 4 will have no babies because of this stupid thing!
(we got rid of our rooster 2 1/2 weeks ago, so I still threw 6 of our own eggs in the bator with my friend's yesterday, but not much hope)

 

[chickenteacher2]

I bought 2 Wyandotte eggs (SL)....waiting for my others to arrive by mail. Have the bator set up at school. Students are very excited, probably not more than me!

 

[chickenteacher2]

Put my 2 eggs under my broodies this morning. It's my first time with broodies. After some drama about trying to move the nest and whatnot, I finally moved it back and the 2 girls are taking care of business. I may slip one of my EE hen's egg (crossed with buff silkie roo) under the girls, too. See how it goes.....

nervous mama.