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How fun! we want pictures of them all in the morning you know!
AL - Recording baby steps: Newest Addition
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ohiofarmgirl
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ohmigolly! look at all those little ones! great work!
TanksHill
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Awww..congrats on the little ones!!!
glenolam
Lovin' The Homestead
Ooooooooo - I'm sooooo jealous! Tomorrow's HATCH day for me.
I wouldn't worry about anything - the cat, the humidity, the chicks rolling the other eggs or helping them along. I know it's hard, but you're doing GREAT!
I can't wait to find out what you end up with - how many did you set again and where are you at now (set vs. hatched)?
PS - my most FAVORITE thing about chicks is how much they sleep. When they lay down and their head stretches waaaaayyy out and they just kerplunk down I can't keep myself away!
I wouldn't worry about anything - the cat, the humidity, the chicks rolling the other eggs or helping them along. I know it's hard, but you're doing GREAT!
I can't wait to find out what you end up with - how many did you set again and where are you at now (set vs. hatched)?
PS - my most FAVORITE thing about chicks is how much they sleep. When they lay down and their head stretches waaaaayyy out and they just kerplunk down I can't keep myself away!
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AL
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Yay baby chicks!!! (that's kind of like saying hot heat or ice cold huh?)
ANYWAY.... they are squirming and screaming and cheeping cuteness.... wet, slimey cuteness, but cuteness none the less.
I have 9 hatched and 2 working really hard. I am kind of worried about one of the newest hatchlings - cute little black with a white dot on its head, like a barred rock. It still has some of the yolk sac hanging out. It is really weak acting too, but it is also super new so I'll just hope for the best.
I really don't know how many I set. I started with 20 and then added some, then decided I didn't need that many and finally settled back on 20... I'll have to do a recount after I get all of the chicks and their mess out.
I am massively exhausted with a horrible headache. And I haven't even started getting ready for my trip to Texas (leaving tomorrow night!).
I have to:
- get Buford's meds together and a list for the vet
- set out a flock block for the chickens
- pack (find clothes, wash them, and then pack
)
- clean out my truck
- give Rio a bath and get his shot records
- put hay where my dad can get to it without going in the field with Buddy
- fix and pack snacks and lunches; I can't afford fuel and food too
but first I have to watch these last 2 chicks. (I'll get pics a little later)
ANYWAY.... they are squirming and screaming and cheeping cuteness.... wet, slimey cuteness, but cuteness none the less.
I have 9 hatched and 2 working really hard. I am kind of worried about one of the newest hatchlings - cute little black with a white dot on its head, like a barred rock. It still has some of the yolk sac hanging out. It is really weak acting too, but it is also super new so I'll just hope for the best.Well... here's the funny thing...
I really don't know how many I set. I started with 20 and then added some, then decided I didn't need that many and finally settled back on 20... I'll have to do a recount after I get all of the chicks and their mess out. I am massively exhausted with a horrible headache. And I haven't even started getting ready for my trip to Texas (leaving tomorrow night!).
I have to:
- get Buford's meds together and a list for the vet
- set out a flock block for the chickens
- pack (find clothes, wash them, and then pack
)- clean out my truck
- give Rio a bath and get his shot records
- put hay where my dad can get to it without going in the field with Buddy
- fix and pack snacks and lunches; I can't afford fuel and food too
but first I have to watch these last 2 chicks.
(I'll get pics a little later)glenolam
Lovin' The Homestead
And watching those last two chicks should be priority! 
Congrats on the hatching again...you were worried for nothing!
Congrats on the hatching again...you were worried for nothing!
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AL
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Exactly! Of course the other chicks freak me out still rolling the egg and stepping on each other.... so I will probably have to go outside.
I figure 11 chicks (possibly) out of 20 (if that is indeed what I put in there) isn't too bad considering the disaster of being hatched under my care
. Besides all of the cat, temp spike, rolled egg drama - while I was waiting to get enough eggs to put in I had no idea I was supposed to be turning them, so there were eggs sitting on the counter for a week or so not being turned. (of course those may be the ones that didn't hatch ).
I figure 11 chicks (possibly) out of 20 (if that is indeed what I put in there) isn't too bad considering the disaster of being hatched under my care
. Besides all of the cat, temp spike, rolled egg drama - while I was waiting to get enough eggs to put in I had no idea I was supposed to be turning them, so there were eggs sitting on the counter for a week or so not being turned. (of course those may be the ones that didn't hatch ).glenolam
Lovin' The Homestead
Remember to wait a few more days before you start counting your losses! I've had chicks hatch on day 31 in this type of incubator so if you've got your brooder set up, take out the dry chicks in a day or so and keep the other ones in there.
PS - shhhh....I didn't turn the eggs that were 'collecting' either. I missed that day in incubating school.
PS - shhhh....I didn't turn the eggs that were 'collecting' either. I missed that day in incubating school.
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AL
Almost Self-Reliant
I actually JUST told my mom that I was going to leave the unhatched eggs at least until the weekend. I have moved 3 to the brooder. Does it always take so long for them to dry?
And if an egg in the incubator is bad - will it have that rotten egg / sulfury smell? I ask because the incubator has a kind of funky smell, not really bad, and I don't know if it might just be egg gunk and such in the heat?
hehehehe I was talking to my old neighbor and he said "you're turning those eggs just a little a few times every day, right?"
ummmmm
"of course I am... going to start... today"
I think he likes me so much because he finds my ignorance entertaining HAHA
And if an egg in the incubator is bad - will it have that rotten egg / sulfury smell? I ask because the incubator has a kind of funky smell, not really bad, and I don't know if it might just be egg gunk and such in the heat?
hehehehe I was talking to my old neighbor and he said "you're turning those eggs just a little a few times every day, right?"
ummmmm
"of course I am... going to start... today"
I think he likes me so much because he finds my ignorance entertaining HAHA
glenolam
Lovin' The Homestead
I didn't turn mine at all before I set them in the bator...I only had 3 days worth so it was the 1st bunch that really didn't get turned, but I've been turning them twice a day while in the bator.....OK OK...I missed 1 turn....sheesh.
Mine has that funky smell, too - I chaulk it up to a bad egg somewhere. I've always had it and have always had at least 1 egg that didn't hatch. When they start hatching it does get a little worse because of all that goo and stuff that comes along with the chick - I just turn on the vent in the room
Mine has that funky smell, too - I chaulk it up to a bad egg somewhere. I've always had it and have always had at least 1 egg that didn't hatch. When they start hatching it does get a little worse because of all that goo and stuff that comes along with the chick - I just turn on the vent in the room
