Hi All, Out of 31 eggs I put into my HovaBator 1588 with auto turner 26 have hatched. I still have the other 5 in the bator but they have not pipped and I harbor little hope for them. Still, the eggs were all shipped to me after I bought them on eBay, sooooo an 84% hatch rate is pretty good I think for a first timer such as myself. Here's photos of my new chicks.
First I want to show off my "purchased" chicks. These four little bantams I bought at the local Atwoods store here in Claremore Oklahoma. They are fun, funny, and I think they will make good lawn ornaments & bug catchers. No idea what breed of bantams they are, I just thought they were cute so I bought them. They have attitude to spare!!
Ok, now for the chicks that I hatched out. First are my four little black'uns. I got in touch with the lady who sold me the brown eggs they came out of (eBay) and she said that they are a cross between Australorp and Cuckoo Marans and if they are gals they might lay really dark brown eggs. Here they are....
From this same person on eBay I got these two little yellow fuzzy butts, also out of brown eggs. No idea what breed they are, the lady has lots of different breeds evidently. Two chicks are not shown in these pics because they needed help hatching are still have a lot of dried membrane material on them so they are not very cute. Unfortunately both of these are my easter eggers that this lady sent, both came out of blue/green eggs. They are doing fine however and after they have had time to rest up they will both get a good cleaning and will be good as new. Here's the yellow puff balls.
And now for my "Sea Of Gold". The eggs for these also came from an eBay seller, these are for certain all pure Golden Buff Orpingtons. I'm not sure if you can actually get the full effect of their truely "Golden" color in these pics but WOW you outta see it in real life!!
So, all is well that ends well I suppose. I'm pretty happy with the hatch rate and look forward to the next one. I really hope that every one of those Orpingtons are gals except for one, maybe two. I also have 17 red sex link chicks that are 3 weeks old now, (purchased at Atwoods) so if everything goes as planned I should have a hen house full of big brown egg layers, yummy!!!
Best Regards,
Matt
First I want to show off my "purchased" chicks. These four little bantams I bought at the local Atwoods store here in Claremore Oklahoma. They are fun, funny, and I think they will make good lawn ornaments & bug catchers. No idea what breed of bantams they are, I just thought they were cute so I bought them. They have attitude to spare!!
Ok, now for the chicks that I hatched out. First are my four little black'uns. I got in touch with the lady who sold me the brown eggs they came out of (eBay) and she said that they are a cross between Australorp and Cuckoo Marans and if they are gals they might lay really dark brown eggs. Here they are....
From this same person on eBay I got these two little yellow fuzzy butts, also out of brown eggs. No idea what breed they are, the lady has lots of different breeds evidently. Two chicks are not shown in these pics because they needed help hatching are still have a lot of dried membrane material on them so they are not very cute. Unfortunately both of these are my easter eggers that this lady sent, both came out of blue/green eggs. They are doing fine however and after they have had time to rest up they will both get a good cleaning and will be good as new. Here's the yellow puff balls.
And now for my "Sea Of Gold". The eggs for these also came from an eBay seller, these are for certain all pure Golden Buff Orpingtons. I'm not sure if you can actually get the full effect of their truely "Golden" color in these pics but WOW you outta see it in real life!!
So, all is well that ends well I suppose. I'm pretty happy with the hatch rate and look forward to the next one. I really hope that every one of those Orpingtons are gals except for one, maybe two. I also have 17 red sex link chicks that are 3 weeks old now, (purchased at Atwoods) so if everything goes as planned I should have a hen house full of big brown egg layers, yummy!!!
Best Regards,
Matt
