I’m sorry you’ve had such a bad experience. I just want to say that sometimes you will get lucky with a cheap incubator. I have been very lucky. I bought the cheap incubator off amazon. I think it was Sailnovo. I didn’t have high expectations but it was all I could afford at the time. I’ve...
So, after going back through my pictures I see that the only chick in my original group that was somewhat blue was the rooster in the above pic. But what I’m thinking is that MAYBE the offspring of those two (who looks almost exactly like above hen except for cream colored bottom) might be the...
Here’s one of my Easter babies. I have a question for any of you blue breeders. This little guy is from any one of my 5 Easter egger hens. Hatched from a blue egg. Dad is a Barred rock. Do you think this baby could end up blue or maybe blue barred? This is the only blue chick out of 27.
Sad update report. I lost one chick. #12. He pipped on the wrong end and when he hatched he lost a lot of blood. Must have nicked a vein. He also drug around his yolk sac and was bleeding from the navel. I knew he lost a lot of blood and was definitely weaker than normal. So back to 27 chicks...
Well, hatch is done. I finally got a decent nights sleep last night. The one last eggs in the incubator was not looking very hopeful and I was tired beyond belief so I went on to bed. My son kept an eye on #13 in the bator. I had candled the last two eggs and one was dis but the 13 one had...
Get some sleep while you can! Mine is just winding down and I’ve probably had 3 hours sleep in the last 24 hours. Set 30 eggs. Dropped one and cracked it and it died. But ive got one hatching and one DIS I’m afraid. Out of 30, I will have after this one hatches 28 chicks. 🤯
Well, we have a few pips this morning. One has popped a good sized hole and is chirping occasionally. His little beak is poking through the membrane. Only problem is he’s pipped on the wrong end. 🥺. A trouble maker right off the bat!
So, tonight I have several internally pipped. 👍🏻 should start having external pips tomorrow. Hopefully. I have plans for tomorrow so I hope they wait until I get back in the late afternoon. I’ve got my son watching them while we’re gone. Tomorrow is 20 days. These are chicks from the ones I...
I don’t think so. It’s kind of confusing because I set the eggs on a Monday night around midnight. So I count Tuesday night as day one. So technically Tuesday night at midnight should be 21 days. I was planning on setting them up for lockdown on either Saturday or Sunday. I’ll candle them and...
They are standard chicken eggs. Mostly Easter eggers and olive eggers x barred rock rooster. They just twitch and wobble very slightly but I can see them move.
Candled tonight and I only have one of my eggs that is iffy. Tons of movement. I have to say, for a cheap Amazon incubator I’ve had pretty good results. I hatched one batch last year and filled it up for the Easter hatch this year. It literally has paid for itself. I sold several pullets for 15$...