The SAD Truth Of Hatching Out Chicks 

I started our family's first flock by incubating eggs from a friend and they also let us use their incubator. This was the first of March this year. They gave us 11 eggs. Just a couple or a few days into having started the process, we also had a huge storm come through. We were fine but lost power for over 24 hours. My first concern was the eggs and I had done a little research in anticipation of likely losing power. Our water heater is propane powered so we still had hot water. I soaked a towel with hot water for humidity and rang it out to just damp, put it in a soup pot, then the eggs were nestled in the towel then covered with the pot lid. I then lit a tea light candle, put it under an upside-down metal kitchen colander and then sat the pot on the colander. I had a thermometer/humidity reader from keeping plants and I kept that inside the pot with the eggs to keep track of the temperature and humidity level. Both numbers were lower than suggested but were really close. All in all, we had one egg that had been fertilized but upon candling, had stopped developing (the embryo was smaller) and didn't hatch, but the other ten all hatched! We now have twenty-one week old chickens and are impatiently waiting for our first egg any day! 😊

Fascinating! Thank you for all the info and your children are so sweet! We received our 15 chicks Saturday and it’s been wonderful!

My goodness, I am so thankful for your videos.🎉 I am new to owning hens and raising chicks. Hatched our first check today and had I not watched this video yesterday, my first check would not have made it. I don’t know that my instincts are so natural when it comes to baby chicks. Nonetheless, thank you so much for doing what you do because I have learned so much on your channel. God bless you.😅

Good afternoon, I missed your video where you were trying to re-home your roosters by the time I saw your video it was too late. I am also in Michigan and if you hatch out any more eggs and you have a rooster I would like the opportunity to get him.

What a great video. Glad most of the eggs hatched. 👍🏾🌱

I think the black ones are black copper marans instead of splash maran

Sweet! Splash over splash is ALWAYS splash. 100% You've got some black copper Marans, in my opinion. 😊 Love the videos keep 'em coming!

New to your page, love your videos!

I've hatched 5 or 6 batches with a very low hatch rate. My sister gave me a broody hen and we got 4 out of 5 with her.

Great video, thanks for sharing!

😮❤ nooooooo! Leave them in there! They can stay 2 days to be sure the others don't " shrink wrap " in their eggs😮😮😢 But it's SO EXCITINGLY 🐥🐤🐣 ❤i hatched only 2 batches so far, but earliest was 20 day, latesr 25.

Where in michigan are you? I'm in the Thumb, Watrousville.

Great Video!!❤

I don’t know much about splash Marans but I wonder if it’s one of the colors that doesn’t breed true. Or maybe a couple Black Coppers got mixed in.

Arh you kids love those chicks there faces ,unfortunately some chicks dont have the energy to make it

Try hemp bedding and you’ll never use those wood shavings again!

What brand is your incubator?

Super cute

I'm sorry for you . But you had a good percentage of hatching. And that part of farming and life. Good video tho.

That was a good rate though ❤❤❤❤

Omgossh seriously I just can’t do that part lol I’m to much of a cry baby lol

❤😊Cute lil family, Hi 👋 Babies and so cute 😍 so would have to incubate fertilised eggs 🥚 that I can get from the same guy I got the chickens 🐔 from via 📫 so thanks for an insight into the process ❤ Much Appreciated 👍 from @JourneyWithUs