April 2023 Hatch-A-Long

[junior67]

I set 30 eggs yesterday. Bring on the babies! some of the eggs are from a guy that I hatch for (they are his eggs that he drops off to me) and the air cells already looked pretty big so maybe a bit older????? so guess we see.

 

[BarnyardChaos]

Day 5 already. I candled 42 eggs (3 were spares), and found 3 clears. Spares made up for it! I am concerned about one, which when I held it small end up and put the flashlight to the big end, I swear I saw a bubble float up from the air cell to the top. This one also has a very small air cell. Never seen a bubble float up before. Is that normal???

 

[kurby22]

I’m in the Easter HAL too, but it’s also fun to be on with everyone!
I set 20 eggs on 3/16 and another 15 on 3/17.

I’m really excited about this batch because they are breeds and colors I’ve been working to find for awhile.

6 eggs are bantam EEs from a self blue bantam Ameraucana rooster over self blue cuckoo d’Anver hens.
4 eggs are black or white Watermaals
2 eggs are d’Uccles
2 eggs are gold laced satins covered by a confetti roooster
21 bantam Ameraucanas in various colors (blue, black, cuckoo, wheaten, and self blue )

 

[lilwanderer]

Hello all! I was just fixing to make a mid/late April hatch-a-long and double checked to see if there was one already, turns out there was!
Now, assuming broody hens count, I have 6 eggs due on April 8th (technically April 9th), and 9 due on April 11th.
One of my broody's is a BO, she has the 6 eggs, Two are SF's, one has 4, the other has 5.
Now, breeds:
The BO has 4 greens eggs and 2 brown. The 4 greens eggs are either a wyandotte roo/cuckoo maran mix hen + ee roo, a legbar hen + ee or mottled java roo, or belong to an ee hen. The two brown will be BO hen + Ee or mottled java roo.
One of the SF's with the 4, has two Wyandotte roo + Sebright/ Rir hen + Barnyard mix roo, and the other two are ee's I believe.
And lastly, the SF with 5 eggs, she has two dutch bantam mix hen/ barnyard mix roo ( possibly Ayam Cemani roo as well in there.) And 3 barnyard bantam eggs with a barnyard mix roo in them.

 

[junior67]

Hello all! I was just fixing to make a mid/late April hatch-a-long and double checked to see if there was one already, turns out there was!
Now, assuming broody hens count, I have 6 eggs due on April 8th (technically April 9th), and 9 due on April 11th.
One of my broody's is a BO, she has the 6 eggs, Two are SF's, one has 4, the other has 5.
Now, breeds:
The BO has 4 greens eggs and 2 brown. The 4 greens eggs are either a wyandotte roo/cuckoo maran mix hen + ee roo, a legbar hen + ee or mottled java roo, or belong to an ee hen. The two brown will be BO hen + Ee or mottled java roo.
One of the SF's with the 4, has two Wyandotte roo + Sebright/ Rir hen + Barnyard mix roo, and the other two are ee's I believe.
And lastly, the SF with 5 eggs, she has two dutch bantam mix hen/ barnyard mix roo ( possibly Ayam Cemani roo as well in there.) And 3 barnyard bantam eggs with a barnyard mix roo in them.

Any hatches count. My SF was such a good mom last year. Sounds like great mixes.

 

[lilwanderer]

The parents of mine:
Hens:
The Wyandotte + Sebright/Rir mix hen:

The wyandotte + cuckoo maran mix hen:

Yes indeed, the broody BO: (She has the two BO eggs under her. )

One of my ee hens, they all look the same so I'll only show one;

One of my legbars:

The bantam, unsure of breed:

The Dutch bantam mix:

Now the roo's:
Easter egger:

The barnyard roo:

And don't yet have a recent photo of the mottled java, here's a younger one though:

 

[Canadian Wind]

Okay, joining in on this one too!

Picked up 30 eggs from a different local farmer, hens are all either RIR or Barred Rock, and roos are barnyard mixes. I set them on Saturday, so as to join in on the Easter HAL too, so we'll see what we get this time!

 

[BarnyardChaos]

I’m in the Easter HAL too, but it’s also fun to be on with everyone!
I set 20 eggs on 3/16 and another 15 on 3/17.

I’m really excited about this batch because they are breeds and colors I’ve been working to find for awhile.

6 eggs are bantam EEs from a self blue bantam Ameraucana rooster over self blue cuckoo d’Anver hens.
4 eggs are black or white Watermaals
2 eggs are d’Uccles
2 eggs are gold laced satins covered by a confetti roooster
21 bantam Ameraucanas in various colors (blue, black, cuckoo, wheaten, and self blue )

What a colorful bunch!

 

[BarnyardChaos]

Hello all! I was just fixing to make a mid/late April hatch-a-long and double checked to see if there was one already, turns out there was!
Now, assuming broody hens count, I have 6 eggs due on April 8th (technically April 9th), and 9 due on April 11th.
One of my broody's is a BO, she has the 6 eggs, Two are SF's, one has 4, the other has 5.
Now, breeds:
The BO has 4 greens eggs and 2 brown. The 4 greens eggs are either a wyandotte roo/cuckoo maran mix hen + ee roo, a legbar hen + ee or mottled java roo, or belong to an ee hen. The two brown will be BO hen + Ee or mottled java roo.
One of the SF's with the 4, has two Wyandotte roo + Sebright/ Rir hen + Barnyard mix roo, and the other two are ee's I believe.
And lastly, the SF with 5 eggs, she has two dutch bantam mix hen/ barnyard mix roo ( possibly Ayam Cemani roo as well in there.) And 3 barnyard bantam eggs with a barnyard mix roo in them.

I'm impressed how you can tell the difference with those eggs. I'd be clueless! Glad to see you here, too!

 

[kurby22]

What a colorful bunch!

Yeah! I hope I get some of everything!