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setting eggs tonight!! anyone else?

post #1 of 812
1/21/12 at 8:35pm
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I'm setting my first batch of eggs tonight! (Well, in a real incubator anyway.) Anyone else? I've got Easter Egger eggs, then a mix of wyandottes, Buff orpington, sex-links, RIRs, leghorns, and barred rocks! So excited! wee.gif

What about you?

 

 

 

http://www.dawnonthefarm.com/dawnonthefarmhatchcalendarCHIX.jpg

Here is an awesome hatching calendar I'll be using. :)


Edited by LaynaDon95 - 1/21/12 at 8:41pm

1 RIR rooster, 1 RIR hen, 1 White Leghorn hen, 1 Gold Barnevelder hen, 1 bantam rooster, 1 bantam hen,  lots of chicks with more on the way, one black lab mix puppy, Maggie (or Maggot, if she's bad), 1 happily un-pregnant tortoise shell cat, Jack, 6 kittens, and 1 rabbit (That until 2-28-12 we thought was a boy...). 

 

 

 

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1 RIR rooster, 1 RIR hen, 1 White Leghorn hen, 1 Gold Barnevelder hen, 1 bantam rooster, 1 bantam hen,  lots of chicks with more on the way, one black lab mix puppy, Maggie (or Maggot, if she's bad), 1 happily un-pregnant tortoise shell cat, Jack, 6 kittens, and 1 rabbit (That until 2-28-12 we thought was a boy...). 

 

 

 

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post #2 of 812
1/21/12 at 8:49pm

Thank you for the calendar link.  I printed it out and hung it above my incubator....which is empty for now. sad.png

I did all the testing and regulating this past week to do my first set of eggs.  AND, I just ordered a dozen Silkie eggs tonight. love.gif

 

Hopefully by next week, I'll get to set those eggs and be a week behind you!  Hope you have a great hatch.  -Darla

Wife of 1 wonderful husband, homeschooling mom to 1 super son and "MamaRoo" to 1 Shih-Tzu (that can't be trusted around my chicks), 1 RIR, 1 BO, 1 PBR and we provide room & board to occasional Cornish X (give or take 8 weeks)!

 

 5 Easter Egger chicks and 16 Silkie chicks!

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Wife of 1 wonderful husband, homeschooling mom to 1 super son and "MamaRoo" to 1 Shih-Tzu (that can't be trusted around my chicks), 1 RIR, 1 BO, 1 PBR and we provide room & board to occasional Cornish X (give or take 8 weeks)!

 

 5 Easter Egger chicks and 16 Silkie chicks!

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post #3 of 812
1/21/12 at 8:53pm

Are they all purebred?

I was building a cabinet incubator but I have a friend with several broodies so I gave her a bunch of eggs yesterday.

So around midnight last night she set two clutches of eggs under a silkie and a turkey.

Black Penedesencas, EEs and a mix of Minorca, Jaers, Blue JG, Ancona and Blk Leghorn under a Partridge Pene roo.

God bless the entire world - no exceptions.
Russian Bees plus Black Penedesencas, Blue Jersey Giants, Jaerhons, Partridge Rocks, Anconas, Black Leghorn, Frizzle, Welsummer, White Minorca, Ameraucana, Gold Laced Wyandotte & occasionally Cornish/Rocks, Freedom Rangers.

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God bless the entire world - no exceptions.
Russian Bees plus Black Penedesencas, Blue Jersey Giants, Jaerhons, Partridge Rocks, Anconas, Black Leghorn, Frizzle, Welsummer, White Minorca, Ameraucana, Gold Laced Wyandotte & occasionally Cornish/Rocks, Freedom Rangers.

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post #4 of 812
1/21/12 at 9:00pm
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Good luck on your hatch, Darla! Silkies are good chickens from what I've heard. And cute! Let me know how it goes. :)

 

CC, no they are not all purebred. The RIR's are, and the Orpingtons. The rest are mixed with either RIR, orpington or Wyandotte so hopefully they will turn to be good chickens. I like all those breeds. :) I'm hoping I don't have to many sex-link eggs in there but we couldn't sort them out from the rest.

1 RIR rooster, 1 RIR hen, 1 White Leghorn hen, 1 Gold Barnevelder hen, 1 bantam rooster, 1 bantam hen,  lots of chicks with more on the way, one black lab mix puppy, Maggie (or Maggot, if she's bad), 1 happily un-pregnant tortoise shell cat, Jack, 6 kittens, and 1 rabbit (That until 2-28-12 we thought was a boy...). 

 

 

 

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1 RIR rooster, 1 RIR hen, 1 White Leghorn hen, 1 Gold Barnevelder hen, 1 bantam rooster, 1 bantam hen,  lots of chicks with more on the way, one black lab mix puppy, Maggie (or Maggot, if she's bad), 1 happily un-pregnant tortoise shell cat, Jack, 6 kittens, and 1 rabbit (That until 2-28-12 we thought was a boy...). 

 

 

 

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post #5 of 812
1/21/12 at 9:02pm

What exactly is a sex-link chicken?

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post #6 of 812
1/21/12 at 9:07pm
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From what I've read a sex-link is a hybrid chicken that doesn't properly mate with other breeds. It was bred so that they can be sexed on day one accurately. I'm not sure they will hatch if mixed with another breed of roo. :|

1 RIR rooster, 1 RIR hen, 1 White Leghorn hen, 1 Gold Barnevelder hen, 1 bantam rooster, 1 bantam hen,  lots of chicks with more on the way, one black lab mix puppy, Maggie (or Maggot, if she's bad), 1 happily un-pregnant tortoise shell cat, Jack, 6 kittens, and 1 rabbit (That until 2-28-12 we thought was a boy...). 

 

 

 

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1 RIR rooster, 1 RIR hen, 1 White Leghorn hen, 1 Gold Barnevelder hen, 1 bantam rooster, 1 bantam hen,  lots of chicks with more on the way, one black lab mix puppy, Maggie (or Maggot, if she's bad), 1 happily un-pregnant tortoise shell cat, Jack, 6 kittens, and 1 rabbit (That until 2-28-12 we thought was a boy...). 

 

 

 

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post #7 of 812
1/21/12 at 9:14pm

hmmm... thank you. :)

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post #8 of 812
1/21/12 at 9:16pm

I set silkie and ameracuana chicks tonight.

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post #9 of 812
1/22/12 at 12:29am

I set

3 OEG bantam shipped eggs

4 Buff Brahma bantam shipped eggs

2 Lav Americana Bantam shipped eggs

14 silkie eggs (mix of white, splash and blue)

 

I set them all 2 days ago..... Mine will be just a bit ahead of yours wee.gif

WIFE OF AN AMAZING AND WONDERFUL DH

MOTHER TO 3 GREAT DD (7YRS, 5YRS AND 6MTHS), 2 DOGS, 1 CAT, 1 RABBIT,

AND UM CAN'T LIST THE # OF CHICKENS OR DH WILL SEE IT AND I WILL BE IN TROUBLE!

 

MY SWAP PAGE: http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/2hot2chicken-swap-page

 

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WIFE OF AN AMAZING AND WONDERFUL DH

MOTHER TO 3 GREAT DD (7YRS, 5YRS AND 6MTHS), 2 DOGS, 1 CAT, 1 RABBIT,

AND UM CAN'T LIST THE # OF CHICKENS OR DH WILL SEE IT AND I WILL BE IN TROUBLE!

 

MY SWAP PAGE: http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/2hot2chicken-swap-page

 

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post #10 of 812
1/22/12 at 6:26am
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Beautiful chickens! Good luck! Keep us posted. big_smile.png

1 RIR rooster, 1 RIR hen, 1 White Leghorn hen, 1 Gold Barnevelder hen, 1 bantam rooster, 1 bantam hen,  lots of chicks with more on the way, one black lab mix puppy, Maggie (or Maggot, if she's bad), 1 happily un-pregnant tortoise shell cat, Jack, 6 kittens, and 1 rabbit (That until 2-28-12 we thought was a boy...). 

 

 

 

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1 RIR rooster, 1 RIR hen, 1 White Leghorn hen, 1 Gold Barnevelder hen, 1 bantam rooster, 1 bantam hen,  lots of chicks with more on the way, one black lab mix puppy, Maggie (or Maggot, if she's bad), 1 happily un-pregnant tortoise shell cat, Jack, 6 kittens, and 1 rabbit (That until 2-28-12 we thought was a boy...). 

 

 

 

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