April 2022 hatch-a-long (non-Easter, and Easter welcome)

[Fatimetta]

I loooove those Naked Necks soo much! I had one NN hen in my previous flock and half of the eggs I hatched that summer were little naked neck babies! I must have grabbed her eggs often without knowing.

I set 7 eggs last Thursday that should hatch April 21st! 4 of them are Polish and the other 3 are Silkies!

 

[Fatimetta]

Those NN are so funny! How would they do in a cold climate? I’m in Canada, we get some pretty low temps. Also curious about the rope in your incubator?

I'm in Minnesota and mine did just fine!

 

[gimmie birdies]

Second barred rock hatched, waiting on 7 more eggs.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Third Barred rock

 

[MGG]

Did any of your double eggs hatch/die yet, @gimmie birdies ?
Your babies are adorable!!!

 

[gimmie birdies]

I started with a doz. barred rock eggs, some were not fertile, The 6 barred rock doubles died, I did open them up. Super gross. Some eggs quit before day 10, some lived longer, but died before day 17. The lady who sold them said they would probably be doubled, and I knew they probably would not hatch. So I have these 3...

and these came on Friday-Sat. They are in a separate incubator.

waiting on 6 more eggs.

 

[JoJoM]

I'm so weak! Candled day 5 shipped eggs and it looks like 15/18 are fertile, so I'm pretty happy about that. I'll do it again in another few days.

I can hear my little duckling peeping away so I'm hoping to see an external pip tomorrow morning. Got the brooder all set up, just have to run to the feed store in the morning and get some chick starter and maybe a new dish! I haven't had goslings before, but have heard they aren't nearly as messy as ducklings. I really hope that's true.

 

[MGG]

I'm so weak! Candled day 5 shipped eggs and it looks like 15/18 are fertile, so I'm pretty happy about that. I'll do it again in another few days.

I can hear my little duckling peeping away so I'm hoping to see an external pip tomorrow morning. Got the brooder all set up, just have to run to the feed store in the morning and get some chick starter and maybe a new dish! I haven't had goslings before, but have heard they aren't nearly as messy as ducklings. I really hope that's true.

Not true, lol. They're just as messy.

 

[JoJoM]

Not true, lol. They're just as messy.

Ugh, great!

 

[Bananer86]

I had a terrible hatch rate this time. Almost as bad as my very first hatch. 9 out of 34 4 were quitters & 21 were non-starters or not fertilized

The 9 we were blessed with are adorable though. I’ll try to get better photos tomorrow.

my Easter hatch does better. We candled those Saturday & had 2 that weren’t fertilized. They were from our newest layer so I didn’t have too much hope for them. We have 10 left, all we’re moving & had good veining. they continue this way. I’m finally trying some fresh local eggs mixed with a few of ours so hopefully we’ll have a better hatch rate this time.