Recent content by Hantell

Yes absolutely! ⚡️

First go at a hatch-a-long! We lost our awesome Blue Copper Marans roo, Robert Snagclaw, so I’m trying to hatch as many eggs as I can while I still can. These eggs will be set Tuesday 5/21 and due to hatch 6/11. I have another incubator coming, so I’ll likely start another dozen when it gets...

Well praise the Lord! That’s fantastic!

I would love #17, Peachie O 🥚💕

Constructed a very rudimentary temporary incubator until the new one gets here (and ordered a second additional one as a backup for the future). Temp is currently maintaining right at 100°, haven’t gotten the humidity dialed in but not as concerned about that. The eggs spent probably 4-5 hours...

I will give it a shot! Thank you!

I just have a cheapy Chinese incubator that’s giving out on day 7 - my husband thinks faulty wiring. Amazon is sending a replacement but it won’t be here for four days. Is there anything I can do for these eggs? I’d be happy to let a hen sit on them but don’t have any broodies.

We once had a raccoon pull the leg clean off of a chick through the wire

Here are some that I can clearly see veins.

Newbie at this. I have 12 eggs in the incubator right now on day 6. The other 8 have a lot of clear, obvious veins. I’m not really sure what I’m looking at with these ones though. Sorry for the low quality pics.

Yes, the one I have does have an automatic turner! All things considered I think it’s sufficient for what I need. Good to know! I will do that instead. I would definitely expect a decrease after the time, but would also like to maximize odds!

Thank you! That’s my plan for candling this time around as well 😊

I did! It was a little more difficult to tell because I had some dark green eggs in there, but four of the five were pretty obviously no good and I had suspicions about the 5th. We opened them up and two looked as though they never started developing, the other three stopped around day 5/6.

We lost our rooster unexpectedly the day before our first batch of incubator eggs were due to hatch. We ended up with 5 out of 10 healthy little chicks! Of the remaining 5, 2 never seemed to start developing, 2 stopped around day 4-5, and 1 made it maybe a little further. I wasn’t planning...

I will definitely give them that time, thank you. It’s been a really rewarding and educational first experience so far!