What's wrong with their feathers?

[SteveH]

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If I thought it out correctly , 7 out of 8 of Julie's eggs went to lock down . 1 hatched leaving 6 . 11 of 33 eggs have not hatched yet , and only 2 or 3 of those are from Onthespot . Wish I could find a posting naming who else , if any , contributed eggs to this hatch . Right now there are too many eggs left over for those numbers to work . [ Unless Alice's chart of weight loss left #3 and #6 out but the eggs actually existed ]
Sorry you didn't get a better hatch Alice ; I hope you get a few more over the next 24 hrs .
Edt: Alice was updating while I was thinking and typing

. I'll wait and get the final count tomorrow .

 

[kathyinmo]

Steve,
You can't figure it out either?

Well, congratulations on egg # 10, anyway, alice.

 

[alicefelldown]

SteveH, it's confusing I know. The strange feather bird eggs were numbered before we got the eggs from Patty (or had a chance to be candled). Eggs 3 and 6 had air cells that were beyond detached and never went into the 'bator. Everything other than that was numbered consecutively on day 0.

Day 0 - 42 eggs (picture):
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=3576997#p3576997

Day 14 charts: (if a number is missing, it was tossed, so 42 - 6 duds = 36)
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=3656593#p3656593

Day 18 (charts aren't uploaded yet.) we tossed another 3 eggs (#'s 5, 13, and 39) so 36 - 3 = 33 eggs at lockdown.

Strange feathers: 8 attempted, 7 at lock down. 1 hatched

OnTheSpot BCM: 13 attempted, with 3 clear/infertile by day 14. 9 at lock down. a bunch have hatched. These eggs are not the darkest I've seen from Patty, (I've hatched her's before - but the eggs are normally crazy dark)
OnTheSpot Blue Olive Eggers(redbrick) : 9 attempted, 1 clear/infertile by day 14. 8 set at lockdown, a bunch have hatched.
*note - we can tell the chicks apart, but the some of the eggs are practically the same color as you can see in the day zero picture. That's why we're guessing how many of each batch has hatched.

OnTheSpot White/Splash Ameraucana: 3 set at hatch, 2 hatched. Can't clearly see the 3rd egg but most likely a goner.

EE Hen / BCM Roo (from my backyard flock): 2 set at lockdown and two hatched. One has a GIANT head.
Pure BCM (from my backyard flock): 4 attempted, 1 clear/infertile, & 1 blood ring by day 14. 1 set at lockdown, 1 hatched. She is a young-ish pullet still - her small eggs were filling empty space mostly.
Dark Olive Layer / BCM Roo (from my backyard flock): 3 attempted, 3 set at lockdown. We can see two chicks running around, and the third egg is the late pip from last night. Not really any progress this morning though.

So that's 8 chicks from known eggs.
We can see 21 chicks running around at last inspection, so that's another 13 mixed of OnTheSpot's BCMs and Blue Olive Eggers.

33 eggs set at lockdown, 21 hatched, 1 pipped, so 11 left to go (of which, 7 are the Julie/Strange feather birds) (meaning 3 that aren't dead-certainly duds)

It's day 21 1/2 right now, and will be day 22 tonight in egg-land. Technically there's still some time to wait for the pip and it's 3 other 'siblings'.

Now off to work!

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Edit - I'm going to work late! The last pip hatched (Olive/BCM)!

3 eggs (other than Julie's birds) are left in the incubator. 1 white/splash, and 2 of the BCM or Blue Olive mix (egg #23 and #???)

23 babies have hatched! Final breakdown by breed later!

 

[averytds]

Well congrats on #10. Do we get to add you to the praying for a roo too?

alicefelldown=Alice fell down the rabbit hole=Everyone praying for roos. That explains it.

 

[SteveH]

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Thanks Alice . I'm easily confused , but finally realized I've been calling Jubaby " Julie " and her name is Patty [ sorry Patty ] .

You've obviously put a lot into this hatch and if it was me I would be struggling to keep a positive attitude . Hope you get few late arrivals today .

 

[Chickndaddy]

Patty is OnTheSpot

Julie has the silkie feathered birds

 

[SteveH]

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Told you I was easily confused

Edt: Chickendaddy , please accept my apology . I have a weird sence of humor and , in retrospect , realize that setting somebody up for a joke is cruel and NOT funny .

 

[alicefelldown]

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I feel we got a pretty decent hatch rate though - as long as we aren't counting Julie's birds (which no one appears to be having any kind of luck with - but we knew that going in.)

Plus, how can anyone be sad or bummed when there's 23 fuzzy butts to play with??? The White/Splash Ameras have HUGE puffy cheeks that I can't stop admiring. (Pictures when I get back home!)

42 eggs set - 8 Julie eggs = 34 - 5 infertile eggs = 29 eggs, of which 22 (again, not counting Julie's) did hatch. So really, there were only 7 duds. Incubator hatch rate is 76% for our first incubator attempt.
*note - there are three eggs (not counting Julie's) left in the incubator and it's only day 21 still. Day 22 will be about 6pm PST tonight. Who knows - we might get some more.

 

[kathyinmo]

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Julie,
They are on their way to you!

Now, if someone could get an adult Ameraucana to you, that would be perfect for Ozzie ..... 2 projects in one pen! LOL

 

[onthespot]

alicefelldown, I think you did GREAT!!! I think I completely killed my first three incubators full. Then I found BYC, then I killed some more, then I bought a hygrometer and slowly dragged my way up to a, what, probably a fifty or sixty percent hatch rate? I have a weak incubator, a drafty house, a constantly changing work schedule and more eggs than money, so maybe all those add up to not so great hatch rate. If I could be home more and check the temps and keep a closer eye i'm sure my rate would improve a bit. Just today I was candling my eggs from Bama Chicken and found a Dark Brahma from Fowl Visions that did not go with the other eggs to hatchdown the other day. Oops! So it has been sitting the past three days at about 30% humidity, a hundred degrees, being turned four or five times a day by hand, tumbled this way and that. Anyhow, quick stuck it in the incubator that the others hatched from, hadn't cleaned it up yet, but it is in there looking warm and humid and comfortable. Hope it hatches. Only three developed all the way, one quit on day 20, one hatched, and the one I left behind in the bator. Sometimes I think it is a miracle I ended up with any birds at all... I sure am hoping for a pair from Fowl Visions! Bama Chicken's eggs are doing fine. More than half are developing... but two weeks is a LOOoooonnng time in MY incubator...