4th Annual BYC NYD Hatch-a-long

[mstricer]

Hi all. Just thought id say I've learned so much from this thread and cant wait to join in on the next one. I ve been lurking here but I m also on backyard herds. Thanks for all the great info.

YEAH are you one of those lurkers I've been asking to join.

I knew I could get one of the guest to sign up.

and

 

[Bettacreek]

All seven seramas are still doing great. They muscle their way through everyone else, even though they're so small that they can walk right under the rest, lol.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

I put my 7 eggs in lockdown yesterday. I am pretty sure that only a couple will hatch. Started with 48 eggs so not a good hatch. All but 1 egg was shipped and that 1 egg did not develop.

so sorry, hope your eggs that on the way now give you a better hatch!


Pay no attention when I post about hatches already...our Khaki Campbells are known to come early. Just a fact of lie around here and we expect it. I dont ever really check the chicken eggs.... unless its a rare breed otherwise what ever hatches hatches. I am neurotic about the geese though and they get daily attention through incubation. (also why we have a 98% hatch rate with our geese lol)

 

[mlm Mike]

Welcome to BYC Jorey! I hope you like it here

i think the next major hatch along is for mothers day? (correct me if im wrong)

Welcome Jorey.

I know there is usually a rather large Easter Hatch-a-long!

 

[mstricer]

I put my 7 eggs in lockdown yesterday. I am pretty sure that only a couple will hatch. Started with 48 eggs so not a good hatch. All but 1 egg was shipped and that 1 egg did not develop.

You sound like you have the same luck with shipped eggs as I do. I won't be hatching shipped eggs again until my girls go broody in the spring, they always hatch nearly all I give them.

 

[corancher]

so sorry, hope your eggs that on the way now give you a better hatch!


Pay no attention when I post about hatches already...our Khaki Campbells are known to come early. Just a fact of lie around here and we expect it. I dont ever really check the chicken eggs.... unless its a rare breed otherwise what ever hatches hatches. I am neurotic about the geese though and they get daily attention through incubation. (also why we have a 98% hatch rate with our geese lol)

That's why I am on your waiting list for Sebastopols.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

LoL ......... we had a new girl start laying over night too

will be handling all the females not laying yet and checking them to see how far out we are on them laying. Our American girl is about 2 maybe 3 weeks out after checking her this morning. Gives me hope on the sebbie girls the same age

 

[jorey]

Thanks so much. I ll have to find some silkie eggs to try for that one. My hens did pretty good this year and I had almost 50 barred rocks hatched. Thankfully I had friends just getting started so I was glad to help them with free chicks

 

[jorey]

Yeah I am. You caught me. Lol

 

[gabrielle1976]

we have a zipper on the hatch cam
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/kilis-second-hatch-cam-page