Well my hatch is done, all 6 eggs that made it to lockdown hatched! The last one was a wrong end pip but she hatched just fine by herself. I ended up with 3 boys and 3 girls, gave them all to my broody hen and she was thrilled with them. She has been sitting for 3 weeks even though I took the...
4/6 are out now and the last 2 eggs are pipped, one on the wrong end. Looks like 3 are definitely boys. The 4th I think is a girl. I gave 2 of the chicks to a broody who has been sitting for a while and she seems to be accepting them. I’ll give her the others too if all goes well.
I realized yesterday that I forgot to open the air hole on the incubator for the entire incubation. I have 1 chick hatched and several pips, but one seems to have zipped and got stuck. Time to get ready for some assisted hatches I guess. 😬
Oops, this was meant for the April hatch a long but oh...
My Swedish Flower eggs are in lockdown now, so I moved the 6 Cream Legbar eggs to my little incubator. The Legbar eggs are on day 13, they are still going strong. It’s definitely a bit harder to see inside the blue eggs but it’s not impossible. I wonder if there is an extra layer in the shell or...
How is everyone’s eggs doing? I have tossed 2 clears and 1 quitter, and I am now down to 6 Cream Legbar eggs. If I get 1 or 2 pullets to hatch I will be happy. 😁
I am picking up some cream legbar eggs this weekend and planning to throw them in the incubator soon, so I will join up here! I also have Swedish Flower eggs in the bator due to hatch the last day in April so some of them will be May babies. This will most likely be my only hatch this year so...