11th Annual Easter Hatch a Long 2020

[pennyJo1960]

Poor thing was cold getting trampled by the ameracauna up there two eggs up there left
have to see.. I intend to candle them tonight

 

[casportpony]

Contest #7: Broodies and their Babies Photo Contest

 

[Peep_Show]

May have to join the next Hatch-a-long! Our feedstore sold out of their chicks as soon as they came in and it looks like mine are all spoken for.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

May have to join the next Hatch-a-long! Our feedstore sold out of their chicks as soon as they came in and it looks like mine are all spoken for.

May hatch-a-long is already up! Feel free to join us!

 

[Secondof9]

My feed store also sold out of chicks lickety-split! With 3 broody hens I got hatching eggs off of Ebay. I'm not sure that was my best choice but I figured it's worth a shot. My buff orpington is a proven and very good mother because last summer I stuffed 4 chicks under her during her third round of being broody. All 3 hens are very cordially sharing duties. Anyway...HATCH DAY is supposed to be tomorrow and I'm super nervous/excited to see the outcome! Hope I get at least a couple. Before the eggs arrived I read all I could find about how to prepare and treat the eggs. I tried candling once but being a first time "hatcher" I'm not sure what's going on so decided to let it all ride and hope. None of the eggs smell or leak so we'll see.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

My EHAL baby is now running with the 'big kid' silkied Cochin babies and is super happy to have some buddies.

Unfortunately, I've remembered now that that was a sexlinked cross, which means that little EHAL peep-peep is a cockerel. But I'm hopeful that he'll be a good flock rooster based on the temperaments of his parents and grandparents.


Knowing that that cross is sexlinked has me gunning to put more eggs in the incubator (if peep-peep's momma would ever stop brooding and go back into lay )... So I may just join the May HAL, too.

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

I’m still thinking not fertilised...right?

 

[ANightPerson]

I've got two zipped, three pipped, and one who's trying. Both ducklings came out a little too early and still have some yolk.

 

[ronott1]

I’m still thinking not fertilised...right? ☹

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There is a bit of a bullseye there...so toss some egg in the incubater and see how they do!

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

There is a bit of a bullseye there...so toss some egg in the incubater and see how they do!

I might try 4 in a few days time and see