12th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

[Faraday40]

I set my eggs last night,....... wondering what I'll do if they all hatch.

This morning, I noticed a little serama flattened in the nest box, doing the broody growl.


Great timing! If she follows through and stays broody, she'll adopt my batch of incubator chicks!

This pic was from last year when a little serama went broody and adopted 20 orpington chicks.

 

[BullChick]

Oh dear! Did your dog try to “help”? My cat sleeps in the room where the incubator is, so I’m hoping to train her to “leave it” So far so good

He was their mama.

 

[BullChick]

My broody is on five eggs!

 

[Trisseh]

I’m going to set a couple eggs from my hedemora; I was holding out for duck eggs but they started laying too late. I can just get in under the wire with 3 or 4 chicken eggs today though, lol, so count me in! I wasn’t going to set more just yet to ensure I was setting pure eggs, and not crossbred ones, but oh well! They’re adorable either way so... haha. It’s 2 weeks today since I pulled the other cockerel, and the hedemora cockerel has been busy, so there’s a chance I think. if I do get pure eggs, they’ll be from these 2:

 

[BullChick]

The wait for noon to set is maddening! I think the worst thing is I haven’t chosen my eggs out of the 17 I collected.

I only chose a few minutes ago.

 

[BullChick]

Eww, had to take out an oozing egg this morning. I was right, there was another cracked egg. Interesting, I looked at the two I was questioning..candled last night..but couldn't tell. The tell was this morning. So, cracked it open, yaay, fertile. Now if postal handling didn't do too much harm, I should have some developing.

Thank you for mentioning that.

Dear all people that have cracked eggs,
It’s possible to seal the crack with clear nail polish or wax. I’ve done it myself, and the chicks aren’t

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

I'll be setting late. My Marans eggs were not fertilized by the Silkie boys, so I have those girls with my Marans rooster and should be able to start collecting eggs tomorrow or the day after. Three hens means it should only take a couple days collecting to get a good enough brood for my liking, so I should have them set by the middle of the week. Here's hoping Murphy is able to hit the mark on those picky girls.

 

[BullChick]

Now setting 13 eggs!

13?!

 

[BullChick]

I’m going to set a couple eggs from my hedemora; I was holding out for duck eggs but they started laying too late. I can just get in under the wire with 3 or 4 chicken eggs today though, lol, so count me in! I wasn’t going to set more just yet to ensure I was setting pure eggs, and not crossbred ones, but oh well! They’re adorable either way so... haha. It’s 2 weeks today since I pulled the other cockerel, and the hedemora cockerel has been busy, so there’s a chance I think. if I do get pure eggs, they’ll be from these 2:
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I am so glad you’ve decided to join! That is a great breed too!

 

[BullChick]

I'll be setting late. My Marans eggs were not fertilized by the Silkie boys, so I have those girls with my Marans rooster and should be able to start collecting eggs tomorrow or the day after. Three hens means it should only take a couple days collecting to get a good enough brood for my liking, so I should have them set by the middle of the week. Here's hoping Murphy is able to hit the mark on those picky girls.

X 2!