December 2023 hatch-a-long

[gimmie birdies]

I named them all "b" names since so many towns and counties in MT start with b.
I have 20 eggs I brought back from an early Thanksgiving in Montana, they are due on the 5th of Dec.

You don't have to name your eggs, or draw faces, I do enjoy doing this though because when they hatch, even if I cannot tell chicks apart, I can tell who hatched.

 

[gimmie birdies]

I do this with about every hatch. most of the time I only write on them after I know they are started/developed for 3 days and remove clears.
I have hatched many this year, I think success has to do with where i get eggs.
I usually get my eggs from feed store fridge. Depending on which farm they come from, some hatch better than others. I do not believe it had anything to do with ink.
I have also had eggs shipped that were marked, from farms from another state.

These hatched 17/24 once again i do not think it was the ink. probably just the shipping.

below is one of my last hatch-

Below is a pic of the ten, plus 2 older chicks that were from the batch before them, (to help raise them.) hard to get everyone in the shot.

I never set under 6 eggs, then I will always have extras, this batch that hatched out 10.
I have a halloween hatch that hatched 11, I had power out for a overnight, and the eggs were cold when found, but they still eventually hatched. Even with ink.

I have been hatching for over 30 years.

 

[AusHen]

I just fired up one of my incubators for 2 dozen eggs to go in tomorrow. In a weeks time I'll be setting another lot, however many eggs I collect worthy of incubating by then so could be 20 or 40. I dont expect all to develop though as my rooster has his favourites

 

[I Like Turkeys]

I’ll probably be setting some eggs on the 4th, so I can join in. I have 3 eggs which should hatch in a week and a half. All polish eggs, those are my only priority at the moment. Next year I’ll likely focus on bantam cochins, and also hatch eggs sired by my favorite laying flock rooster as well though. Lovely to see this thread up. I was honestly waiting for a December one to pop up, but since it’s so late in the year I wasn’t confident it’d happen.

 

[Stipenvlerk]

With it I mean the "not allowed to put ink on eggs story.. And in Dutch we say bakerpraatje. Which litterally means the things people say to a pregnant woman, which are sometimes very convincing however rarely true... like if you want to drink orange juice in the morning, you will get a girl)

Google translates this in old wives tale however I don't know if this is correct

Good luck with you all B's hatchalong

 

[gimmie birdies]

Maybe when the egg is more advanced, it may not be good.
People put nail polish on a cracked egg and they still hatch.
Back to just hatching.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

I just put 53 eggs into the incubator on Saturday. Some were shipped, some were mine.
Shipped: Bielefelders and Chocolate English Orpingtons
Mine: Marans and Buckeyes

 

[gimmie birdies]

I don't have buckeye's I love those.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

I don't have buckeye's I love those.

They are like puppies. I just love them.

 

[gimmie birdies]

12 eggs are starting day 18 lockdown. One egg was rocking this morning.