Araucana eggs hatching!!! (MORE pics!!!)

feeds@yuku.com (scstables) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:13:51 GMT

My silkie finally has some chicks to raise! So far two of the three araucana eggs have hatched, and we are still waiting for the remaining eggs to do so (she's sitting on 5 eggs, two ameraucana and three araucanas). The colors on these chicks are interesting (Jody what do you think?) they are just so cute!! BTW the other chicks hatched a few weeks ago by one of my araucana hens are doing great!

Candeling

feeds@yuku.com (Tink69) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:54:19 GMT

I am new to the incubating process and have 13 eggs in the bator since the 5th of this month and was wondering when I should candle them and what I should be looking for? Thanks for any info it is greatly appreciated.

Eggs should be hatching and aren't

feeds@yuku.com (mailmam71) — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:56:38 GMT

I have a beautiful Silver Spangled Hamburg who chose the garden shed to hoard 3 eggs and set on them. Because she had always been flighty, I left her alone and never candled the eggs. Well, yesterday was day 22 and I could detect an odor from the nest when I caught her off it. I candled, handling like dynamite!, and not one was good. I thought about giving her other eggs but would it be fair to sentence her to another 3 weeks on the nest? So, instead, I shut the door and, after fussing...

Wooo Hooo!!

feeds@yuku.com (Kstornado11) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:47:20 GMT

I just candled my Silkie eggs from Tom (Kentucky Silkies) ,prolly way too early (day 4) and over half had the little spiders in them!!
Somebody give me a refresher course on hatching,here,please? It's been well over a year for me. Temp holding at pretty close to 99.5 ( use a thermometer in a water weasel plus another thermometer for back-up) but what is the humidity...

Orpie babies!

feeds@yuku.com (HINKJC) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:42:03 GMT

I snapped these pics the other day, but never got a chance to post them. Hope you enjoy! I love all that golden fluff.

Jody

Babies!!

feeds@yuku.com (megshenhut) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:19:20 GMT

I finally hatched out 9 chicks yesterday out of a batch of 14 mutt eggs. I'm super happy because this is my 4th try this year. Everyone is doing fine. They hatched yesterday and I put them under my broody cuckoo maran early, early this morning way before daylight. When I checked on them at 8 a.m., she is still sitting on the nest with all these little tiny heads popping out. She seems happy and so do they. And my DH is super happy that I'm not going to try incubating any more...

tell the sex of a chicke easy

feeds@yuku.com (skipper2356) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:58:04 GMT

Sexing baby chicks is not an easy process. There are a few who would try to simplify the matter with "old wives' tales" of how to sex baby chicks. One method often repeated is tying a weight to the end of a piece of string and hold it over the young animal. One interpretation of this method says that if the object swings back and forth it is a male; if it rotates in a circle, it is a female.

ameraucana chicks are hatching! UPDATED PICS at bottom!

feeds@yuku.com (scstables) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:30:43 GMT

I saw two little beaks peaking out from underneath my gray araucana hen. Then I heard peeping, and two little yellow fuzzy heads poke out! There are three more ameraucana eggs to go, and a few other araucana eggs that I am not sure if they will hatch or not.

The two hens are sitting in a wooden box, how long do I wait till I take the chicks out (they can't get out they are too small to get out)?

Egg carton

feeds@yuku.com (Tink69) — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:50:56 GMT

I have really been studying up on incubation. I have an incubator on the way for my son and I to play with. Some people talk about hatching in an egg carton in the bator, does anybody know what this is for. Also after the chicks hatch and sit in brooder for awhile how long till I can move out with rest of chickens? Thanks

Broodies

feeds@yuku.com (Tink69) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:22:21 GMT

We used to raise exotic chickens for the hatchery years ago and I am just starting to get a little farm flock back for something for my 2 boys to do. Does anybody know if there is any way to get a hen to go broody. The chickens I have are one year olds used for laying for the hatchery and I just aquired them a couple weeks ago. They have been laying really well but I would like it if at least one would go ahead and set. Any help is appreciated.

Duck Helps Hen Lay Egg

feeds@yuku.com (waywardmuse) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:50:09 GMT

shipped eggs

feeds@yuku.com (roadired) — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 08:49:41 GMT

I was wondering if anyone can give me pointers on hatching shipped eggs? I have never had a good hatch from them the most has been 7/24. Not so good. Please help has I have sworn off shipped eggs unless things can change. Renae

peafowl eggs

feeds@yuku.com (roadired) — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 08:41:32 GMT

Not sure if this is the right thread.... Hope it is. Does anyone know about hatching peafowl in the incubator? My dsl is trying to hatch eggs and wanted to know if there are any tricks to it. We got info off web that said temp 99-100 and humidity 50-60%. Is this right? Also how often do you turn if turning by hand? What is the usual hatch rate? When do you stop turning? And anything else you can tell me. Thanks, Renae

How to candle without getting pecked

feeds@yuku.com (scstables) — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:24:21 GMT

I need to candle the eggs that my Araucana hen is sitting on. However, I don't want to get pecked repeatedly. Suggestions?

have an opinion on washing eggs?

feeds@yuku.com (waywardmuse) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:07:27 GMT

Hi,

I'm new to the forum and I'd like to hear other opinions on washing eggs. We've got a small flock and not all hens use the nest boxes, so some of the eggs get dirty. The ones that are too soiled we just give to the dogs. A few spots I usually wipe off with a damp rag. But we've got a friend who scrubs and rinses all her eggs and then sells them to the general public. We've got a book that says not to do that because supposedly the dirt just gets deeper...

Carole AM: The NN's are Hatching!

feeds@yuku.com (toeb13) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:23:34 GMT

Hi! Just wanted to give you an update: 11 standard and 2 bantam (13 eggs)= 5 standard hatched (2 yellow/red?, and 3 black), 1 black bantam hatched. Five eggs are pipped and the last two are rockin' and rollin'. (WOW! Possible 100%) The last one to hatch was a standard black, what's unique about him/her is that it is completely black; the skin, beak, feet, feathers and the other chicks all have the pink necks and tinted feet. Cool! Is that...

one chick hatched! and I can't see what else is going on under the hen...

feeds@yuku.com (FlyWall) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:01:05 GMT

Its driving me crazy to not be able to see under her! I have one fluffy chick who keeps popping out and I saw another unfluffy head under there for a split second with no movement. I was able to pull out two egg shells that were up front. There were a total of 5 eggs under her. I figured I shouldn't lift her to see under? It's hard to wait!

I don't need to provide chick food and water yet for a day or so? the first one hatched this morning.

here's mom a...

new batch need a little advice

feeds@yuku.com (pappasmurf) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:33:18 GMT

ok i got a shipment of eggs,for some reason they used saw dust in the egg cartons.the eggs are wet and the dust is stuck all over them.is this good?also in the box they had a paper telling me not to put the eggs in my incubator for 24 hours is this true?thanks

Broody Lost Interest

feeds@yuku.com (toeb13) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:57:37 GMT

Hello to all! I gave my broody hen some eggs to sit on around the 2nd of June. A week later she showed no interest what so ever in staying on the eggs. I left them out for 24 hours before I put them in the incubator. I candled them this weekend and all show movement . Now, my question is: how do I tell when to stop turning? I found a candling site and did some comparison, but the...

Eggs in 'bator and under broodies, now what?

feeds@yuku.com (MsBien) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:55:07 GMT

Hello,

I have eggs in the incubator and just to be nice I gave my two broody hens two eggs each. Now I realize that I'm not sure what to do about the two girls and their potential babies. Do I snatch them away just before they hatch, or do I let them hatch them and care of the little ones (assuming this works out for them)?

Also, I will be out of town on days 19 and 20, and arriving home on day 21. Do they ever hatch early, and would that make me want to...

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