Anyone HATCHING?!?!? Newbie's and addicts WELCOME!!!! Hatch Calendar page 1!!!!

[silkymom1986]

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That truly is a "Christmas gift" in my opinion

X2

 

[cjexotic]

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Never use layer or scratch for chicks. Can use your chick starter. but I have found over the years that (especially for silkies and all other bantams) the gamebirds starter grower is better. I feed that to all my birds no matter what age. When you see your first egg then you add free choice oyster shell. I find my chicks stronger at hatch and all my other birds healthier. And old chicken farmer told me this a few years ago.

 

[cjexotic]

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way to go..

 

[JazminesZoo]

Well I got a 50% hatch rate on my Chukars & have sold 35 at $5 each. So I have now recouped the money I spent on all 290 eggs. YEAH!
But it looks like I just got 3 Marans out of 12 eggs from one shipper off ebay. Maybe if I am EXTREMELY lucky.... the roo & 2 hens

(My Quail have an amazing fertility rate, they just keep hatching like popcorn!

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My next eggs 14 Pure Coronation Sussex! LOCKDOWN tomorrow !

 

[demerson]

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Good luck!!! Heres so good hatch vibes for ya,

Have you candled yet?

Oooo I have not candled yet ..... tonight!

 

[chickendot]

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Never use layer or scratch for chicks. Can use your chick starter. but I have found over the years that (especially for silkies and all other bantams) the gamebirds starter grower is better. I feed that to all my birds no matter what age. When you see your first egg then you add free choice oyster shell. I find my chicks stronger at hatch and all my other birds healthier. And old chicken farmer told me this a few years ago.

Thanks everyone, still nothing to report. I'll be disappointed if we don't get anything. I'll run to the feed store to get chick starter as tomorrow is 'hatch' day.....

 

[JazminesZoo]

I think I just scored 60 turkey eggs ~ 80% all pure midget whites

& a couple narragansett, royal palm, chocolate, bourbons. for a $1 a piece delivered ! yeah

 

[silkymom1986]

I woke up to a great surprise this morning!!! I could hear it chirping in there!!!

I was about to give up on my eggs as my hatch date was Sunday, but one of my speckled sussex had pipped this morning!!!

YAY!!! I'm so excited and I soooo didn't want to come into work, hubs is home though keeping an eye on them, hopefully more with start piping! Guess they were just late bloomers,

 

[Melissa Rose]

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Yeah SilkieMom

 

[silkymom1986]

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Yeah SilkieMom

HEHE Thanks!!! I love all the support from everyone on here!!!!