Due tomorrow!

Hillbilly · Post: # 20959Post **Hillbilly** » Fri May 26, 2006 1:12 pm

My six L.Sussex's in the incubator.

Friend who is chicken expert candled them for me a bit back and all ok so fingers crossed. Very excited

though realistically prepared..

ina · Post: # 20965Post **ina** » Fri May 26, 2006 2:15 pm

Keeping fingers, toes, legs and whatever else I can spare crossed!

Gosh, this is exciting...

danchamp · Post: # 20984Post **danchamp** » Fri May 26, 2006 6:11 pm

Good luck! We've got 6 Buff Sussex / Rhode Island Red crosses and 6 Marins due to hatch on Monday, it's all very exciting isn't it.

Hillbilly · Fri May 26, 2006 10:13 pm

We're sitting here with a bottle of bramble wine and waiting...god its like being in labour again except slightly less painful (though ask me again in the morning..) - I've been nesting too! Made jam, bread rolls and fruit loaf tonight. I'm going to be a mummy!

Sorry, less of my anthropomorphic ramblings...

Good luck with yours Danchamp!!!

Hillbilly · Post: # 21060Post **Hillbilly** » Sat May 27, 2006 7:10 pm

Nick and I are proud to announce the arrival of 5 healthy chicks at various points this morning

All doing well and under a very happy Silkie

danchamp · Post: # 21063Post **danchamp** » Sat May 27, 2006 8:25 pm

Congratulations!

Hillbilly · Sun May 28, 2006 10:30 am

Thank you!

You next

Shirley · Post: # 21086Post **Shirley** » Sun May 28, 2006 11:47 am

congratulations mummy hen!!!!

ina · Post: # 21132Post **ina** » Sun May 28, 2006 7:31 pm

Wonderful - cheep, cheep!

Did the sixth do anything in the end, or did it stay a dud?

Hillbilly · Post: # 21140Post **Hillbilly** » Sun May 28, 2006 8:06 pm

Thank you both!

Unfortunately the sixth stayed a dud Ina, but 5 out of 6 isnt bad for our first go!

ina · Post: # 21143Post **ina** » Sun May 28, 2006 8:16 pm

Not bad at all! When will you know whether they are boys or girls?

Hillbilly · Post: # 21156Post **Hillbilly** » Sun May 28, 2006 9:35 pm

When I have read that chapter in the book

No, to be honest, we're getting our chook guru in to sex them for us until i'm confident sexing them.

2steps · Post: # 21220Post **2steps** » Mon May 29, 2006 11:06 am

congratulations!

I really, really want to hatch some chicks

danchamp · Post: # 21534Post **danchamp** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:35 pm

Hillbilly wrote:You next

Sadly we had a 100% failure.

None of the six eggs we were incubating for our friend were fertile, but four of our six were. Those four had developing chicks in them but it looks like incorrect temperature was the problem (and the automatic turner didn't seem to perform very well). The thermometer we got with the incubator is very hard to read and we're not confident that it's very accurate. Time to get a new one.

It's a learning experience I suppose, and we're preparing to try again, it was just sad to see the four chicks that could have been cheeping around the brooder by now.

Hillbilly · Post: # 21537Post **Hillbilly** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:43 pm

Oh no - how sad

better luck next time...