First Home Eggs Adopt-an-Egg Hatch a Long!

[Nero70002]

How are you going to tell that many apart when they hatch? And are they all EE mixes?

 

[Iluveggers]

How are you going to tell that many apart when they hatch? And are they all EE mixes?

I have them divided into 4 sections by egg color. Blues/lights in one, darks/chocolates in another, and two sections of tan/light brown eggs. They are all labeled. I have 4 roosters (3 Easter Eggers and a submissive Orpington), so most of the eggs will carry a blue or green hue. It will be a box of chocolates! Hoping for lots of variety of chick color as we have about 25 different breeds/colors females with 3 different colored males (legbar/cuckoo Maran mix roo, 2 twin EE roos that are mainly grey/blue and red, and a buff roo.)

 

[Iluveggers]

I’m thinking of leg banding as I take them out, just so I know which color egg they came out of. Wont necessarily know which chick came out of which egg if more than one from each section hatches at night or Monday during the day, but I’ll be home Saturday (day 20) & Sunday (day 21) so hopefully I’ll get to see some of them come out!

 

[Nero70002]

I hope my “baby” (1,5) has chubby cheeks! Can’t wait for the adorable babies!

 

[Iluveggers]

Here they are all snuggled up and getting in position!

 

[Nero70002]

Sorry for all the questions, but what are your plans for them when they grow older? Like culling, selling, keeping, etc.

 

[Iluveggers]

Sorry for all the questions, but what are your plans for them when they grow older? Like culling, selling, keeping, etc.

I actually hatched this group to test the fertility of our farm’s eggs, so we could ethically sell them to neighbors. I have 4 interested parties, so the first two are taking what hatches. Now I’m doing another hatch next month for the people who answered too late to get this batch! . I just love the little chicks, and would hatch year-round if I had enough homes for them! We are at our limit on roosters, so won’t add any hatched roos until a couple of these guys move on. They were 4 I hatched last year, along with 2 legbar pullets and 1 Orpington pullet.

 

[junior67]

Yes please!

Woohoo glad someone claimed it!!!

 

[Iluveggers]

I did a quick candle to see if there are any internal pips (so much faster when the eggs are in lockdown). I see beaks trying to poke through to the air cell in Barn 1, eggs 7, 9, 11 & 13 already!

 

[junior67]

I did a quick candle to see if there are any internal pips (so much faster when the eggs are in lockdown). I see beaks trying to poke through to the air cell in Barn 1, eggs 7, 9, 11 & 13 already!

WOOHOO Go babies go!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to hear about peeping and pips!!!!!!!!!!