UPDATE:
Incubation time has now completed 21 full 24 hr. periods.
10/20 have hatched with 2 more are pipped.
Yay!
Eggs on Lockdown
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Jaye
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Re: Eggs on Lockdown
Good news!
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Re: Eggs on Lockdown
Oh je m'excuse.... 11/20 have hatched. It was easier counting the unhatched eggs than trying to count moving chicks.
Yay again!
Yay again!
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Re: Eggs on Lockdown
So... the plan was to move dried out chicks to the brooding box this morning right away, which I did.
However, before that, I found a dead, newly hatched chick. Maybe it got trampled while it was taking a rest? I didn't think it was that over-crowded in the incubator.
However, before that, I found a dead, newly hatched chick. Maybe it got trampled while it was taking a rest? I didn't think it was that over-crowded in the incubator.
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windwalkingwolf
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Picture of the dead little guy? No.windwalkingwolf wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2019 11:41 amCongratulations! Sorry about the little guyAny pictures? :D
And I kept the last 4 unhatched eggs in the incubator, for now. Two are mine, and two are the purchased barred rocks. That means, if the little dead chick was from my hens, then so far, only 6/12 of the purchased barred rocks were successful hatches. Shoot-darn!!!
I'll take a photo of the chicks in the brooding box and post it.
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Good idea. I will do that tonight. I had only candled them with the others on candling days.
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