Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[littleredwagon]

She disapproves of everything I do
She's going to be a perfect mother

 

[ochochicas]

Quote: In my experience, locking them down sooner is better than later. I usually lockdown at the end of day 18. I've had problems with chicks pipping on the wrong end and some of them didn't make it. My last hatch was locked down at the end of day 17. The hatch was excellent, everyone pipped on the correct end and all the chicks survived. I'm going to start locking down earlier from now on.
Good luck with your hatch!

 

[littleredwagon]

@nuklee0 I got my broody up one last time last night to eat and everything. I don't plan on moving or touching her at all today, since it's day 18. Candling yesterday showed my little guy is in position with the aircell and wiggling his butt off. I wrote a 2 on one side and an 0 on the other (projected birthday) and my hen has been keeping him 0 side up. She even peeps cuter now. Thanks@ochochicas

 

[nuklee0]

In my experience, locking them down sooner is better than later.  I usually lockdown at the end of day 18.  I've had problems with chicks pipping on the wrong end and some of them didn't make it.  My last hatch was locked down at the end of day 17.  The hatch was excellent, everyone pipped on the correct end and all the chicks survived.  I'm going to start locking down earlier from now on.  
Good luck with your hatch!

Thank you @ochochicas! The eggs were rocking! I faced all the "x" sides up and sure enough one of them managed to rock the "x" downwards. I also noticed that my temp shot up... Is that common? My incubator has been steady around 100 and last night when they started rocking it shot up to 101... I've turned down the temp twice but it seems maybe they are producing heat now bcuz it's still staying at a little over 100. I'll put them in lockdown this morning.

Back left egg...

 

[nuklee0]

@nuklee0 I got my broody up one last time last night to eat and everything. I don't plan on moving or touching her at all today, since it's day 18. Candling yesterday showed my little guy is in position with the aircell and wiggling his butt off. I wrote a 2 on one side and an 0 on the other (projected birthday) and my hen has been keeping him 0 side up. She even peeps cuter now. Thanks@ochochicas

Oh you have a broody! Lucky you! I was hoping one of my girls would go broody but nope! Fingers crossed for your little one.

 

[littleredwagon]

@nuklee0 Yup! I'd been hoping she would for awhile. Didn't go broody until her sister started laying...then stole her sister's eggs. Not a single one she's sat on has been hers lol luckily my other bird is the pretty one. Now we wait to see which rooster is lucky enough to be daddy.

 

[cooliechick]

Today is day 17 for my 5 eggs too!

It's my first time hatching and I'm starting to get nervous. They are from my roo I just lost a few days ago so I'm really hoping they survive.

Just an fyi I lost a chick from a leg injury. The only thing in the pen that could have done the injury was one of those plastic feeders with the oval holes around it that the chicks eat from. He had to have gotten his little leg in there, under the plastic dividing those holes and fought to get loose. He was extremely sore for several days and limped for a long time. He never did do well, some days reverting to the very sore lameness, and died before he matured. I feel it was a loss that did not have to happen. From now on, little chicks here can walk in their dish of food all they want if it saves one life. Oh, another tip. With open water dishes, add marbles to the water to keep them from drowning. They will drink between the marbles. Water goes down fast this way so keep an eye on it.

 

[nuklee0]

Just an fyi   I lost a chick from a leg injury.  The only thing in the pen that could have done the injury was one of those plastic feeders with the oval holes around it that the chicks eat from. He had to have gotten his little leg in there, under the plastic dividing those holes and fought to get loose.  He was extremely sore for several days and limped for a long time. He never did do well, some days reverting to the very sore lameness, and died before he matured.  I feel it was a loss that did not have to happen.  From now on, little chicks here can walk in their dish of food all they want if it saves one life.  Oh, another tip.  With open water dishes, add marbles to the water to keep them from drowning. They will drink between the marbles. Water goes down fast this way so keep an eye on it.

Aw sorry to hear about that little one... And thank you for those tips. I did see those feeders and didn't like them... So I had my husband drill some holes in a plastic Snapware container and hopefully that will work as a feeder and avoid poo in the food and waste. Never tried it before so we'll see how it works...

 

[Bridebeliever]

Aw sorry to hear about that little one... And thank you for those tips. I did see those feeders and didn't like them... So I had my husband drill some holes in a plastic Snapware container and hopefully that will work as a feeder and avoid poo in the food and waste. Never tried it before so we'll see how it works...

Smart idea!

 

[AimToMisbehave]

[Video]

Splashy party! Such messy creatures...