Who is pipping and waiting right now??

[edster951]

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So you have candled them and nothng ? so sorry

Last candled on the 14 day, definitely something there.

Temps have fluctuated too much ranging some days between 34 and 39 degC. The odd thing is some days it would sit ang on for 4-5 days then drop for no apparent reason, so I would tweak the thermostat and bang up it would go.....

Won't be doing it again unless i get a wafer thermostat.

Humidity, I was using the dry method for the first week, ut my water wiggler dried up, so I added water to the wiggler and water to the incuator in a small tu and kept the humidity about 50--60% then upped it to 70% from day 18.

These were the first few fertile eggs from my pullets and cockerell, so even though they were fertile, maye they were not fertile enough...if thats possible. They're either fertile or they are not? Correct?

If nothing my the end of the day I'll get the boys to crack the eggs, they like gory things like that and I'll how developed they are to pinpoint day of death to see what even caused the deaths.

 

[revelu]

hatched today, 1 Russian Orloff
pipped, several Salmon Faverolle and more Russian Orloffs, and also mottled cochin

hatched this past week, beautiful Hat Trick line Silkies and some gorgeous mixes

Peafowl due to hatch first week in September, then turkeys, peafowl, BLRW, Dorkings, and more peafowl in the two weeks after that, and I'm done for the year!!!! I'm done I tell you!!!!

 

[pbjmaker]

Congratulations and then good luck!

pics please - especially of the orloffs

 

[revelu]

I will make sure to get pics when everybody's fluffy! or maybe I'll just wait til my new camera gets here-- just bought a new digital on eBay, no big deal but at 8.1 mp it's better than my old nikon 5.1 with a broken on/off button!

Vicki

 

[pbjmaker]

Heh - had this leghorn that had pipped early this morning and then nothing else all day - was barely even a pip. He rarely peeped at me or moved. Just went upstairs then came back down less then 10 minutes later and he is almost out of his egg. Still is very quiet. I might like him after all. A quiet chicken...

 

[chilling in muscadine]

I have 4 new dry babies. Yeah to Alabama power, while the tropical storm pounded us we didn't lose power. Usually if there is a cloud in the sky and just look's like a storm the power goes off. Hey Mrs. A K that's funny about the cleaveage. lol We are getting rained on again and I have 10 egg's going in the hatcher here in just a bit.

I have around 50 babie's in the house right now. I brought everybody in to wait out the storm. Wow there's a lot a cheep cheeping going on. O. K. I admit I'm addicted, anybody else want to fess up???? lol

 

[ml]

Oh 6 lovely little silver lace polish chicks. Yeah

ML

 

[kwynn's birds Alaska]

Mrs. AK-Bird-Brain :

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I have been known to put a sports bra or camisole on and tuck a chick in my cleavage to keep them warm for a little while...

I couldn't do a whole flock, but one fits nicely and is so soft!

Does that really work?!

right now I have the one huge black chunk, 5 fuzzy little banties, and 8 quail. Those quail are fiesty little turds. Their eggs were rolling all over the bator. One of the banties has crusty's on it's eye, and the poor other one, he had a large piece of shell stuck to him. It was sticking the wing to his head, and he thrashed all over the bator, and actually cracked 2 other eggs. One of them (the cracked ones) was 2 days early, and I saw something at first in there moving but an hour later later, there was no movment. and the next morning, still none. It had died. Then this morning, there was a quail that didn't make it. He was dead in the brooder,

I'm not too sure what happened. He didn't look injured. Everyone else in the brooder is thriving and healthy.

I have 11 eggs still in the bator, not due to hatch until the 8th. Can't wait now!!!

Having a hard time NOT sticking eggs in the bator, but it needs cleaned after the eggs hatch.

 

[Mrs MIA]

For the short term it does...

I'm sorry about your babies... That is one advantage to hatching in the cartons... they don't roll around and crash over other eggs. :aww

 

[sara]

My last hatch for a while is taking place today. Two eggs with pips yet, and 10 babies out.