11th Annual Easter Hatch a Long 2020

[Chicka_deee]

I want to join the Hatch a long! I had already planned to hatch some in my incubator this week! My only broody hen is my sebright bantam and I have no idea where her clutch is hidden. She only shows up midday to drink or eat and quickly disappears! I will be hatching some green eggs from my Easter egger hen.

I really want to know if she sleeps outside on her clutch as well. If so she is very lucky to not have gotten eaten already ... (if you have predators in your area)

 

[ronott1]

This is a neet idea for a thread .. Odd link came up in the corner of my screen and that'show I found this thread.. Why did that
link come up? Is that a new option the thread starteds have now?

Just curious....

It was Niftychicken!

 

[Melontine]

I'm going to have to set my batch of eggs a day late. Until then I'm going to be collecting more eggs to hatch. All this cold and rainy weather has gotten in the way of my plans quite a bit these past couples of days.

 

[gander007]

I set 21 chicken eggs and 3 duck eggs on the 20th of march if everything works out right I should have them hatching right on time ...

 

[Silkie2005]

I am setting some silkie eggs in my incubator today. Hopefully they are fertile because all my previous attempts this year have been in vain! Archie isn't doing is job...

 

[catsndogs4us]

How are you having your students follow along.. we were going to start some this past Monday at school and couldn’t. This is a great idea.

I send a morning greeting/check in email to each student and will give updates and pictures as we go along. I can even get a little bit of genetics in there since I know mostly which eggs came from which hens and we only have a few roosters. I've asked each one to guess how many of the 20 eggs will hatch. I can do video chat later once the chicks come or maybe for candling. When we are back to school I will bring the chicks to visit. I think all the little things like this that teachers, paras and other school employees are doing will help the kids stay connected to their school community, to know they are still part of a community not just being sent work to do at home .

 

[Mvan42]

I send a morning greeting/check in email to each student and will give updates and pictures as we go along. I can even get a little bit of genetics in there since I know mostly which eggs came from which hens and we only have a few roosters. I've asked each one to guess how many of the 20 eggs will hatch. I can do video chat later once the chicks come or maybe for candling. When we are back to school I will bring the chicks to visit. I think all the little things like this that teachers, paras and other school employees are doing will help the kids stay connected to their school community, to know they are still part of a community not just being sent work to do at home .

That’s neat.. we have google classroom set up for our students, I am a para also. . Maybe I will set something up to send pics and stuff to ours to. They were excited to hatch. If/ when we go back will hatch some then.

 

[brygal5]

We will be placing 3 chicken eggs under our broody hen this Saturday! We are excited to join this years Hatch-a-long!

So, went from 3 eggs under a hen to 29 in an incubator! My Hubby caved and let me try some from my mom's mixed flock and some more from our! My mom's rooster is full white silkie, mine is 3/4 silkie and 1/4 Easter Egger. The hens are Egyptian Fayemi, Easter Egger, Gold Layced Wyandotte, Black Astorlope, Buff Orpingtons, Dominique, Dark Cornish, Silver Layced Wyandotte, White Leghorn, and Black Sexlink.

 

[beth1004]

I'll be setting F2 silkie x silkie feathered ameraucana eggs, BBS English Orpingtons, polkies, assorted turkeys, and IF they end their strike, silkie feathered ameraucanas.

I can’t wait to see your silkie x ameraucanas. I have both breeds. What color eggs do you usually end up with?

 

[beth1004]

Here ya go

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they are awesome. I may have to create a breeding group from my new babies. I just hatched silkies and ameraucanas are going in for my Easter hatch. Can you post a pic of the eggs? I’m probably going to have lots of questions for you. Sorry in advance.