April 2024 hatch-a-long

[Silkiebegins]

Put 16 Swedish Flower eggs in lockdown, a couple of the air cells are drawn down and they look ready to go. 2 more days till hatch!

How exciting!

 

[Honora]

2 pips now, can’t wait for babies!

 

[Honora]

8 chicks out so far and most of them seem to be black. Definitely not the color of Swedish Flower hen chicks! I guess my in-laws were wrong when they told me this rooster was hatched from my eggs last year Oh well, they are cute little barnyard mixes I guess! I will post pics when they are in the brooder.

Guess I will be looking for hatching eggs from someone else next time!

 

[Silkiebegins]

3 out of 7 of my egg are still developing. I don't know why they all keep getting blood rings.

 

[Honora]

3 out of 7 of my egg are still developing. I don't know why they all keep getting blood rings.

Fingers crossed for the 3 eggs to hatch

 

[Honora]

Well here are some pics of the chicks that turned out to be mixed breed. I have 14 now, no internal pips on the 2 remaining eggs in the bator so I think my hatch is done.

 

[fuzzi]

What a way to end April...three weeks old and Martha's got them on the roost...5' above the ground!

 

[Silkiebegins]

Fingers crossed for the 3 eggs to hatch

One of them that I thought was dead turned out to be alive and is making it's way to the air cell!

 

[Silkiebegins]

Hey, should I make a little hole for my day 20 egg. It hasn't pipped at all but has moved towards the air cell.

 

[Silkiebegins]

Guess what! My new actually real incubator came in!