December hatch along

[Compost King]

lol a little doodoo left on the laptop. I can relate, chicks always leave me a few droppings every time I take them out of the brooder. So many shirt changes in one day lol

 

[mandelyn]

I'm just here sitting on my hands, waiting on the first pips. Perhaps tomorrow, can't remember if they're due Weds or Thursday...

@CacklingRanch ... Have you tried hatching from hen to hen to see if you have girls throwing more males? Previously I've found that to really be a thing in the bantams I was hatching a long time ago... as a flock it would level out to about 50/50, but individually some of my girls were throwing 5 of 6 as male, or even ALL male. I never got to try it with larger batches, currently the flocks are throwing mostly girls so I haven't felt compelled to go through hen by hen... though I do need to start looking for the non-layers, some of them are seeming pretty chronic with that.

 

[CacklingRanch]

I'm just here sitting on my hands, waiting on the first pips. Perhaps tomorrow, can't remember if they're due Weds or Thursday...

@CacklingRanch ... Have you tried hatching from hen to hen to see if you have girls throwing more males? Previously I've found that to really be a thing in the bantams I was hatching a long time ago... as a flock it would level out to about 50/50, but individually some of my girls were throwing 5 of 6 as male, or even ALL male. I never got to try it with larger batches, currently the flocks are throwing mostly girls so I haven't felt compelled to go through hen by hen... though I do need to start looking for the non-layers, some of them are seeming pretty chronic with that.

Jostin is covering a breeding pen of 10 hens. Of which 6 are laying.

The few eggs I’ve set from their pen have all been male.

Typically there’s a lot of factors in deciding gender. So far though, it’s definitely him throwing the cockerels.

These next few hatches will tell me more.

I don’t mind a BA cock that throws cockerels, especially one as nice as him. I have one that throws pullets. Lots of them. I can pair the two lines up nicely next year if I decide to.

 

[muddy75]

Lockdown complete! final candling looks good! Fingers crossed for 8/8 hatch!

 

[Mosey2003]

You guys are a terrible influence. I candled again last night when I added water and pulled the clears. 5 clear, 9 developing well. Can't say I'm surprised, with the weather we had as I collected them, 9 is actually a bit better than I expected.

 

[Matieus27]

You guys are a terrible influence. I candled again last night when I added water and pulled the clears. 5 clear, 9 developing well. Can't say I'm surprised, with the weather we had as I collected them, 9 is actually a bit better than I expected.

I can't say a whole lot there have been on multiple occasions where i candle everyday and sometimes multiple times a day i know crazy right

 

[Mosey2003]

I can't say a whole lot there have been on multiple occasions where i candle everyday and sometimes multiple times a day i know crazy right

I never let myself do that. I just find the risk of extra light on them and extra time with the incubator open isn't worth fulfilling my curiosity. Except for this time :sigh:

 

[Compost King]

I was a Chronic Candler until I dropped one. Now I assign my candling days.

 

[BlueBaby]

Today I just stuck 5 of the eggs from my CCLB/Australorp mix hen's with Charley my NN roo over them in the incubator. They should hatch on Jan. 8th.

 

[Compost King]

Today I just stuck 5 of the eggs from my CCLB/Australorp mix hen's with Charley my NN roo over them in the incubator. They should hatch on Jan. 8th.

we will be hatching on the same day then.