ME!!! I'm super excited about it, too. I'm pretty sure I'll have some fertile Ameraucana eggs by then...hopefully my blue boy will get with the program and make with the fertilizing I hope we have a thread for that as well so we can all join in on that adventure together!! That'd be great. Hope...
Yeah, no one wants just one...or ten Sounds like a great plan, though. I set six eggs last night. Three more from my SLW, and 3 from my blue ameraucana. I'm hoping my little blue boy has gotten up the courage to try wooing the blue girl, I put them in a pen together (just the two of them) last...
Thank you! She's laid 3 in 4 days now! Not bad for a new layer in the middle of the shortest days, especially an ameraucana. So proud! I might do a test run before the Valentine's Day hatch, because I've now seen two fertile eggs in my frying pan. Gonna save a few and see what happens!
Well, ladies and gentlemen, it finally happened. I FINALLY, after 9 long months of waiting, got my very first blue egg from my blue ameraucana girl, Cora. I actually predicted yesterday to my mom that she was gonna lay today, and lo and behold, there it was, nestled in the nesting box all cozy...
BTW, does anyone happen to know where MPC gets their blue birchen marans hatching eggs from? I'm wondering if this is maybe a decent line of them, since I haven't really seen them on any other hatchery's site or anything. I REALLY want some birchen marans, and there's aren't too pricey...what do...
Awww, man!!! I was really hoping to see some JO babies!!! If I were you, I'd be devastated! I'm gonna try again for the V-Day Hatch, as well!!! Hoping I'll have some fertile Ameraucana eggs by then!
Ok, folks, I'm living vicariously here, so I need pics!! Any candling or hatching going on? How's everyone's eggs doing? I wish I was hatching along with you guys, but I'm having fun listening to everyone else's experiences so far. But I NEED pics!!!
YASSSS!!! THIS!!! I want to set the mood, too. I REALLY wanna do the Valentine's hatch. I have SO MANY names for chicks born on Valentine's Day, it's not even funny. Valentino, Valencia, Cupid, Arrow, Tina, Candy & Heart (for twins, lol), the list goes on...
Those sound like good odds...all 12 of mine were infertile.
BTW, it's getting really cold here, too. We had a tiny bit of sleet and snow earlier (which we never get) and it's supposed to get down to 7* tonight, and the high today was 54* Crazy weather, huh? I hope my chickies don't freeze to...
Mine weren't very dark. And I cracked one open (the one I thought might be fertile) and it was infertile, so I tossed all of them (I checked them all- none were fertile). I hope I'll have more soon to set! Maybe my blue ameraucanas will start laying me some fertile eggs soon!!!
Fingers crossed!
That would be nice. Plus, I want to see how all of your hatches go! Hopefully everyone has better luck than us!
Hopefully I'll get some soon. I'm now addicted to the feeling of cooking up my own chickies!! I just hope it goes a little more smoothly next time.
My youngest...
Well, I have some bad news...none of my eggs were fertile. I'm sooooo sad! Guess I'll have to wait till I see a few fertile ones in my skillet before setting more. Sooooo heartbreaking!