August Hatch-A-Long

[john_wrightson2003]

My August hatch are just Naked Necks (1/4 Red Ranger) and Seramas. I had others but due to mistakes they were not fertile.
The eggs i am saving for September are various sex links from my Barnyard Mix Sex Link flock. Production Red Rooster with barred and Columbian Hens. Its a work in progress eventually I want fully barred Mutts, Columbia patterned Mutts with a Red Mutt Rooster. I am saving eggs from my production Leghorn flock, the Rooster is a California Grey or Production Black and the females are Production Blacks or California Grey and white leghorns. Also saving Seramas, Naked Necks, and Ayam Cemani. Not sure if I will be hatching all of those or just some of them. It depends on what I feel I could use more of or sell easily.

Wow, sounds awesome! Sounds like you have a large flock!

 

[Compost King]

I have about 200 chickens but most are chicks or Juvenile birds, I sell them when they reach Point of Lay or as chicks.

 

[jolenesdad]

Wow, sounds awesome! Sounds like you have a large flock!

In the June hatch a long @Compost King did some walk through a of his setup and it’s pretty amazing. I bookmarked some of it with his broody boxes, but there’s another post, it may have been in the June/July with his brooders and integration pens.

I bookmarked the post from the broody boxes here.

Broody box

Also, those BLR Wyandotte’s are GORGEOUS but all my (hatchery) Wyandotte’s have been total witches, so I haven’t wanted to add any. Also, a Wyandotte is the only bird I’ve lost to heat... but I was pretty inexperienced. I’m actually taking care of my sisters chicks right now while they are out of town and she has a 10 week BLRW and she is the sweetest.

 

[Compost King]

The wood I used for the broody box would be expensive if you bought it at a lumber yard, those are 2x6's and I had 2 pallets of them around 30 inches long, each pallet had a different length but it was around 30 inches, these were cut off pieces from a huge construction project and Lowes was selling the pallets for $5. My van could only carry 2 or I would have bought all of them.

 

[john_wrightson2003]

I have about 200 chickens but most are chicks or Juvenile birds, I sell them when they reach Point of Lay or as chicks.

Oh yea, definitely a large flock! Lol

 

[john_wrightson2003]

Also, those BLR Wyandotte’s are GORGEOUS but all my (hatchery) Wyandotte’s have been total witches, so I haven’t wanted to add any. Also, a Wyandotte is the only bird I’ve lost to heat... but I was pretty inexperienced. I’m actually taking care of my sisters chicks right now while they are out of town and she has a 10 week BLRW and she is the sweetest.

Yes, ive never had a MEAN wyandotte, but they aren't the timidest birds I've ever kept. But the blue laced i have right now is pretty timid.

 

[Kris5902]

2/3 isn’t bad... I’ve been trying to upload pics of my eggs for hours... here is what worked:

Normally I would’ve cleaned some of the eggs up a bit better, but he wanted them hatched as is. On the eggs I set for us I have date (or approximate date in the ones I bought from the guy with my Barnvelder boy) sire, a tracking number for notes, and any notes like if I had to wipe the egg a bit to clean it etc. in the case of the Barnvelder boy’s eggs I have degree of dirtiness indicated as well. When I asked for “unwashed and non refrigerated” I should have also specified the cleanest ones you can set aside...

I have 9 more eggs of mine in the bottom pictured incubator, so they are pretty equally full. Temperature has been between 98.9 and 99.5 and humidity is holding fairly steady at 48-52%. I haven’t added any water to the incubator because our humidity is naturally quite high where I’m hatching. (During my last hatch opening the ‘bator would actually spike the humidity and drop the temperature!)

Candling will be in about 3 hours so fingers crossed for good results! I’ll try to upload the pics from that right away with the WiFi at the farm proper.

 

[Kris5902]

Exciting!!!! Glad you’re back!

Just doing my chores today and got this photo of my Easter hatch a long baby, this Opal legbar. She is my FAVORITE young pullet I’ve ever had!

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Wow! I’m not sure what’s more awesome, that sweet little chicken with her adorable poof* (edit b/c poop isn’t adorable!) perched on your are all content... or that grass and nice fencing in the background! JK, of course it’s the chicken

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

2/3 isn’t bad... I’ve been trying to upload pics of my eggs for hours... here is what worked:View attachment 1868063

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Normally I would’ve cleaned some of the eggs up a bit better, but he wanted them hatched as is. On the eggs I set for us I have date (or approximate date in the ones I bought from the guy with my Barnvelder boy) sire, a tracking number for notes, and any notes like if I had to wipe the egg a bit to clean it etc. in the case of the Barnvelder boy’s eggs I have degree of dirtiness indicated as well. When I asked for “unwashed and non refrigerated” I should have also specified the cleanest ones you can set aside...

I have 9 more eggs of mine in the bottom pictured incubator, so they are pretty equally full. Temperature has been between 98.9 and 99.5 and humidity is holding fairly steady at 48-52%. I haven’t added any water to the incubator because our humidity is naturally quite high where I’m hatching. (During my last hatch opening the ‘bator would actually spike the humidity and drop the temperature!)

Candling will be in about 3 hours so fingers crossed for good results! I’ll try to upload the pics from that right away with the WiFi at the farm proper.

Yeah, looks like a great variety of breeds! BV is ...???

 

[two j farm]

Don't think I will be hatching any this month, but I will follow a long to see all the babies.

Never know when a hen may sit around here lol. Up to 58 chicks and duckling now I really need to stop.