Where is the Christmas Hatch-A-Long?

[Finnie]

I have 13 Frizzle Tolbunt Polish eggs to set today for a Christmas hatch. This is the first time I’ve ever done a hatch for Christmas, so I thought I’d join in on the thread for it. (Usually these hatch a long threads move too quickly for me to keep up, but I will give it a try this time!)

But to my amazement, I cannot find any Christmas hatch along except for the Aussie one. And a few other random December ones. Guess I will start my own! Anybody want to join me?

 

[Debbie292d]

I'll take #7 and call it Kringle.

 

[Finnie]

I'll take #7 and call it Kringle.

Cute!

However, don’t get your hopes up. My Tolbunt pullets are just beginning to lay, and so far not a single egg has started to develop. Each week to ten days I have been setting every egg they’ve given me, and at the one week mark, they all candle clear. I have 3 barnyard mix eggs going strong from last week’s setting, so this week I am planning to add a few more BYM with the Polish so in case I get a singleton, it will hopefully get some friends.

Sooner or later the Polish pullets’ eggs have got to become fertile, right? There are 6 pullets with one cockerel. I suppose it could be a problem with the cockerel’s fertility. I hope not. He’s my only frizzle Tolbunt rooster.

Anyway, I’m not numbering any of these eggs. They do have dates on them. I’m just hoping to have hatchlings on Christmas.

 

[Finnie]

13 Frizzle Tolbunt Polish eggs and 3 BYM added to the prior 3 BYM.

The new ones have black dots on them. The No Dot eggs are due to hatch 10 days earlier than the Christmas hatch. I’ll have to get a second incubator going when it’s time to lock them down.

 

[GirlsHuntToo]

#3 name Puff!

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

We have an official BYC New Year’s Day hatch a long here ~
BYC New Years Day Hatch a Long!
Contests too with prizes to won!

 

[Finnie]

Thank you @Yorkshire Coop ! I went over there and posted.

So, my Christmas hatch is pretty much a bust. I do have one egg growing, but I had to pull 15 clear eggs at the one week mark.

On to New Year’s. I sat 5 more Frizzle Tolbunt and 5 more BYM. After that I decided to just start eating the Tolbunt eggs until I see any bullseyes. Wouldn’t you know, the second egg I cracked open appears to be fertile! I wasted it!

So, I will go back to setting every Polish egg I get from that coop and hope that more than one pullet starts being fertile.

I probably won’t post here again unless that Christmas chick hatches.

 

[GirlsHuntToo]

Okay well little chickie we are rooting for you! You can do it!

 

[Finnie]

Chickie made it!

It pipped wrong end last night, and on the underneath side as well. I picked it up to see if it had drowned from any liquid draining out, and it was still alive. So I put it back with the pip on top, and this morning it was out.

Merry Christmas everyone!

 

[GirlsHuntToo]

Chickie made it!

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It pipped wrong end last night, and on the underneath side as well. I picked it up to see if it had drowned from any liquid draining out, and it was still alive. So I put it back with the pip on top, and this morning it was out.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Yay!!! You are beautiful chickie!!