33 Eggs Due to Hatch Oct 25 (Hatch Complete)

[Laney]

Now I can't wait until tomorrow. You can see in that pic, we had 4 dated 10/15, but there were actually 5 eggs found that day. One was found in a place we had never found eggs before, under the leg of the goat staunchion so it's age was undetermined. I put it under a broody.

3 Eggs on 10/16, then only 2 today. So I'm expecting tomorrow to be a big egg day again. We have 3 Silver Phoenix Hens, 2 Cochin Hens, one Mottled Java Hen confirmed laying. One of the SP is broody now. So that's 5 Confirmed layers. I've got to set myself up an egg journal. I would love to confirm at least one Del as a layer, possibly both!

Laney

 

[beefy]

if they hatch on the 27th you can name one Bertha!

 

[speckledhen]

LOL, I'm not naming any of these. They all belong to JamesA. And the next batch belongs to a BYCer in Florida.

 

[JamesA]

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Man if all 29 hatch plus my 7 I already have I will be over run with Dellies.It will be a very interesting winter raising these babies!!! I should know which ones to keep by early early spring with your help I hope Cynthia.I hope to keep about 8-10 pullets and the 2 nicest roo's.

 

[speckledhen]

James, after you've culled down to your keepers, youll be happy you had all those to choose from, trust me. I did two hatches and chose Isaac from among 15 other cockerels. I kept all the pullets except the tiny girl who hatched late...and Yard Full 'o Rocks owns her and one of my cull cockerels. Got him hooked on this breed, too!

 

[JamesA]

Well let's hope for a great hatch! It looks like we are headed that way!!

 

[speckledhen]

Yup, looks like it should be a good one! Starting Day 15 now!

 

[speckledhen]

Since I had not candled all of the Dels since the first candling, decided to do it now, as we are going into Day 16 now. We had one quitter, so there are 28 still going strong. Started with 30 Dels, one did not appear fertile and then this one quitter.

 

[M To The Maxx]

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Sorry if this is off topic but what did you do with the pullet that hatched late?

 

[speckledhen]

She went to live with Yard full 'o Rocks with one of the cockerels I didn't use in my breeding program. We called her Li'l Bit and so does Scott. She was very sweet, but never grew to the size she should have, so decided to find her a home where she could be a pet. And she is very much loved now!