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

[ronott1]

Time to set chicken eggs!

 

[Pensmaster]

Boo! Mine aren’t either but I ordered eggs last week and in they go! I mean, I couldn’t help it lol

One of my pullets are actively checking the nest boxes out this morning course eggs will be too small to set yet but progress in the right direction

 

[ronott1]

One of my pullets are actively checking the nest boxes out this morning course eggs will be too small to set yet but progress in the right direction

That is good news!

 

[HappyHealthyHen]

Nice bunch of eggs. Good luck on the hatch.
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41 total eggs. A few have a Rhode Island Red rooster father, and ISA Brown mother, 15 Brahma, 8 Leghorns, and the rest are unknown.

 

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

Fyi Chickaletta went broody a week ago so not in the NYE hatch this time!

 

[gimmie birdies]

I set 14 eggs yesterday.

Today one hen is acting egg lay-ish that gave up the broody. I didn't hatch any of hers yet. I will have to wait and see if I can catch one of her eggs. I don't have any other plans but one day off would not hurt.
Below is the hen a Ayam cemani/california white mix...the egg is a gray. Rooster on her is a blue feathered EE. They will produce an egg more grey/green, when the off spring hatches.

She has been more broody than a layer-grr, darn AC, but if I can catch one....

 

[AUChickenGal]

I set 9 eggs. The 6 green ones are from my Ameraucana/Rock pullet, and the 3 brown ones are, I believe, from my Lemon Cuckoo Niederrheiner pullet. My cockerel is an Ameraucana/Olive Egger cross. Looking forward to some pretty Easter Egger chicks in a few weeks! The father of both my cockerel and the Rock cross pullet was a recessive white Amerauaca from a Wheaten/Blue Wheaten flock, so I’m expecting a mix of black, wheaten, and white chicks from this batch of eggs. Possibly some red/buff chicks, too, though that is less likely. The chicks from the LCN will be sexlinks, technically, but I’m not sure the head spots will be visible, depending on the color of their down.

 

[Pensmaster]

That is good news!

She laid an egg but not in nest boxes yet. I’ll put her egg in one and see what comes.

 

[gimmie birdies]

My AC mix did lay, I am going to wait and see if there are any other eggs I want to add to the NY hatch along. So far total is 15 then since I am adding this egg.

below is the same egg with others just to see the colors...2nd from the top left.

 

[ronott1]

Best wishes for a good hatch to all that have set so far!