Jan./Feb. 2014 hatch a long

[DeannaA]

I have some of my own eggs due tomorrow and I heard them cheeping and one has pipped.

What are they? I am always curious, especially the ones in countries other than the US.

 

[Cynthia12]

Coming over here..looks to be a few more folks than on the Jan. alone month. Not sure I will be hatching in Feb..want to do the Easter Hatch A Long..it's a hoot! So, will wait after this hatch until then to do more.
In the meantime, I just set some EE's last night, have some Rhodebars coming, and some Buff Orpingtons. Should get the two latter tomorrow. Hopefully they did ok in the long shipping. I'm sure they are sitting at a sorting facility two towns over.

 

[joelharris]

They are just my own crosses, couldn't wait until I got my breeding pen sorted out Lol

, to set eggs, also I Had a Fox took all my Buff Orps and 1 RIR Hen and 3 Light Sussex hens so I set some of their eggs the next day to get some chicks off them. The parents are any out of, Buff Orpingtons Hens and Cockerel, RIRs Hens and Cockerels and light sussex hens.

 

[Whoops]

Uh, Oh, I am addicted. I had my first hatch at NYD, and now somehow there are eggs in the incubator again. Wonder how that happened?

My first hatch did not go as well as I had hoped - I only got one chick hatched out of 7 eggs, and I want to work on some theories as to why. I know they were shipped eggs, shipped during an arctic blast here, and it was my first time hatching, brand new 'bator, etc. To be honest, I am surprised and thrilled that I got one to hatch!

The one chick that hatched, hatched early-ish, especially for the breed. I suspected the 'bator was running a smidge too warm. The new hygrometer is bearing that out, so I am trying running it a degree and a half cooler. Also, it looks the humidity was higher than I thought. The eggs were not delayed in the mail this time, and it wasn't an arctic freeze. So far, it seems there is more luck on my side for this hatch.

George says "Hi" to anyone from the NYD hatch-a-long.

 

[SouthernCalBeachChick]

I have 4 blue/ splash English Orpingtons on lockdown. Due tomorrow. One is pipped & I hear peeping! I have 8 BlueMarans in my other incubator, due on the 13th. SO excited!

 

[StewedMammal]

I have 36 eggs due January 15th. Candled all a few days ago, and all 36 have growing chicks inside!

 

[JDchicks]

Hello, just finished the NYD Hatch-a-Long. But I am wanting to calibrate my 2nd incubator.

Set a batch last night. Brahmas, Silkie/Showgirls, 1 white egg (surprise cause I don't have any chickens that lay white) and 2 smaller eggs. Told my son that I was looking for Phoenix eggs to hatch, he found 2 but I think they may be from my d'Uccle.

Looking at starting a 2nd batch toward the end of this month also. My hubby is going to help make a homemade incubator. And I need tested and ready for the Easter Hatch-a-Long.

 

[JDchicks]

I have 36 eggs due January 15th. Candled all a few days ago, and all 36 have growing chicks inside!

That is awesome, what are you hatching?

 

[StewedMammal]

That is awesome, what are you hatching?

Just some eggs from my flock. Both roos are hybrids so all chicks will be hybrids.

 

[JDchicks]

Just some eggs from my flock. Both roos are hybrids so all chicks will be hybrids.

Surprises! Love surprises.