"Aloha" Chicken Egg Hatch-a-Long!

[Pigeony]

 

[Pigeony]

We now have 6 hatchlings in the incubator!

 

[Pigeony]

7 hatchlings! And I think a wayward rooster's genetics may have been involved because the seventh chick is not endowed with the chipmunk pattern the others have; he's black and yellow. I had two quitters still in the incubator I was just too hesitant to remove (A4,B1). I cracked open A4 and B1 and did an eggtopsy, A4 looked like it died at about day 10-ish development-wise and B1 probably died day 15-ish. Both I am confident would never have become a chick and were quite dead. Neither of the last two eggs in the incubator have pipped, still holding hope they're late bloomers.

 

[Pigeony]

With the second batch of Alohas, they're on Day 3 and I just candled them. Only eggs 3, 5, and 7 showed no signs of development, so I have 9 potentials in there right now! I still left the 3 duds in there until at least the next candling but I don't have any belief they'll develop. Just did it quick, so didn't take pics.

 

[GreenJay]

7 hatchlings! And I think a wayward rooster's genetics may have been involved because the seventh chick is not endowed with the chipmunk pattern the others have; he's black and yellow. I had two quitters still in the incubator I was just too hesitant to remove (A4,B1). I cracked open A4 and B1 and did an eggtopsy, A4 looked like it died at about day 10-ish development-wise and B1 probably died day 15-ish. Both I am confident would never have become a chick and were quite dead. Neither of the last two eggs in the incubator have pipped, still holding hope they're late bloomers.

Congrats on the hatchlings! can't wait to see pics of the little fluffs!

 

[Pigeony]

Congrats on the hatchlings! can't wait to see pics of the little fluffs!

Ask and you shall receive!

The one labeled A2 miraculously managed to hatch from THIS spiderwebbed egg:

It was badly cracked the entire incubation. That little chick is a fighter. It's a little weaker and smaller than the others, but seems to be doing quite well.

 

[GreenJay]

Ask and you shall receive!

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The one labeled A2 miraculously managed to hatch from THIS spiderwebbed egg:

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It was badly cracked the entire incubation. That little chick is a fighter. It's a little weaker and smaller than the others, but seems to be doing quite well.

They're beautiful babies!

And very impressive A2, maybe you should be called Rambo, keep up the good fight!

 

[Pigeony]

They're beautiful babies!

And very impressive A2, maybe you should be called Rambo, keep up the good fight!

I like Rambo! If he's a boy maybe that will end up being his name! I think whether he's a he or a she (unless he's a giant bully), that particular chicken will have a place in my flock.

 

[Pigeony]

Some bit of somewhat bummer news: Candled the last two eggs, both had definitely died. So 7 is all I'm getting. But considering with 19 eggs, I had 4 cracked initially in the batch (with one actually hatching to my surprise) and 2 of those eggs were infertile to begin with, I think I had a great outcome. Out of the 17 fertile eggs, I had mentally discounted the 4 cracks ones, leaving me 13 healthy, regular hatching eggs. I got 7 hatchlings. 7/13 is over 50%. Even 7/17 isn't bad that's over 40%. Either way I feel that's a hatch rate to be proud of for my first ever hatch. Best of luck to Batch 2! I'm candling again tomorrow night, which will be Day 6.

 

[GreenJay]

Good luck and happy incubating batch 2!