Who's Setting Eggs This Week[end]? [August 8-14]

[waititout]

I have one pipping. I just went into lockdown last night. 44 total to hatch. One down and hopefully 43 more to go. I am hatching RIRs. I always seem to have early hatches.

Good luck! That's a whole lot of hatching!

 

[waititout]

[COLOR=0000FF]Okay, HERE are the babies... well, some of them.[/COLOR]








[COLOR=0000FF]The yellow ones show up so much better against the dark purple... I'll have to find a lighter backdrop for an Orpington, Black Copper Marans shoot. [/COLOR]

Love these photos! So cute! Congratulations.

 

[ChicksinPR]

golden lakenvelder is the only chick that hatched so far. We are on day 21 . Maybe I will get a few pips tonight.

 

[WRVgirl]

Blarneyeggs! They are so cute and fluffy! I just want to squeeze them and give them kisses. Congratulations!

 

[novanod1966]

well, i have a staggered hatch.... thanks to the timing on ebay and different shipping days....LOL.
i originally started with:

6 silver sussex eggs
6 assorted turkey eggs
10 white leghorn cross

i put them in my shed to incubate and then later decided to break out another incubator and put it in my bedroom. this is when i added 20 speckled sussex eggs.

out of the 6 silver sussex eggs only 1 hatched the rest died late in the incubation period
none of the turkey eggs showed any veins like they hadn't even started (could be the excessive heat in the shed or the shipping)
none of the white leghorn crosses hatched (some died early in the developement and others later on)

i'm hoping that the speckled sussex eggs will do better as they are in a more controlled temperature room. fingers crossed for them .... please

don

 

[Roxannemc]

Okay, HERE are the babies... well, some of them.








The yellow ones show up so much better against the dark purple... I'll have to find a lighter backdrop for an Orpington, Black Copper Marans shoot.

LOVE LOVE youre pictures. So very nice and artistic.! More calendar material.LOL
ahat kind of camera do you use. Mine is so old it is terrible,
Even a lot of phones are great for pics today Mine is as bad as my camera. Guess i need to trade up one or the other

.,Are sticky chicks from too much humidity ? I read it but have forgotten.

 

[Roxannemc]

still waiting to see any movement in that pip...

i guess it is going to wait for the others now. Must have looked up and said..hey, nobody is at the party yet.

Funny!! They do try your patience dont they? Need nerve pills on hatch day.... exausting

 

[Roxannemc]

Think i posted this on the wrong thread... I am really exited tonite

... Lock is tomorrow so candled tonite. Couldnt believe I have 11 that i think are good
Only 3 were duds. My best yet!.... SO FAR.
.I have let the humidity go to 22 and 23 about 4 times.Once was today!!!Geez
If they dont hatch i will be the culprit.Gonna keep that humidity up really well now the next 4 days.

 

[Blarneyeggs]

Thank you, Roxanne. Some sort of Nikon is what I used, but usually use my phone. I've read that high humidity can be the culprit with sticky chicks....but had WAY stickier chicks last hatch and it was a dry hatch.

 

[Roxannemc]

well, i have a staggered hatch.... thanks to the timing on ebay and different shipping days....LOL.
i originally started with:

6 silver sussex eggs
6 assorted turkey eggs
10 white leghorn cross

i put them in my shed to incubate and then later decided to break out another incubator and put it in my bedroom. this is when i added 20 speckled sussex eggs.

out of the 6 silver sussex eggs only 1 hatched the rest died late in the incubation period
none of the turkey eggs showed any veins like they hadn't even started (could be the excessive heat in the shed or the shipping)
none of the white leghorn crosses hatched (some died early in the developement and others later on)

i'm hoping that the speckled sussex eggs will do better as they are in a more controlled temperature room. fingers crossed for them .... please

don
I have read if they die in varous stages it can be heat or also it can be shipping as i have had that a lot and all my eggs are shipped. I average 25-33% hatch so far.The heat in your shed may not have been high enough to kill them unless it goes to like 120 or more.Someone said they do a controlled hatch by using their own eggs or local ones to see how they do along with the shipped. Good idea if you can.An even temperature sure does make a difference though or has to me. I put my Hova bator in the closet and it settled the temp down quite a bit Also seemed to me the more eggs i had in the better it did.Well I had 14 in last time so not that many but more than 6.Yeah and i left my air on even on good days so the house wouldnt get hot and then cool and mess up my temps.Good luck on your sussex!!