Alaska hatchers..How is everyone doing? Baby pics !!!!!!

[PoultryPeeps]

Congrats to everyone on your beautiful hatches! I HAVE CHICKS!!!! We went to Fairbanks for the weekend and when we came back I had 4 chicks under my Partridge Cochin broody and 3 chicks under my SLW broodie!! I am so happy and excited! More eggs to go under both of them, so this is just a peek!

 

[Ban seabhag]

Beautiful!

 

[PandoraTaylor]

17 in the brooder now, # 18 had a bit of yolk yet & #19 is still 1/2 in the shell, 4 still to go!

In the Brooder we have the following:



Pure Brahma
Light Brahma x Barred Rocks
Light Brahma x Black Sex Link
Light Brahma x NHR

 

[PandoraTaylor]

Update: 19 Hatched 4 eggs doing nothing yet to go!

there is 17 in the Brooder in the First Pic.

Now there is 18 in the brooder

# 19 is in the incubator drying as it had to have a bath to remove stuck on shell pieces.
So once it fluffs we will get it moved to the brooder.

Results of this clutch are:

27 eggs set 2/14/2010
2 infertile on Day 10 (removed day 14)
2 early quitters removed Day 18
19 hatched on the 5th (due the 7th)

4 eggs left in the incubator (doing nothing yet).
we will give them another 2 days, to do something before we remove them.

Fertility 92.59%
Hatchability 70.37%

this is one Rooster over 33 hens.

hatch rates are improving (with my experience level)
Set # 1 0 chicks/6 eggs
Set #2 4 chicks/9 eggs 4 Light Brahma x Barred Rocks Feb 1 & 2
Set #3 4 chicks/7 eggs 2 Pure Light Brahma & 2 Light Brahma x EE
Set #4 19chicks/27 eggs

I will update this as I find out about the other 4 eggs in the incubator.

 

[Bantimna]

Congrats Everyone

 

[Ban seabhag]

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My friend, is a former Alaskan by way of South Africa. So hello!

 

[MissDeb]

Hey ladies!

I have a roo that was owed back to me in a trade and thought I would see if anyone would be interested in a young (very nice) FBCM Roo? He is from GreenFire farms. I wll try my introductions
tonight but I'm afraid my roo is rather dominant.

Feel free to message me...

Deb

 

[Mrs MIA]

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Very beautiful cochin... love the partridge coloring! I also

letting them brood their own babies! They seem to be so much happier and healthier brooding with mom over a light.

 

[Mrs MIA]

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Um... hello?

 

[MissDeb]

LMAO How dumb of me.....