BYC's 13th Annual New Year's Day Hatch-Along - 2022

[Chookwagn]

I have saved up a large pile of eggs for this hatch along. .. now I'm not going to be able to fit them all in....

Eggs available to set
Leghorn (blue black and cuckoo colours)
Cochin bantams (blue, blue mottled)
Cochin bantams (cuckoo)
Old English Game


What to set.... is the question

Anyone want some eggs to set?

 

[ronott1]

I had a broody hen sitting on non-fertile eggs for almost a month and I finally put a couple newly hatched chicks under her. I think they are about a month old now. All the rest were molting at the same time. After about 3 weeks of no eggs, I finally got one every other day or so. Then yesterday after a few days of not checking, I apparently have a new layer because the 3 eggs that were in there were darker than previous eggs. The problem is that we had a couple nights below freezing. I may still set them Saturday and any that come by then. So I may be in this after all.
I had not planned on joining this HAL because I wanted to dismantle, clean and refurbish all my incubators this winter before I set again. I don't think I can get that done by Saturday. My best friend I've ever had in my life died last week. She has no family here so virtually everything that has to be done has fallen on me from placing her animals to identifying the body.

I am so sorry that you lost her!

 

[ronott1]

Can I join this hatch with Coturnix Quail eggs? my first incubation AND my first try with quail! set them on December 14th to join?
(I am located in MD- if anyone knows a great place to get some different colored quail eggs please let me know! looking for pearl, tuxedo, english white, etc... basically anything but brown wild.)

Update: ordered my eggs! (myshire farm)

Yes! coturnix quail are fun to hatch.

 

[ronott1]

Anyone want some eggs to set?View attachment 2923331View attachment 2923330

Nice!
Where are you located?

 

[Chookwagn]

Nice!
Where are you located?

Lol a long one way away from most of you peeps.

New Zealand

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I am so sorry that you lost her!

Thank you. You might remember me referring to her as my coop fairy.

 

[ronott1]

Thank you. You might remember me referring to her as my coop fairy.

I do remember you posting about your Friend.

She was a good friend too

 

[ronott1]

Lol a long one way away from most of you peeps.

New Zealand

Along with customs rules....

 

[BlueBaby]

I just finished candling the 11 duck egg's, and removed 2 of them because there wasn't anything going on with them. The other 9 egg's were looking good though.

 

[gimmie birdies]

My chick for Dec. 9 all hatched, (NN,blue copper maran)
my eggs for Dec 21 are in incubator

(2 NN, 4 bluebell egger, 2 light bantam, and 3 blue copper maran.)

My below eggs are for the New Years set....
(I have all colors of eggs, but I have not set LO yet, so I am only doing LO, and few more bantams (B) and Bluebell eggers. I may set more today IF I get something I don't have yet, but these will be the number unless I say something.

I don't want to over work my turner. I put in less than will fit.