July 2015 Hatch A Long HAL

[laura s]

My Silkie has also gone broody crazy. She confiscated all the other hens eggs And she roars like a T Rex when I disturb her.

 

[cmfarm]

My Silkie has also gone broody crazy. She confiscated all the other hens eggs And she roars like a T Rex when I disturb her.

Broody chickens sure do make the funniest noises when you bother them. That silkie looks like she means business.

 

[Shahann]

Hi. I have a broody, young Lavendar Ameraucana. She has been sitting on golf balls for about a week. Yesterday I gave her seven eggs. The rooster to all is a 1st generation Easter Egger. Two of the eggs are from Lavender Ameraucana hens. The other five eggs are from Buff Orpingtons and Red Sex Link hens. Expected hatch day is July 28. As for my experience, this is my third broody hen.

With the first hen I made a rookie mistake and gave her 15 eggs! That's way too many for the clutch of an Ameraucana. But, luckily SEVEN of them hatched and are happy and healthy. They are about six weeks old now.

The second broody Ameraucana sat on seven eggs. I purchased the "fertilized" eggs from a local person that I found on Craigslist. I wanted Blue Splash Marans. The Maran eggs were not fertile (she had moved roosters in the pens right before she gave them to me and the roosters weren't courting the hens 100% yet.) She did give me one free Ameraucana egg. It hatched. So that hatch only had one successful chick. She said she would replace the Maran eggs for me.

I do not have an incubator. I like to use brood hens because they do all the work!

Good luck, everyone!

 

[laura s]

Sister silkie decided she could not let her sis brood alone. Now I have 2 T Rex broodies

 

[Loc20chick]

Sister silkie decided she could not let her sis brood alone. Now I have 2 T Rex broodies

cute!!

 

[BoTime]

The eggs are set & incubating. I have them in cartons, I am planning on keeping them in the cartons until 7 day candling to see which ones are keepers or not. Then maybe I will lay them down & hand turn til day 18.

 

[BoTime]

My Silkie has also gone broody crazy. She confiscated all the other hens eggs And she roars like a T Rex when I disturb her.

Haha that's awesome

 

[darkbluespace]

Sister silkie decided she could not let her sis brood alone. Now I have 2 T Rex broodies

Ahh... but they look so sweet!!

 

[darkbluespace]

My 3 Silkie eggs are hatching! I had one unzip and the other two were just pecking at holes in the same place so I unzipped a bit for them. One has the umbilical cord over it's neck... ouch. So I chipped some shell off the other side so I think it will be okay. They all look black or really dark so I am very excited. Can't wait till they're all out!

 

[Dramaqueen21888]

I'm starting my 1st hatch this weekend with 6 Easter eggers. So hopefully they will be hatching out the last day of the month