February 2023 hatch-a-long

[lilwanderer]

Not sure how this works as I've never done or joined one before, also don't know if this is for incubating only. But, I have a hen and her eggs are due next week, so i figured for the rest of the time remaining, I'll join in. Specifially, they are on day 14. She has 5 eggs, and I noticed 4 out of the 5 are fertile. Then again all may be its just 1 out of the 5 is a very thick blue shelled ee egg, very hard to candle. The breeds are all barnyard i believe, an ee hen/barnyard roo, 1 faverolles hen/ee roo, 2 red sl/ee roo, and a bantam/barnyard roo. Ill update with a picture of the eggs later.

So here we are-
The eggs:

The mama (or the broody):

And the biological parents:

 

[coffeeaddict]

Ok nice. How many days to hatching are y'all?
I have 9 days to hatch

I have 13 days I think. Lol. I set mine on 1/20 at 10am. Do you guys count the clear/infertile eggs when figuring out your hatch rate?

 

[coffeeaddict]

So here we are-
The eggs:
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The mama (or the broody):
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And the biological parents:
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What beautiful parents! That broody mama hen is gorgeous!

 

[LhickenChicken]

I have 13 days I think. Lol. I set mine on 1/20 at 10am. Do you guys count the clear/infertile eggs when figuring out your hatch rate?

No. I count how many eggs are developing.

 

[LhickenChicken]

So here we are-
The eggs:
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The mama (or the broody):
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And the biological parents:
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Aww... They're all so cute! The rooster almost looks like one of my roosters.

 

[lilwanderer]

Aww... They're all so cute! The rooster almost looks like one of my roosters.

which one? the ee or the barnyard?

 

[LhickenChicken]

The last one

 

[LhickenChicken]

Here is pictures of my developing eggs

 

[LhickenChicken]

And just for kicks and giggles, a picture of my chick Robin that my silkies incubated

 

[Kikilu]

Day 3 candling - could clearly see veining on 8 eggs! Pretty excited. 2 eggs too dark to see.
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