JANUARY ...OUR FIRST HATCHING OF 2013 ANYONE? come join!!

[Mr MKK FARMS]

As you can see I usually set big and hope for a least 1/2 to hatch.
I also spread my setting out so that I can get my stock rotated so that I have room to put them.

Nice, what kind of incubator do you have?

 

[PugBug]

Hi everyone! I'm pretty new to BYC. I've been reading lots of posts, learning some new things too.
I set 13 shipped eggs in the bator last night- silkies. Tonight I bought a dozen chocolate orpington bantam eggs from an auction on here. I'll be setting those when they arrive. And I have 19 lavender orpington eggs on the way. Hopefully I will have good hatches

 

[Brookhavens]

Hi everyone! I'm pretty new to BYC. I've been reading lots of posts, learning some new things too.
I set 13 shipped eggs in the bator last night- silkies. Tonight I bought a dozen chocolate orpington bantam eggs from an auction on here. I'll be setting those when they arrive. And I have 19 lavender orpington eggs on the way. Hopefully I will have good hatches

Welcome to BYC. Hatching is an addiction. I started out wanting a few egg laying chickens last July and now have over 60 chickens all under the age of 6 months...lol. There's more in the bator too.

 

[Roxannemc]

Somhow i lost ths thread until now.Good luck to everyone
Brook sounds likr you had a nice hatch and more on the way
How are your eggs doung.
I am on day 20 with bbs orps and lockdown my next batch sunday Then im out of eggs but will have a bathroom packed solid with chicks.s in 5 brooders.Not totally sure where im going with them all

 

[Brookhavens]

Somhow i lost ths thread until now.Good luck to everyone
Brook sounds likr you had a nice hatch and more on the way
How are your eggs doung.
I am on day 20 with bbs orps and lockdown my next batch sunday Then im out of eggs but will have a bathroom packed solid with chicks.s in 5 brooders.Not totally sure where im going with them all

Just put Araucana eggs in the Sportsman on Monday and the post office just called to tell me my Blue/Barred Rock eggs are in so they will go in tonight. I told myself when I unplugged my bator after the NYD hatch, that it would be turned off for a few months. Then people started offering some good eggs on the Paypal swap thread and I just had to have them. I hatched out 2 Buff Orp chicks and 4 Gold Laced Orps in my NYD hatch. I can't wait to see them when they feather out.

As for brooders I have 6 going in my spare bedroom...LOL. 2 of those will become empty by the end of this week when their coop is finished. I am trying to find someone that has a pick up truck so I can go to Lowes and get some plywood. I can fit 2x4's and PVC in my car but the plywood is too big.

 

[inthesticks]

Hey everyone!!!
I'm working on reading thru this thread & wanted to share with yall

First week of the new year was pretty rough....
We had a coyote attack & cold related losses

They happened the same day/night too. Coyotes got a muscovy duck, and 2 barred rocks. The cold got my 2 EE chicks who had just transitioned to outside living. I think the big fat scovy drake pushed them out of the coop since the door was all messed up & they passed a &way under the coop, in a nesting barrel - those 2 lil ones were like my little parrots & enjoyed coming inside and perching on a folding table holder.

So I decided to fill up the bator w/ 42 eggs. 2 EE/EE & the rest are all EE/BR EE/NH EE/RIR & potentially EE/Australorp

Wasn't sure if anything would come of it as my oldest Roo, Road Runner(EE) just started doing his flash dance & mount 1/2 way thru Dec.

on the 6th this month I set them on in -- Last night I could not contain myself & candled.... at least 25 are starting to vein some ???s & a few that didn't look like anything at all. I'll be checking again this weekend to see what & who has developed more!!!!!


hatch date -evening of the 26th-

 

[PugBug]

Good luck on your hatch Sticks.

Brooks, yes I agree this is addicting! I had chickens a few years back, just for eggs. Then last month my husband said it was a shame letting the old coop go to waste... That was all I needed to hear

I ordered 7 Swedish Flower Hen eggs, my hubby's from Sweden & I wanted to give him a piece of home. 0 hatched! I was so upset they were doing fine until 2 wks in, then all 'quit'. Soooo, not to give up, I then ordered Isbar eggs- on the way- and ordered 10 SFH chicks, should be here any day. I ordered my personal fav. 13 silkies, 3 days in the bator... Today I got in 6 lav. orps and have another dozen on the way. But I'm most excited about the bantam choc. orps I am getting in 2 wks! I think he's wishing he had never mentioned the old coop

But my obsession has begun, so no turning back

 

[3Dchicken]

Welcome to BYC. Hatching is an addiction. I started out wanting a few egg laying chickens last July and now have over 60 chickens all under the age of 6 months...lol. There's more in the bator too.

HOLY COW! XD I hatched a total of one chick.

She is my profile picture! Her name is Hope and I am planning to (hopefully) hatch her some buddies soon. She's almost a month old!!

 

[3Dchicken]

Good luck on your hatch Sticks.

Brooks, yes I agree this is addicting! I had chickens a few years back, just for eggs. Then last month my husband said it was a shame letting the old coop go to waste... That was all I needed to hear

I ordered 7 Swedish Flower Hen eggs, my hubby's from Sweden & I wanted to give him a piece of home. 0 hatched! I was so upset they were doing fine until 2 wks in, then all 'quit'. Soooo, not to give up, I then ordered Isbar eggs- on the way- and ordered 10 SFH chicks, should be here any day. I ordered my personal fav. 13 silkies, 3 days in the bator... Today I got in 6 lav. orps and have another dozen on the way. But I'm most excited about the bantam choc. orps I am getting in 2 wks! I think he's wishing he had never mentioned the old coop

But my obsession has begun, so no turning back

haha! Sounds like something I would do... Except that my coop can only fit four hens, and it's not even finished being built yet. I have no idea what eggs I am getting to hatch or when... Hopefully soon...

 

[Brookhavens]

Good luck on your hatch Sticks.

Brooks, yes I agree this is addicting! I had chickens a few years back, just for eggs. Then last month my husband said it was a shame letting the old coop go to waste... That was all I needed to hear

I ordered 7 Swedish Flower Hen eggs, my hubby's from Sweden & I wanted to give him a piece of home. 0 hatched! I was so upset they were doing fine until 2 wks in, then all 'quit'. Soooo, not to give up, I then ordered Isbar eggs- on the way- and ordered 10 SFH chicks, should be here any day. I ordered my personal fav. 13 silkies, 3 days in the bator... Today I got in 6 lav. orps and have another dozen on the way. But I'm most excited about the bantam choc. orps I am getting in 2 wks! I think he's wishing he had never mentioned the old coop

But my obsession has begun, so no turning back

I have SFH eggs coming in on Friday and more orps coming in sometime this week or early next week. I have Isbars, Bresse and Cream legbars coming in the spring. Who are you ordering from? You may want to check out the Paypal/Hatching egg swap here on BYC. Lots of good quality eggs that aren't coming from a hatchery and the price is right too.