July 2017 Hatchalong

[akorte]

 

[WRVgirl]

Hope it's not too late to join!

I've got 8 jubilee babies who are due to hatch out on Saturday. I'm not very hopeful, as they all grew out of saddlebag air cells. The cells have since stabilized but I've not had much luck with disrupted cells yet.

Actually, this all started with 31 eggs, I candled at 3 and 5 days and saw nothing so I assumed they were a lost cause.

I forgot about them (in my hovabator in the living room) until a few days when I figured it was time to toss them. My daughter insisted we candle one more time and I'm glad we did as we have 8 that did develop.

I checked them last night and saw movement in all, decided to lock them down a day early to help give them a bit more time to position around the air cells. They moved into my brinsea this morning and I put them on my kitchen table (husband is not thrilled with their current location. Lol)

Hopefully something hatches! I did end up buying 14 live babies from a man on Michigan (mottleds) so now I will have way more babies then planned. And the lady I bought the original eggs from, sent me 14 more jubilee eggs....I hope they hatch but I'm overwhelmed with the possibility of having 3x the number of chickens I had planned on. Ha ha ha

 

[hannahsflock]

I'm hatching Pekin Bantam and Orpington eggs in my incubator currently. Next batch is due on the 21st.

 

[akorte]

Hope it's not too late to join!

I've got 8 jubilee babies who are due to hatch out on Saturday. I'm not very hopeful, as they all grew out of saddlebag air cells. The cells have since stabilized but I've not had much luck with disrupted cells yet.

Actually, this all started with 31 eggs, I candled at 3 and 5 days and saw nothing so I assumed they were a lost cause.

I forgot about them (in my hovabator in the living room) until a few days when I figured it was time to toss them. My daughter insisted we candle one more time and I'm glad we did as we have 8 that did develop.

I checked them last night and saw movement in all, decided to lock them down a day early to help give them a bit more time to position around the air cells. They moved into my brinsea this morning and I put them on my kitchen table (husband is not thrilled with their current location. Lol)

Hopefully something hatches! I did end up buying 14 live babies from a man on Michigan (mottleds) so now I will have way more babies then planned. And the lady I bought the original eggs from, sent me 14 more jubilee eggs....I hope they hatch but I'm overwhelmed with the possibility of having 3x the number of chickens I had planned on. Ha ha ha

Ooh I love Orpingtons! Do you have any adults? This is my first time hatching, it is so much harder than I expected! You can says sell the extras, right? That's what I keep telling myself, anyway.

 

[akorte]

I'm hatching Pekin Bantam and Orpington eggs in my incubator currently. Next batch is due on the 21st.

Bantam Orpington?

 

[akorte]

We had 2 of the bantam golden campine hatch. So the total of eggs + shipping was $34 for an average of $17 per chick for this breed. The good thing for both of these is that we just wanted a few for 4H purposes, I was going to sell any more than a few anyway.

These are my husband's favorite. We are thinking of naming then after the Lannisters from Game of Thrones.

 

[WRVgirl]

Ooh I love Orpingtons! Do you have any adults? This is my first time hatching, it is so much harder than I expected! You can says sell the extras, right? That's what I keep telling myself, anyway.

We are just starting our flock again, we had jubilee before but moved so they all got rehomed.

My problem is that we free range everyone and I don't want to sell mix breed and take away from the hard work that's been put into both colors (the mottled and the jubilee) so we have to settle on one color and since the mottled are a few weeks older I think we will be sticking with them.

 

[hannahsflock]

Bantam Orpington?

Standard Orpington

 

[browntownfarm]

2 more hatched this morning for a total of 3. For my first hatch i was thrilled and learned a ton! The rooster is buff orpington crossed with a red sex link. We will see how they turn out. Already collecting eggs for a second hatch.

 

[SunHwaKwon]

I finally found where my guinea is laying this morning and will be collecting eggs this afternoon

Admittedly, I was partly looking forward to not doing anymore hatching, but the season will be over soon enough.