Our first

milothepeanut · « **on:** March 12, 2008, 20:56 »

Drinks all around. Our first egg is hatching. Right now.

We can't help being excited. We have sat watching for the past two hours.

poultrygeist · « **Reply #1 on:** March 12, 2008, 20:58 »

Congrats Milo !

If you want to post photos up, you gave to upload them first to photobucket.com or similar then link to them there.

You can edit your post if you can get it uploaded.

You'll be bullied til you do it !

Rob

milothepeanut · « **Reply #2 on:** March 12, 2008, 20:59 »

Ok. I'll go give it a go

milothepeanut · « **Reply #3 on:** March 12, 2008, 21:16 »

poultrygeist · « **Reply #4 on:** March 12, 2008, 21:32 »

Wahey !!

Didn't take you long to sort it.

You'll have to sit up all night posting updates. It has been done a time or two !

Hope all goes well. I won't sit up to check. :roll:

Rob

babe · « **Reply #5 on:** March 12, 2008, 22:03 »

ok milo, lets get you updated on how it works here.

photo's, then an update....little pic..... then an update..... im sure you see where im going with this.

anyway,

whats happening now?,

what type of chicks are they?.

how many do you have.

what colours?

picccies :mrgreen:

and i hope your not off to bed ant time soon.

oh and welcome to the nuthouse

naturesparadise · « **Reply #6 on:** March 12, 2008, 22:11 »

i think babe forgot to say piccies

what incubator are you using

milothepeanut · « **Reply #7 on:** March 12, 2008, 22:13 »

Ok. Update.

He/she is making little chirping sounds.
Still inside the shell, in fact he/she seems very comfy.

Our dogs are most put out. They are not centre of attention at present.
We have had our chooks for a couple of years now but this is the first time trying to hatch.

milothepeanut · « **Reply #8 on:** March 12, 2008, 22:17 »

I made the incubator myself out of an old freezer.
It took some time to get the temperature correct. The humidity was achieved
by wetting the bulbs three or four times a day.

We only put two eggs in (just as a trial). One is hatching so that's at
least a 50% success rate.

milothepeanut · « **Reply #9 on:** March 12, 2008, 22:24 »

We have emergence.

babe · « **Reply #10 on:** March 12, 2008, 22:24 »

well done you, NP has been making an incubator. imm sure he'll pick your brian for tips

naturesparadise · « **Reply #11 on:** March 12, 2008, 22:28 »

Quote from: "babe"

well done you, NP has been making an incubator. imm sure he'll pick your brian for tips

making one made one and im using it

well done on the hatch keep the updates coming

babe · « **Reply #12 on:** March 12, 2008, 22:30 »

Quote from: "milothepeanut"

We have emergence.

awww, what a cutie

babe · « **Reply #13 on:** March 12, 2008, 22:32 »

the water tub in the corner, any chance you can put some stones or something in it. chicks are fantastic at drowning very quickly in the shallowest of dishes. i'd hate anything to happen

milothepeanut · « **Reply #14 on:** March 12, 2008, 22:36 »

That's just for moisture at the moment.
We have shallow dishes for water.

When would you expect it to take water?

Our first

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