Jan./Feb. 2014 hatch a long

[gimmie birdies]

day 3, I have these eggs from a friend,

and these eggs from a health food store-
both are showing signs. I will count my eggs after the unfertile clears are removed. Sunday,

I have 3 incubators going.

 

[dfreas]

Just joining this thread. I have 17 eggs in my incubator that are a cross between my red star hens:


And my Barred Rock Roo:




I figure if I'm really lucky maybe I'll get some barred chickens with orange undertones. Due date is 1/25. I just candled yesterday and 15 of the 17 showed some signs of development, with the last two being too dark to tell.

Hatch a long thread is a great idea - I'm happy to be joining this one on my first hatch!

 

[Ashdoes]

Just found this thread! We are on day 3 of our very first hatch, in our very first incubator. 7 Silkie eggs, and 8 cream legbar crossed with sex link or Cochin eggs. Very excited. We wanted to do a test batch before we start just Cream eggs.

 

[chicken pickin]

Just found this thread! We are on day 3 of our very first hatch, in our very first incubator. 7 Silkie eggs, and 8 cream legbar crossed with sex link or Cochin eggs. Very excited. We wanted to do a test batch before we start just Cream eggs.

What color Cochin?

 

[fosterson]

I figure if I'm really lucky maybe I'll get some barred chickens with orange undertones. Due date is 1/25. I just candled yesterday and 15 of the 17 showed some signs of development, with the last two being too dark to tell.

Hatch a long thread is a great idea - I'm happy to be joining this one on my first hatch!

You'll probably only get black barred out of this cross, but if you get a likely rooster out of those barred ones and cross them back to the Red Stars, you'll start getting some red with black tails barred

 

[JDchicks]

Just found this thread! We are on day 3 of our very first hatch, in our very first incubator. 7 Silkie eggs, and 8 cream legbar crossed with sex link or Cochin eggs. Very excited. We wanted to do a test batch before we start just Cream eggs.

Welcome!

What type of incubator are you using? Are these eggs from your own flock?

 

[dfreas]

You'll probably only get black barred out of this cross, but if you get a likely rooster out of those barred ones and cross them back to the Red Stars, you'll start getting some red with black tails barred

Cool! My main reason for having a barred rooster was so that it would be really easy to tell my original layers from the new chickens. Sounds like it will be pretty easy to keep them straight!

 

[JDchicks]

Just joining this thread. I have 17 eggs in my incubator that are a cross between my red star hens:


And my Barred Rock Roo:




I figure if I'm really lucky maybe I'll get some barred chickens with orange undertones. Due date is 1/25. I just candled yesterday and 15 of the 17 showed some signs of development, with the last two being too dark to tell.

Hatch a long thread is a great idea - I'm happy to be joining this one on my first hatch!

Welcome, glad you joined us! Mine are due on the 27th, so I will be very active on here that weekend.

 

[Ashdoes]

What color Cochin?

A blue and a black.

Welcome!

What type of incubator are you using? Are these eggs from your own flock?

The hova-bator 1588. It has actually been incredible easy, just like everyone said. I open it once a day to add more water, and the rest of the time it's on it's own.
Yeah, the eggs are from our flock. We have a splash Silkie hen, and a blue Roo.

Quick question, is day one the set day, or the next day? That's a little confusing to me.

 

[fosterson]

A blue and a black.
The hova-bator 1588. It has actually been incredible easy, just like everyone said. I open it once a day to add more water, and the rest of the time it's on it's own.
Yeah, the eggs are from our flock. We have a splash Silkie hen, and a blue Roo.

Quick question, is day one the set day, or the next day? That's a little confusing to me.

The set day is Day 0.