Is it too late to consider hatching?

To me it is never to late to hatch. I incubate all year long.

 

I incubate till sept. I stop then cause I dont want to deal with babies or incubators during the winter, when you have to worry about loss of power etc.

 

I hatch all year.

 

plenty of people here on BYC will have those breed and egs available pretty much all year long. just put up a wanted post.

 

check BYC auction forum. There are Marans eggs for sale now. They must be better quality than the hatchery you ordered.

 

As long as you have a brooder location that works during cold weather and a back-up plan if the power goes out, there's no reason not to incubate year-round.

 

Hey, it's only May. Some of us are just getting started! In Louisiana you should have plenty of warm weather left. Go for it.

 

Sportchick, First my hat is off to you for not settling for something you did not want.
Second, not even close to to late. spring is for things like chicks hatching and last I checked it is still spring. summer is still a pretty good time for it and even fall gets it's fair share. you can make winter work but takes a bit more effort and care. but since we are the masters of all thing artificial. We can make spring time in a box any time we want. Keep on truckin and welcome to the reality of chicken keeping.