2015 August hatch-a-long!!

[eastereggerlady]

Fluffing up! Two more have pipped today but are not zipping right yet(too tired)

 

[Frankie Ruiz]

Awesome job guys. I love reading everyones comments gets me so excited for my hatch

 

[Gloryjasmine]

Update: so my broody hen hatched 3 chicks during the night/early morning. She is fond of the bantam however... She killed the 2 barred rock chicks. AGAIN!!!! what is going on here??? Why is she so against these poor helpless babes? Why set for 21 days just to murder her young? Now,they aren't really hers,but neither are the bantams!!!!! Needless to say,I stole her remaining hen eggs. I'm hatching them. Hopefully......

 

[darkbluespace]

Baby buttons!

So tiny and adorable!!

 

[sunnypj]

Happy to say the 5 chicks that hatched last night are all doing great. eating, drinking and walking around. So tiny! I found out the roo is a Rhode Island Red and the Hen is a polish. Can't tell much from the picture but there is one that is a deep red/brown color and the others are blk/white with some silver or yellow. The fuzz on the top of their heads looks like it will be the polish "mohawk" look. Got three more eggs that are due any time, been rockin and rollin a bit in the bator. Then I have 3 more brown eggs that are due this weekend. One is polish roo and hen is golden color. The other two have RIR roo and ? hen... I love surprises...

Since this is my first time if anyone sees anything in the picture I should focus on let me know. Way too early to tell if any are male but I really hope I get a group of girls.
I am so tired, this hatching business is tiring, lol

 

[HerbGir1972]

Going into lockdown Friday night for a Monday night hatch beginning. (first day of school)

 

[Gloryjasmine]

Happy to say the 5 chicks that hatched last night are all doing great. eating, drinking and walking around. So tiny! I found out the roo is a Rhode Island Red and the Hen is a polish. Can't tell much from the picture but there is one that is a deep red/brown color and the others are blk/white with some silver or yellow. The fuzz on the top of their heads looks like it will be the polish "mohawk" look. Got three more eggs that are due any time, been rockin and rollin a bit in the bator. Then I have 3 more brown eggs that are due this weekend. One is polish roo and hen is golden color. The other two have RIR roo and ? hen... I love surprises... Since this is my first time if anyone sees anything in the picture I should focus on let me know. Way too early to tell if any are male but I really hope I get a group of girls. I am so tired, this hatching business is tiring, lol

Congrats!!! They are adorable! I can actually see the reddish colored one.

Are there cedar chips mixed in with pine?

 

[junebuggena]

It's day 7 for my eggs. Out of the dozen that I set, 7 have really good development. 1 egg was an early quitter, nothing but a small ring of faint veining. 3 were infertile. 1 is a dark brown and I can't see if it's developing or not. All I can make out is the air sack, and it's growing, so I left it in. None of my Easter Egger girl's eggs were viable. Fingers crossed my boy has a strong blue egg gene to pass on to the sexlinks and Australorp crosses.

 

[Gloryjasmine]

Here are my two bantam chicks. I was concerned for their safety,so I took them from mama. She killed two of her gray chicks so I wanted to spare these precious youngins. And they are so precious! Waiting on the last of the bantams.

 

[GitaBooks]

Update: so my broody hen hatched 3 chicks during the night/early morning. She is fond of the bantam however... She killed the 2 barred rock chicks. AGAIN!!!! what is going on here??? Why is she so against these poor helpless babes? Why set for 21 days just to murder her young? Now,they aren't really hers,but neither are the bantams!!!!! Needless to say,I stole her remaining hen eggs. I'm hatching them. Hopefully......

I'm really sorry to hear that. Some hens are just particular. They are individuals and for some reason.

Best of luck hatching the eggs!