4th Annual BYC NYD Hatch-a-long

[CelticOaksFarm]

we have sets every week Oct - June each year

 

[Brookhavens]

Good morning all! So how many of you hatch-aholics have another batch cooking? I'm going to start collecting for my Valentines day hatch pretty soon. Although come to think of it, last year I had a Ground Hog Day hatch. I have some Silver Penciled Rock/Iowa Blue eggs on hold, maybe I should stick them in.

Just put in 16 Araucana eggs yesterday.

 

[coldupnorth]

I put three silkie cross eggs in my mini incubator. I think my one Silkie is broody again. Doesn't she know that it is the middle of January in Northern Minnesota? Crazy girl!


I did lose one of the 4 that I hatched. My black Silkie cross failed to thrive, wouldn't eat/drink on its own, even though it was walking well but peeped constantly.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

we have sets every week Oct - June each year

 

[debs_flock]

Good morning all! So how many of you hatch-aholics have another batch cooking? I'm going to start collecting for my Valentines day hatch pretty soon. Although come to think of it, last year I had a Ground Hog Day hatch. I have some Silver Penciled Rock/Iowa Blue eggs on hold, maybe I should stick them in.

I just put in my second set and today will go the rest as soon as I clean the other incubator. The first set went in NYD, can't have too many days without pippers to stare at.

Deb

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Ancona 8 1/2 days old!



edited to add: Baking pan and cooling rack makes for a MUCH cleaner brooder!!

 

[SilkieSensation]

Good morning all! So how many of you hatch-aholics have another batch cooking? I'm going to start collecting for my Valentines day hatch pretty soon. Although come to think of it, last year I had a Ground Hog Day hatch. I have some Silver Penciled Rock/Iowa Blue eggs on hold, maybe I should stick them in.

I started a batch of 49 last night: EE/OE & Cuckoo Marans mixes. I already had batches set to hatch from today until these go into lockdown. I'll be running a staggered hatch pretty much all the time. My only variance is on quantity of eggs set. Sometimes I only have a few cooking & sometimes all 4 bators are full.

 

[cluck-cluck]

ooooh, you are a true blue bonafide hatchaholic! Good for you! LOL. I'm trying to save a little space in my yard to add a few of my own hatched eggs in the spring (everyone's still to young to lay

) But I think it would be far too fun to get my own eggs to hatch, so I'm gonna wait

My goodness, Sally, they really must go through water like there is no tomorrow! LOL, I never catch my two at the water, they worry me! Darn those babies are killer cute (makes me want some so bad but hubby'd kill me, LOL)

What a colorful batch of eggs, Silkiesensation! That looks like a birthday cake, LOL, good enough to eat!

 

[JulieNKC]

Ancona 8 1/2 days old!



edited to add: Baking pan and cooling rack makes for a MUCH cleaner brooder!!

Cute! Love the brooder set up, glad it's working out better.

 

[cmfarm]

So where do you post the # of chicks that hatched?