July 2023 Hatch-A-Long

[OzarkCountryGirl]

Set a dozen shipped Narragansett turkey eggs due to hatch on the 4th of July - Independence Day. These were packed excellently so I'm hoping to get a decent hatch.

 

[AusHen]

Chick pics. Cream legbar pullet, Araucana (or cross of), two olive eggers, Brahma? (Or cross of) and white Marans. Another olive egg started and then seems to have stopped. No action on the other eggs

 

[Honora]

So I hatched 5 eggs on the incubator and gave the chicks to the hen. She hatched 2 herself and her last egg is now zipping. So she will be taking care of 8 babies! She looks a bit stressed; hope she is big enough to keep 8 chicks warm. She is a bantam Cochin; a bit bald right now from the rooster.

 

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

First baby!

 

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

Final count is 6 babies!
That's a 100% hatch rate for the eggs that were actually fertile!
I don't have photos of all of them yet so here's a few random ones.

 

[Elliemae1984]

This will be my first ever hatch-a-long!

I have silkie eggs shipping today and will set them later this week. First time ever incubating, so I’m excited but nervous!

And one of my silkie hens decided to go SUPER broody (also the first time ever) so I put some of my eggs under her…but I’m not entirely convinced they’ll hatch. So I may need to slip her some of the incubated babies when the time comes.

Going to be an exciting time at our place!

 

[Climax]

Not July yet but I'm just so excited about my baby Mandarin Ducklings that hatched this morning

 

[Rabbitking]

She hatched out 6

 

[PrettyCoolChicks]

Hi everyone,

I'm starting to get really excited reading all your posts, so figured I'd join the hatchalong for my second hatch this year (and ever).

I have 7 white leghorn crosses in the incubator (the smaller brinsea model) and they're due in 6 days. Got the eggs from a neighbour and I'm candling once a week with their kid. They all seem healthy so far. We could see the little toes of two of them moving against the shell last time.

 

[Honora]

A couple more pics