How many chicks will you hatch in 2026?

[AinaWGSD]

With 27 from my valentines hatch I'm roughly 1/4 of the way there!

 

[ClickityChick123]

I want to hatch as many as my family will allow! Probably being zero, as we hatched three batches las year when we only expected to have one.

 

[JenniMcChick]

With 27 from my valentines hatch I'm roughly 1/4 of the way there!View attachment 4301524View attachment 4301525

So cute!
What breed are the ones in the 1st picture?

 

[AinaWGSD]

Mostly easter egger mixes. All of the chicks in that picture have at least 1 malines parent. I was taking a picture to illustrate the variety of shades blue can be (all of the blue chicks hatched out of a green egg) with a single black chick (front) for comparison.

this one shows the range of blue shades much better (though the lighter colored one looks much lighter irl)

 

[2ndTink]

And so it begins!
Have one broody. Been sitting on 9 eggs for 8 days now. I'll candle them in a couple days and see how many are viable.
She's one of the chicks from last year: Splash Orpington/Cochin cross (most likely). She's a big, beautiful girl, but my poorest layer. So if I was only going to allow one to stay broody & be allowed to sit & hatch eggs, she's the best one to let do so. I left eggs from all the others to see how they turn out, but pulled the one she laid. Made up the extra from my Production Blue as she's the best layer I have & has also yet to go broody.
So now I'm praying Cookie is able to hatch some of those eggs & that she's a good momma!

whoop whoop, its is started!

 

[2ndTink]

With 27 from my valentines hatch I'm roughly 1/4 of the way there!View attachment 4301524View attachment 4301525

They're so cute!