April 2020 Hatch-A-Long! All are welcome!

[FortCluck]

Their website. It's hard to resist. lol

https://highlandhomesteadchickens.com/

Hard to believe... But I can resist most of the ones I'd want anyways are sold out. I honestly will just continue with my eggs for incubating.

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

Well, Highland Homestead just put their eggs on sale soooooooo looks like I'm ordering more eggs

I haven't heard of them. I'll have to check them out. What specific breeds you are hoping to get from them?

 

[gmjarvi]

How do you order their eggs?

Visit their website, highlandhomesteadchickens.com

I've never ordered from them before, so I cant speak to the quality or packaging....yet .
Sorry it took me all day to get back to you, things have been crazy today.

Edit: looks like @CluckNDoodle had my back!

 

[gmjarvi]

I haven't heard of them. I'll have to check them out. What specific breeds you are hoping to get from them?

I'm specifically interested in their Lav. Ameraucanas, but their variety of green egg layers is tempting as well.

 

[gmjarvi]

Candled my chicken eggs due 3/31. 100% are fertilized and have movement in the egg! Gonna give my rooster a pat on the back tomorrow morning good job, fella.

 

[Akoharski4]

Hi everyone! Joining the April hatch along w/ an anticipated hatch date of 4/2. Set 18 shipped eggs (14 silkies + 4 silver laced polish) and as of today had 8 progressing, with 2 or 3 others possibly progressing. Not the numbers I was hoping for but this is my first experience with both shipped eggs and silkies! So I'm grateful and humbled by the experience so far.

Question about fertility- if the eggs are completely clear without ever developing any veining, does that indicate they're infertile? Or could it have been an issue with shipping? All eggs were in great shape with in tact air-cells on arrival.

BEST WISHES FOR ALL WHO ARE HATCHING!

 

[gmjarvi]

Hi everyone! Joining the April hatch along w/ an anticipated hatch date of 4/2. Set 18 shipped eggs (14 silkies + 4 silver laced polish) and as of today had 8 progressing, with 2 or 3 others possibly progressing. Not the numbers I was hoping for but this is my first experience with both shipped eggs and silkies! So I'm grateful and humbled by the experience so far.

Question about fertility- if the eggs are completely clear without ever developing any veining, does that indicate they're infertile? Or could it have been an issue with shipping? All eggs were in great shape with in tact air-cells on arrival.

BEST WISHES FOR ALL WHO ARE HATCHING!

Welcome! I'm not super experienced, but in my first hatch, all of the eggs that were completely clear were not fertilized. But if they were scrambled or had similar issues then they probably wouldn't have any noticeable development, either. I think if you crack them open when you remove them you should be able to tell with reasonable certainty. When I cracked my clear eggs from my first hatch, the yolk was intact but there was no development nor did I notice a blastodisc, leading me to conclude the eggs were not fertilized. If they scrambled during shipping I would think the yolk would be broken before you crack the egg, giving it the look of a scrambled egg before cooking.

@CluckNDoodle or @FortCluck may be able to give more detailed information?

Hope you get some cute babies out of your hatch!

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Hi everyone! Joining the April hatch along w/ an anticipated hatch date of 4/2. Set 18 shipped eggs (14 silkies + 4 silver laced polish) and as of today had 8 progressing, with 2 or 3 others possibly progressing. Not the numbers I was hoping for but this is my first experience with both shipped eggs and silkies! So I'm grateful and humbled by the experience so far.

Question about fertility- if the eggs are completely clear without ever developing any veining, does that indicate they're infertile? Or could it have been an issue with shipping? All eggs were in great shape with in tact air-cells on arrival.

BEST WISHES FOR ALL WHO ARE HATCHING!

Welcome! I'm not super experienced, but in my first hatch, all of the eggs that were completely clear were not fertilized. But if they were scrambled or had similar issues then they probably wouldn't have any noticeable development, either. I think if you crack them open when you remove them you should be able to tell with reasonable certainty. When I cracked my clear eggs from my first hatch, the yolk was intact but there was no development nor did I notice a blastodisc, leading me to conclude the eggs were not fertilized. If they scrambled during shipping I would think the yolk would be broken before you crack the egg, giving it the look of a scrambled egg before cooking.

@CluckNDoodle or @FortCluck may be able to give more detailed information?

Hope you get some cute babies out of your hatch!

Just as @gmjarvi mentioned already, infertile or scrambling during shipping would be the most likely reasons for a clear egg in your situation. There are other possible causes but there's really no way to confirm what the eggs went through during shipping, xrays, extreme hot or cold, etc. An older egg that was kept too long before setting can also fail to develop.

 

[gmjarvi]

Well the 35% off is just too good to pass up so I'm thinking of getting some bielefelder eggs and using them as breeders for a meat bird flock.

 

[plum14]

I have a gold laced bantam wyandotte sitting on 7 eggs. I have also collected 10 more of my own and put in my incubator. Curious to see if the cockerel has been doing his job!