🍃August Hatch-a-Long🍃

[CindyinSD]

I’ve been waiting for my dehydrator for weeks and it was priority shipping

Ours has been good, just like normal.

 

[CindyinSD]

Coparenting going well LOL and the chicks are getting so big they turned 3 weeks old this week.

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I found three poults in the nest shared by a turkey and a chicken hen. (None of the chicken eggs made it.) So now they're playing mommy together.

 

[CindyinSD]

My eggs from Omega Hills had a lot of clears in them. Just FYI. I suppose it could have been shipping damage but when I opened them up they looked clear.

If they're knocked around too much during shipping, that can destroy the embryo and they'll act just like unfertilized eggs. You don't have to see damage—it can simply be the shock of being jarred or dropped.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I found three poults in the nest shared by a turkey and a chicken hen. (None of the chicken eggs made it.) So now they're playing mommy together.

Aww that’s so sweet!! didn’t realize it would work across species too LOL

 

[CindyinSD]

I caught a pullet racing from the chicken tractor to the weeds around the cattle guard. Went to look for her and almost stepped on her. She must have been sitting on, like, fifteen? Holy Smokes! That's a lot.

I'll have to candle them in a couple days, but I doubt they're fertile since I butchered all my roos. There's one great big cockerel who's been chasing skirts and ending up with nothing but a beakfull of fluffy neck feathers... maybe he "serviced" her but I doubt it. Poor girl.

 

[FortCluck]

Ours has been good, just like normal.

I finally got it after 2 weeks lol

 

[AusHen]

Welsummers are D10 and looking good
Rest of my eggs are now in lockdown! Yay to no more hand turning them lol

 

[Erba]

My own Light Sussex eggs ( the back up plan ) are now on day 18, I'm going to lock them down so they can get into hatching position. Don't know where I got the tip with the cheese cloth, but it's a great idea. Less mess and they have something soft to rest on after their ordeal. So it is washed and ready to use again for this hatch. The suspense at this point never gets old!

 

[CindyinSD]

I finally got it after 2 weeks lol

Unfortunately when I started my dehydrater up (for the first time this year) it wouldn't heat. I guess that happens sometimes & it has a ten-year warrantee, but it's still a semi-expensive hassle. Had to do my jerky in the oven and it added unwanted heat to the house. It turned out pretty good, though. I thought it suffered from the inevitably higher temp and maybe needed a bit more salt. Next time...

I also tried out the meat grinder I got (a few months back) for my stand mixer. It worked really well. You would maybe want something more robust if you were doing all the scraps from a butchered steer, but for a pile of turkey breasts, it did great.

 

[chickiebaby1]

So my hatching for this month is done. Ended up with just the 3 beilefelder roosters! I’m pretty sure the last 4 eggs are no good. So I only ended up with 3/11 on these shipped eggs. I am getting a trio of blue standard Cochin this week so I might hatch some eggs from them if they lay for me. I also have 2 broodies right now. One is sitting on 2 eggs and I have no idea how many the other girl has. She’s in a place I can’t reach her.