World Egg Day Hatchalong!(October 12, 2012 is World Egg Day!)

[cluck-cluck]

That there is funny!!! I'm the same way. I make digital scrapbooks and I'm going to do one of my chickens. I haven't even finished my kids baby books and they are 21-32 years old, hahaha but, my flowers and garden have a scrapbook, in fact two of them,

As long as we know your priorities are all straight, as they seem to be

 

[Aschenfire]

Well, it looks like what my problem was with my recent hatches was my mercury thermometer....I had used it for the hatch where I got 7 out of 11 babies, but then put it in the brooder with them. After they moved out of the brooder I washed it and it slipped on the card where the temps were printed.

I got a digital thermometer to use alongside it for the next hatch, but I have read not to trust the digital ones and THOUGHT I had fixed the positioning of the mercury one, so I used the digital to read humidity and the mercury to read temps. DUMB MISTAKE. The digital always read about 2-3 degrees lower, and I blew it off.

To continue, I bought a nice set of analog thermo and hygrometer yesterday... the temps and humidty were right on with my digital. :O I have been ruining my own hatches with the temperature all this time. GAH. I increased the temp in the bator yesterday, hoping to save the ones who are still in there. Last ditch effort, and I still have at least 12 which were moving last night. Send me lots of positive hatchie energy, please!

 

[cluck-cluck]

Urg!

Ugh! I sure hope you can save them!

 

[jennyworley35]

Haven't been on in a while candled my eggs today 1 was a quiter so I am down to 3 eggs for world egg day. Everybody should do a new count for the eggs for world egg day so we will know how many chicks should hatch I have a question I am hatching eggs from my cochin silkie mix the father is either a silkie roo or a booted bantam One of my chicks was born without feather feet but all of my hens have feather feet but one but only my cochin/silkie mix is laying eggs the rest are still to young except 1 that stopped laying when I got her not sure why but is it possible for 2 chickens with feather feet to have a chick without?

 

[Aschenfire]

Haven't been on in a while candled my eggs today 1 was a quiter so I am down to 3 eggs for world egg day. Everybody should do a new count for the eggs for world egg day so we will know how many chicks should hatch I have a question I am hatching eggs from my cochin silkie mix the father is either a silkie roo or a booted bantam One of my chicks was born without feather feet but all of my hens have feather feet but one but only my cochin/silkie mix is laying eggs the rest are still to young except 1 that stopped laying when I got her not sure why but is it possible for 2 chickens with feather feet to have a chick without?

I'll candle my eggs that are in the incubator tonight...they are due to lockdown tomorrow really early anyway, so I will just candle them one more time before that. Last count, I had 11 or 12 that were still moving, so I'm hoping I have that many going into lockdown.

The feather legged thing, I don't know...sorry I'm no help with that one

 

[Adriennesmom]

My little duckling egg, Buster, is on day 28 today!! He was wiggling around like crazy this morning

. Buster has been still for the past few hours. It is so hard to wait. I am crossing my fingers for a safe hatch soon!

 

[Sumatra503]

My little duckling egg, Buster, is on day 28 today!! He was wiggling around like crazy this morning

. Buster has been still for the past few hours. It is so hard to wait. I am crossing my fingers for a safe hatch soon!

 

[cochins1088]

My little duckling egg, Buster, is on day 28 today!! He was wiggling around like crazy this morning

. Buster has been still for the past few hours. It is so hard to wait. I am crossing my fingers for a safe hatch soon!

Good Luck! I love the name!

 

[Old English GB]

Haven't been on in a while candled my eggs today 1 was a quiter so I am down to 3 eggs for world egg day. Everybody should do a new count for the eggs for world egg day so we will know how many chicks should hatch I have a question I am hatching eggs from my cochin silkie mix the father is either a silkie roo or a booted bantam One of my chicks was born without feather feet but all of my hens have feather feet but one but only my cochin/silkie mix is laying eggs the rest are still to young except 1 that stopped laying when I got her not sure why but is it possible for 2 chickens with feather feet to have a chick without?

Yes, it's possible to have 2 feather-legged parents & get clean-legged chicks. It happens on occasion even in FBCM, Salmon Favs & even an occasional Silkie or Cochin. It doesn't mean your birds aren't pure, it just means at least 1 parent was carrying the gene for clean legs.

Also, I just happened to find this thread & remembered I have a couple batches of eggs that were set on 9/21. That means I'll have World Egg Day hatchlings too!!!

 

[Adriennesmom]

Thank you!!