3rd Annual New Year's Day Hatch!!

[mrheinz77]

My incubator

Let me know if you need better pictures to count the eggs.
Jim

ETA: 5 duck eggs in the last picture that I didn't count in my NYD hatch eggs b/c they'll hatch a week late.

 

[cielo]

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That is a very sad story. Poor mamma hen! I'd give you some of my chicks for her if I lived remotely near you which I likely don't as I don't live remotely near anyone really. Maybe she'll be interested in adopting in a few weeks? Raccoons are terrible! I lost one of my first chickens about 10 years ago to a Raccoon before I knew that I had to make sure they were inside the coop at night, it reached through the chain link and left nothing but feathers. I have not lost a bird since it upset me so much. Now I try to build bomb proof. sorry for your loss. People think Raccoons are so cute, and they are but they are also predators. My sister has someone who lives near her ranch that thinks it's a good idea to regularly feed the Coyotes!? Ay ay ay!
Also how do you like your Barred Hollands? Do they lay white eggs? I've heard they are pretty rare and the line is having some trouble and as such people often have BHs that don't lay white eggs. I'm interested in the breed, I've started raising California Greys, another barred white egg layer.

 

[champer]

Here are my eggs, all 33 of them.

 

[rarely bored]

Here are my 24 eggs, in the chance that I have a real bad hatch -- haven't had one yet...

and this is what PE looks like for my homeschooled boys:

can someone tell them they have a very good life... they don't believe me!

and, in case you are wondering, I have long pants and a jacket on.

 

[NotAFarm]

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That is a very sad story. Poor mamma hen!

Blarneyeggs, Racoon mamas with young with teach them to kill. Part of the strategy is to have one or more on one side and others on the opposite side to scare them "into" the waiting hands. Racoons can reach through and grab things and pull them through small openings. They will return if they've been successful. I hope your DH catches them all!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Wow only a page and a half since I was at work? Something's not right.

Those of you running contests open to EVERYONE including non-hatchers, PM me. I'll change the rules and update, since we had that question.

And Mrheinz... pictures of your bator are great but now I MUST see your brooders and outdoor pens. Curiosity you know.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

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You're up early! And thank you, I plan to at least try to have a good day... Happy Monday

Happy Monday to the rest of the hatchers... 20 days to go

No idea where Daisy Chick is so... here's our day count:

Edited to add spaces

And since DaisyChick didn't show up today

who wants to post the countdown to chickies?

 

[Blarneyeggs]

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That is a very sad story. Poor mamma hen! I'd give you some of my chicks for her if I lived remotely near you which I likely don't as I don't live remotely near anyone really. Maybe she'll be interested in adopting in a few weeks? Raccoons are terrible! I lost one of my first chickens about 10 years ago to a Raccoon before I knew that I had to make sure they were inside the coop at night, it reached through the chain link and left nothing but feathers. I have not lost a bird since it upset me so much. Now I try to build bomb proof. sorry for your loss. People think Raccoons are so cute, and they are but they are also predators. My sister has someone who lives near her ranch that thinks it's a good idea to regularly feed the Coyotes!? Ay ay ay!
Also how do you like your Barred Hollands? Do they lay white eggs? I've heard they are pretty rare and the line is having some trouble and as such people often have BHs that don't lay white eggs. I'm interested in the breed, I've started raising California Greys, another barred white egg layer.

. Yes, too sad a story for this thread, I'm afraid, I'll try to stay more upbeat. Thanks for your kindness and advice. My Barred Hollands do lay cream colored eggs, and are a bit undersized as well, I plan on really working on them this coming summer.

 

[Sumatra503]

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That's an impressive load of eggs! Best wishes for your hatch. Question tho, is that tube coming out of the bator for adding water without opening the bator?

That's nothin' I once set 100 eggs in my Hovabator! No stacking either!

 

[stephanie1992]

I have eggs due the 31st of this month. can i join??? lol