August 2023 hatch-a-long

[tranquiliti]

........ Not my psycho broody! LOL

indeed!

 

[Hedgeland Farms]

Eggs came in today. I lost 2 outta 30 which is SUPER surprising based in the packaging. The air cells don't look too bad either....

One cracked egg was all over the box and some of the other eggs...and one was cracked but membrane not broken...so cracked it to check to see if it was fertile...it was...


Gonna let em rest till this evening...

 

[Hedgeland Farms]

Eggs set.
Hatch date August 9th

 

[junior67]

Eggs set.
Hatch date August 9th

Nice!!!!! Love the variety!!

 

[Hedgeland Farms]

Nice!!!!! Love the variety!!

Thanks, these are all supposed to be OEs except for a few copper marans she threw in as my extras.

I am excited to see how these chicks will all look and loving that they will all look different!!!

 

[OzarkCountryGirl]

Last week I cleaned all my incubators, brooders and chick rearing equipment and doo-dads, putting them away until next Spring. Today I pulled them back out again.

The quail in the big walk-in pen didn't get fastened up properly last night and I woke up to every single one of the quail dead, and most decapitated...tracks in the mud (we got just over 3 inches of rain yesterday) indicate it was a raccoon. I gathered all the remaining eggs that they had lain since yesterday afternoon and set them, along with the previous days eggs we hadn't eaten yet, into an incubator. The eggs are due to hatch August 5th.

 

[gimmie birdies]

I tucked blue eggs under a hen yesterday, today one egg hatched from some that are the same farm that were due on Friday. this is from a blue egg.

 

[tranquiliti]

The quail in the big walk-in pen didn't get fastened up properly last night and I woke up to every single one of the quail dead, and most decapitated...tracks in the mud (we got just over 3 inches of rain yesterday) indicate it was a raccoon. I gathered all the remaining eggs that they had lain since yesterday afternoon and set them, along with the previous days eggs we hadn't eaten yet, into an incubator. The eggs are due to hatch August 5th.

I’m sorry to hear this. Best wishes for the next round.

 

[OzarkCountryGirl]

I’m sorry to hear this. Best wishes for the next round.

Thank you...❤

 

[Hedgeland Farms]

Last week I cleaned all my incubators, brooders and chick rearing equipment and doo-dads, putting them away until next Spring. Today I pulled them back out again.

The quail in the big walk-in pen didn't get fastened up properly last night and I woke up to every single one of the quail dead, and most decapitated...tracks in the mud (we got just over 3 inches of rain yesterday) indicate it was a raccoon. I gathered all the remaining eggs that they had lain since yesterday afternoon and set them, along with the previous days eggs we hadn't eaten yet, into an incubator. The eggs are due to hatch August 5th.

Fingers crossed for a solid hatch!!
So sorry for your loss!