2017 Groundhog Day Hatch-a-long!

[DancingWthDucks]

Final total.

53 hatched out of 6.5 dozen eggs.

Lost 3.

So 50 new babies in brooder.

Could possibly be 1 more. Went to clean out incubator was tossing unhatched eggs and shells and one started chirping. He is zipping now.

It's a wellie.

that's a great hatch! What are going to do with all em chicks?

 

[feedman77]

that's a great hatch! What are going to do with all em chicks?

This whole batch is for starting a new flock. Will process excess roos. And the majority are all legbars.

So I get those blue eggs.

 

[RodNTN]

Final total.

53 hatched out of 6.5 dozen eggs.

Lost 3.

So 50 new babies in brooder.

Could possibly be 1 more. Went to clean out incubator was tossing unhatched eggs and shells and one started chirping. He is zipping now.

It's a wellie.

Congrats on all of those new babies!

 

[RodNTN]

OCD as in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or as in Obsessive Chicken Disorder?

I am so afraid I will break an egg. Like so afraid I'm pretty sure I am thinking about it so much I'm going to end up breaking one....

Yep, that pretty much explains Groundhog day....I know it is a super minor holiday, and I never would have thought of this, bit as I was sitting with my planner scheduling the hatch of my chicks I realized it fell on Groundhpg day if I set them when I planned to. So I thought ''heck, let's create a hatch-a-long''. Then when RodNTN and I were chatting it came up and she said she'd help host it! So here we are. Hatch-a-long full swing and discussing the meaning of Grondhog day.

As of two hours ago, my eggs are halfway through incubation!!!!!!!!!! *Happy dance. I hope everything is going good in those little shells.

Sally, do you sell Icelandics?? If so, we need to talk.......

Yep, and it has been very fun so far!

 

[RodNTN]

I am hoping to set a few of my White Leghorn girls eggs, along with a few Easter Egger's this March. I just hope I don't become addicted to hatching eggs

 

[Bantambird]

I'm setting a dozen turkey eggs, with more coming.

 

[RodNTN]

Yay! Even though I wouldn't like to keep turkeys since I have chickens, I just love baby turkeys!

 

[Bantambird]

Baby turkeys are certainly way cuter than the adults. Like, way way cuter. They almost don't look related!

 

[DancingWthDucks]

I'm setting a dozen turkey eggs, with more coming.

Good luck with them What breed are they??

 

[feedman77]

I'm setting a dozen turkey eggs, with more coming.

Must be nice.

My girls are still on winter break.

Hoping by feb. They will start laying.

Good luck with them.