Valentine's Day 1st Annual Hatch Along

[misfitmorgan]

I have goat kids that should be born in April. I was thinking of having them born earlier the next time i do kidding but maybe not. Chicks in the basement are enough for me.

The biggest problem we are having is we are going to have a bunch of half earred goats.....they keep getting frostbite. The one last night we did chores...mom was in labor but nothing hanging out no obvious but contractions. We left and came back 2hrs later to a dry kid with the last 1/2 inch of his ears already frozen and his nose red. Dont really know what to do to get them before frostbite.

This summer we have plans to build a totally enclosed "warm" barn, with kid heat huts, so that it should always stay above freezing just from the goats body heat. I'm hoping to get chicken coops and rabbit pens built onto the ends but OH might have different plans. Personally i figure if i can put all the animals in one "space" they will help heat each other. So far the chickens in their trailer coop keep it warmer in there then outside and it is not really draft free by any means.

 

[ochochicas]

Another surprise wind storm came through yesterday and we lost power. I tried to keep the eggs warm by putting containers of hot water in the incubator and then wrapping the incubator in wool blankets. Thank goodness for the woodstove so we can heat up water on it. I was able to keep the temp around 96 - 97 degrees most of the time. The power came back on a few hours later so hopefully my eggs were not affected by it.

One of my pullets from last summer is sick and I think we'll have to cull her. Darn, already having a bad week and I haven't even made it to work yet.

 

[misfitmorgan]

Another surprise wind storm came through yesterday and we lost power. I tried to keep the eggs warm by putting containers of hot water in the incubator and then wrapping the incubator in wool blankets. Thank goodness for the woodstove so we can heat up water on it. I was able to keep the temp around 96 - 97 degrees most of the time. The power came back on a few hours later so hopefully my eggs were not affected by it.

One of my pullets from last summer is sick and I think we'll have to cull her. Darn, already having a bad week and I haven't even made it to work yet.

sorry about your power outage and your pullet. Maybe she will pull thru.

 

[Alaskan]

I thought that I had set my eggs earlier than ya'll... but there is no wigging or ANY sign of soon hatching.

if I have an incubator full of dead in shell chicks I will be more than bummed.

I didn't write down the date I put them in....... so maybe they are due tomorrow or wednesday???

 

[ochochicas]

After my power came back on I had a dream that I woke up to 17 chicks that had already hatched (5 days early!) Too funny. I don't think the slight temperature drop should have affected anything. but my Legbar eggs are so temperamental that anything could cause them just to up and die. My last attempted resulted in the embroys dying around day 19. I hope they do better this time since I have a different rooster and they've been getting a better diet than the last owner fed them.

 

[Ravynscroft]

I thought that I had set my eggs earlier than ya'll...   but there is no wigging or ANY sign of soon hatching. 

if I have an incubator full of dead in shell chicks I will be more than bummed.

I didn't write down the date I put them in.......  so maybe they are due tomorrow or wednesday???

Ummm... didn't you say that you started putting some in on Monday and more in up to Wed or Thur?? Or something close to that, lol... If so, I wouldn't worry til the end of the week, you still got time!!

 

[Alaskan]

 

[Ravynscroft]

Got mine crossed for ya too!!

 

[misfitmorgan]

I thought that I had set my eggs earlier than ya'll... but there is no wigging or ANY sign of soon hatching.

if I have an incubator full of dead in shell chicks I will be more than bummed.

I didn't write down the date I put them in....... so maybe they are due tomorrow or wednesday???

I thought yours were later? i set mine on Sunday Morning the 25th.

Offical chicken set date was Saturday the 24th

 

[misfitmorgan]

I thought that I had set my eggs earlier than ya'll... but there is no wigging or ANY sign of soon hatching.

if I have an incubator full of dead in shell chicks I will be more than bummed.

I didn't write down the date I put them in....... so maybe they are due tomorrow or wednesday???

i just checked my pms.

You messaged me at half past midnight on the 27th...so i think that would mean you set on monday the 26th...yes? The pic of your eggs set look like its daytime.