The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[mlm Mike]

TOMORROW (4/9) IS THE LAST DAY TO ENTER:


Contest #5: Broodies and their Babies

To enter, go here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...ir-babies-contest-2015-easter-hatchalong/0_50

 

[Peep-Chicken]

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I haven't had a broody since last year .

 

[mlm Mike]

Quote: If you have pictures you can enter them if they haven't been entered in other contests.

 

[Sueg4332]

These are my hatch results, bottom line - 97 chicks hatched!

Turkeys, 4 set 0 hatched
Guineas, 6 set, 3 hatched
Rhodebars, 6 set 5 hatched
Welsummers, 51 set, 29 hatched
Black Sexlinks, 33 set, 23 hatched
Black Copper Marans, 20 set, 19 hatched
BBS Ameraucanas, 21 set, 14 hatched
Olive Eggers (WS x CCL), 18 set, 4 hatched
New Hampshires under broody, 0 hatched, appear to be infertile

wish my marans would hatch that good. I had a lot of chicks not get out of shell. whats your method of hatching on them ? My wheaten marans hatch pretty good but the blue and blacks not so well. The mebrain is so thick they just dont seem to get out

 

[GAGE]

I lost my one SFH chick yesterday, which was a real bummer. The other 11 (BCM's and OE's) are doing great.

 

[cree57i]

I'm still trying to get some broody's, lol... yup, shipped is either great or ugh... and I think the Memphis USPS hub is a rough one for anything to go thru...

When I have eggs go through Memphis, I have had problems.

 

[momseev]

Final count 4 total out of 15 but I took this hatch as a learning experience with this new incubator. Hoping for better results next time around.

 

[capper2013]

ok, it's the finale of egg hatching days today (for us anyway) started with 12 that cost us £2 from some local guy. one got broken going in to the incubator, I crushed 2 viables with the automatic turner, 2 were duds, one I have left in the incubator after breaking open the air pocket to find a living creature surrounded by fluid. I have left it there but am not including it as I don't think it will survive. it looks weird.
final chick left it's shell today so I have 6 out of 12.
I may not be a winner in this competition, however I did win one with my daughter, she said 3 would survive, I said 8. as there were 6 I won.
she has to completely clean house and go collect firewood whilst I sit back and eat cake!
some competitions were designed to be won by me!

 

[TMNfarm]

Since I didn't separate any of my birds this spring, I am only hatching out barnyard mixes, which are great for egg laying, but my kids want to show at the fair, so I need some pure breeds. Is there a hatchery that is more reputable for having good quality birds?? The local fleet store has a pretty poor reputation and their birds are not very good quality... I would consider purchasing hatching eggs as well, since I like having a rooster for each breed I have...

 

[Olive Oil]

Hatch Results- not sure if I was supposed to post them. Sorry, I probably didn't follow this thread as closely as I should have. Lots going on...

Set 30 birchen Marans eggs to hatch (posted that part already)
Temps shot up to 112 one day, ahhhh!!
Amazingly 11 still hatched
2 were...white