4th Annual BYC NYD Hatch-a-long

[missydcpc]

One of the great ladies on the PA thread is loaning me an incubator...so I'm in!

 

[SilkieSensation]

To mrheinz77 Good Luck at the show!

mstricer- so have you had chicks hatch from pullet eggs? I'm trying to teach my kids, and I can't find any info on this! Thanks!

I hatched eggs from 2 of my pullets laid their very first week of laying. My best hatchers were actually those 2 pullets' eggs.

 

[mzstre]

One of the great ladies on the PA thread is loaning me an incubator...so I'm in!

Congrats & welcome to the countdown!

 

[Coffeemama7]

Thanks
I have hatched pullet eggs but the chicks don't seem to thrive as well as they do from eggs after the girls have been laying 4-6 weeks.

Good to know, my kids want to try all kinds of eggs, they even want to ask the neighbor for a grocery store egg, since I refuse to buy a dozen for one egg! (wouldn't eat the rest! I have real eggs! hahaha)

Dadsdeercamp: We will pray for divine guidance for all those who will help you through the surgery. Rest and recover, keep pain under control, so that your body can concentrate on healing!
Recover quickly, so you can go out and get that buck!

 

[mrheinz77]

Good to know, my kids want to try all kinds of eggs, they even want to ask the neighbor for a grocery store egg, since I refuse to buy a dozen for one egg! (wouldn't eat the rest! I have real eggs! hahaha)

If you have a Trader Joe's near you, their eggs are fertile. Debs_Flock hatched several of their eggs last year.

 

[crissycriss]

Yeah cant wait!! Im gonna just hatch my barnyard mixes.Got my bators disinfected and ready to go.

 

[aoxa]

Two important notes:

1.  The member list can be seen here.  I am only able to update it every couple of days due to having access to my computer and trying to get ready for my first poultry show.

2.  We are setting chicken eggs [COLOR=FF0000]Dec 11[/COLOR] at [COLOR=FF0000]noon[/COLOR] local time, not Dec 10.  If you are not home at noon, you will set as close to noon as you can (but not before)

If I set at noon on Dec 11th, my chicks will not hatch early on the first. I've only once had chicks hatch any earlier than the date and time I've set them. So my chicks would start hatching at noon on the 1st of January.

 

[delisha]

Quote:

Thats a ton of eggs

 

[cluckitall]

New incubator all set up! This one has a capacity of 40 eggs, all upright in cartons for easy turning. My little 'bator can hold about 18 -- I'm saving it for a hatcher since I think I have some eggs arriving early. WHEE!!! And dang -- I JUST got all the chicken dust out of the kitchen, and swore no more baby chicks inside! Yeah, like THAT was gonna happen...

 

[delisha]

Quote: I have heard if you put your thermometer 1/2 degree warmer you might get an early one. I would not know personally.