The 8th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!!!!

[Yorkshire Coop]

How many days?

Maybe an extra day but if I can't see movement I will open the egg to check for dead in shell.

 

[angelobutter]

Adding to my total. My last box of eggs arrived just barely in time, so I have also set
6 large fowl white faced black spanish
2 Gold Cuckoo Marans
2 black Copper Marans
and 2 Dominique

So My OLD total was 77, my NEW total is 89

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Found a new video I hadn't seen yet.   Thinking ..I've heard all of this before, but watched, and...learned a few things! 

Always have to share this one...it's my favorite one.   

Both of those are fascinating Cynthia! Thank you for posting them

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Hey, I hadnt had a chance to reply yet. We set 10 eggs on Saturday. we lucked out and had two silkie hens go broody.

for the broody hens!

Adding to my total. My last box of eggs arrived just barely in time, so I have also set

6 large fowl white faced black spanish
[COLOR=231F20]2 Gold Cuckoo Marans[/COLOR]
[COLOR=231F20]2 black Copper Marans[/COLOR]
[COLOR=231F20]and 2 Dominique


So My OLD total was 77, my NEW total is 89[/COLOR]

More the merrier

 

[pjnbill22]

Found a new video I hadn't seen yet.   Thinking ..I've heard all of this before, but watched, and...learned a few things! 

This is a great video, now I have a better way to explain the process to others. Thanks for posting!

 

[Sevanson Woods]

sevansonwoods: If not too late-thought had sugned up but must not have done so ir gone through.... Eggs allowing to set=6
Sources: Buff Orp broody hen, Australorp hen, & BLRW roo.

 

[Glaseria]

Maybe an extra day but if I can't see movement I will open the egg to check for dead in shell.

Thanks!

I'm wondering what kind of heat do you all use in your brooders?

 

[HomesteaderWife]

I've never had the chance to enter before, as we don't have an incubator, and it JUST SO HAPPENS our hen went broody and has 5 eggs under her that are set for the day before Easter to hatch! So, I would like to join here!

"Fat Momma" was a surrogate broody last year, and successfully hatched 4 healthy Khaki Campbell ducklings. This year, she's at it again, and this time we have fertile chicken eggs to hatch!

 

[minihorse927]

One of my incubators hard at work

 

[minihorse927]

and one of the svart hona hard at work