BYC's 2026 Valentine's Day Hatch-Along

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Dad is a black showgirl… so far zero NN babies out of 5 and only one black! Several of the eggs still waiting to hatch will be guaranteed black.

So friggin' cute

 

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I candled last night so I'm calling day 9 and 3/4s

The 4 bantam eggs from my own flock are developing. Most of the CCLs look like they quit. There are two that I can't say for sure if they quit or not, egg 3 from the first set and egg 8 from the second set. Could y'all take a look and tell me what you think?

 

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I took another look at the two questionable CCLs today and it was more obvious this morning that they'd quit.

I decided to put some of my own eggs in the incubator. I chose 24 of my largest eggs which are 56g and over. I'm assuming these are from my Jersey Giants (3 Black Pullets and 1 Blue Pullet), but they could be from my Buff Orpingtons (5 pullets).



The males that I've seen do most of the breeding are my Black Jersey Giant and my Easter Egger. If any hatch with beards or muffs we'll know who the daddy is. I also have 2 BYM bantam cockerels in the yard, but I'm not convinced they'd be able to breed the bigger pullets . . we'll see.

This has turned into a mystery hatch. Bantam eggs in the last row are at day 10. Mystery eggs are in the other 4 rows at day 0.

 

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I took another look at the two questionable CCLs today and it was more obvious this morning that they'd quit.

I decided to put some of my own eggs in the incubator. I chose 24 of my largest eggs which are 56g and over. I'm assuming these are from my Jersey Giants (3 Black Pullets and 1 Blue Pullet), but they could be from my Buff Orpingtons (5 pullets).

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The males that I've seen do most of the breeding are my Black Jersey Giant and my Easter Egger. If any hatch with beards or muffs we'll know who the daddy is. I also have 2 BYM bantam cockerels in the yard, but I'm not convinced they'd be able to breed the bigger pullets . . we'll see.

This has turned into a mystery hatch. Bantam eggs in the last row are at day 10. Mystery eggs are in the other 4 rows at day 0.

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So fun!!! Did you report back to the CCL breeder?