"Springing in the Chicks" 2016 April Hatch-a-Long Hosted by Mike & Sally

[mlm Mike]

I must stop reading the posts in this thread!!! They inspired a horrid bout of chicken math and now I'm googling like a mad easter bunny trying to find out how to hatch eggs.
Does anyone... ANYONE have a cure for chicken math??!!!

Quit with your fancy googling.

Try reading these links articles:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101


https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/incubating-w-friends-helpful-notes-links-informational-post-links

 

[chicken19]

Quote: I hate google.
Can't find anything on it!
Thank you for the articles. Now I must read!

 

[mlm Mike]

Quote: I hate google.
Can't find anything on it!
Thank you for the articles. Now I must read!

 

[rossfam06]

So my BLRW eggs are on their way!!!! I am super excited. I am just waiting g to hear back on some silkie eggs I won.

 

[billiejw89]

YYAYYYAYYAAAA!!!!! what breeds??? @kimalulu



Thats awesome!!! Glad your with us @weegarden

Congrats and a great candle image!!! keep them coming I need more for our notes section for others to reference!!! awesome!!!

Thanks! I will for sure take more pictures!

 

[Gone-Quackers]

I'm joining in. Surely my bad hatching Karma won't follow me into April?

I'll be setting 41 eggs in just a couple days when I have enough eggs. I'll be heating up the bator and getting it set on the correct temp. tomorrow.
I need 9 hen ducklings so I can stop playing with the incubator. . and start raising my new puppy instead-- arriving Saturday!

 

[chicken19]

Anyone have tips for letting hens brood eggs? Chicken Math has it's grip on me and my hen Beth has gone broody!

 

[Jessimom]

Ok, I'm officially set for April. I have chicks hatching on 4/1, 4/5 and 4/16. I have 3 more sets of eggs being shipped the next week or two. So, I'm sure I'll have additional eggs to set!

Happy Hatching everyone!

 

[Jessimom]

Anyone have tips for letting hens brood eggs? Chicken Math has it's grip on me and my hen Beth has gone broody!

Is this her first time going broody? If you have fertile eggs to give her, let her have them!!

I just had 2 hens go broody a week apart from each other. So, neither hen got up with the first 2 babies, But with the later babies, 1 hen got up and took care of them, the other hen stayed on the eggs. Once the last egg hatched, the two hens struggled over who got which babies.

My hens kicked out 2 eggs early on that were infertile. You'd be surprised at how smart they are!!!

 

[chicken19]

Quote: Well, Beth jumped off the nest but I'll see if she get's back on.
Chickens are constantly suprising my about how smart they are!