FEB HATCH-ALONG THREAD ...COME JOIN US.... EVERYONE!

[jbarrett]

Well guys I had 4 more hatch and a QUAIL my first ever and there are 3 more pipping now (quail) and 6 chickens pipping!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This by far is the best hatch I have ever had!

First 3


The newest 4


And here is the quail chick!

 

[Maah]

My choc orp chicks that hatched last night is doing great! Toddling all around the bator. #2 is still hanging in there, but instead of doing a 'zip' it's just made kind of a big hole. I see the beak poking out, breathing ok, but has not made further progress since last night. Seems to be content to just hang out in the shell???
#3 however is moving right along with her zip- so we'll see

No pictures yet?

 

[Maah]

Well... I'm back for my updates and chickie-doodle fix. Love all the pictures.

My teenage son had his last bowling meet this morning. They took 2013 season champions! Going to regional next weekend! Ok, proud momma...

On to the "momma hen" part of me. I am going to be IN TROUBLE! DH, the kids, & I just stopped at our local farm store & found out they're getting their chicks in on Wednesday!!! EEK! DH says we should limit it to only 4 new ones... but I already have 6 picked out in my head and I haven't even seen them yet! I have a Lt. Brahma rooster but no lt.brahma hens! So I have 2 light brahma pullets on my mental list, 1 isa brown, 1 leghorn, 1 americauna, and 1 amber link. The amber link are new for them this year, so I figured I would try them. We'll be retiring our isa brown and leghorn this fall, and they're really good egg layers, so I wanted to replace them. How can I limit this down to only 4 chicks? I don't think it's possible! Anybody see a way? No, I couldn't find one either. LOL.

Good thing DH doesn't know my spring hatching plan yet or he'd never cave on the 6 chicks. I'd love to get some eggs from a few select BYC members. I'd like BCM eggs, and really good white silkie eggs (to increase the beauty and bloodline of the silkies we already have).

DH did agree to hatch out some duck eggs already though... Yahoo. Not sure where we're going to put ducks yet. ...or the turkeys, or the meat chickens... or the... ...you get the idea.

 

[Nicky-the-witch]

Here is our little "flock"! Momma Nell (Australorp x) 4 light sussex chickies and Aunty Penelope (hi line) We will be keeping one of the female chicks - hoping one is female!
I decided to remove the final un-hatched egg today - no sound, no pips, nothing.
Next time Nell gets broody we hope to find some Araucana/Easter Egger eggs locally here in Adelaide - otherwise we will have some shipped in from interstate.
What a wonderful experience this has been. Thank you everyone for sharing your hatches.
Congratulations to all the new peeps out there and my thoughts are with those who have lost little ones in and out of their eggs x

 

[Roxannemc]

Oh how pretty they are!

Oh thanks!!! but the more formal portriats make then look way better.

 

[Roxannemc]

Well guys I had 4 more hatch and a QUAIL my first ever and there are 3 more pipping now (quail) and 6 chickens pipping!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This by far is the best hatch I have ever had!

First 3


The newest 4


And here is the quail chick!

WONDERFUL!!! That quaill...ohhh how cute. so tiny!!!.

 

[Roxannemc]

Houston we have pipping, and maybe some zipping soon to come.


This is one of 7 pipped. Have 11 BCM's and 11 White Marans in two bators. One of the bators is an LG, which I hate, but lo and behold, I hear chirping coming from behind that shell!

Yeah you did good in a LG!!! COME ON CHICKIES!!!! WHOOHOO

 

[Roxannemc]

YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

#2 is ZIPPING RIGHT THIS SECOND AND #3 HAS PIPPED OMG I'M GONNA HAVE 3 FLUFF BUTTS

I can hardly believe how amazing this is!!! In fact I am so encouraged I am ordering more EGGS

thats allit takes a good hatch ..and the mouse is clicking away on PP Swap and Ebay!!Bught some more todsay myself why i have NO IDEA

 

[Roxannemc]

I have heard the smaller eggs don't adjust to heat the same as the bigger eggs. I have I think 4 out Of 12 of my sizzle eggs developing.

GREAT!!! Sizzles!!

 

[Roxannemc]

Baby White Marans! They're camo'ed against the bedding! There are actually 5 in the brooder, and others are pipped (at least 6 if memory serves me right). Got BCM's too, but they're slower to zip.

This is so COOL! THEY ARE CAMO-ed!!! Congrats onthe fuzzys !!