July 2021 Hatch-A-Long

[gimmie birdies]

My eggs are due on the 27th, I have 10 now since I pulled one. 8 blue and 2 tan eggs.

 

[Lelebee]

I’ll join this hatch-a-long!! I have 14 silkie eggs in my incubator right now and I’m currently on day 7!!! I’m so excited and hoping I have a good hatch rate. They’re eggs that came out of a “blue pen” so I’m hoping to get some lavender and porcelain babies

 

[SilverLacedFarmChik]

Well, the final tally for the Cream Legbars is 9 pullets and 4 cockerels and 2 straight run green eggers. I cleaned and packed up the incubator this morning… I never thought I would say this, but I am all baby chicked out this year, lol. But I will continue to live vicariously through these Hatch Along threads!

 

[Nnyuu]

The second egg hatched! We're just waiting on egg #3 now. This baby has feathered feet, so I'm assuming our bantam cochin is a daddy now too. ❤

 

[Erba]

Last night I heard a cheep from my incubator! But today was was actually the lockdown date, so I quickly took out the turner and added water. Woke up this morning, and there it was, a hatched chick. Just 3 more to go now.

 

[Chookwagn]

This weekends fluffers

 

[Cluckatar]

We had two early hatchers on Friday evening. Hatch day is supposed to be today (Sunday). We watched number three kick out last night and now we have six in the brooder. Two eggs are left in the incubator just to be sure. They seem viable, but are not pipped. The hatch so far is two mosaics and four cream legbar. These are our first for both types though. Any guesses on who is who? The all black is a mosaic I'm assuming. And the two tiny ones are dry but not fluffed, probably cream legbar female?

 

[Iluveggers]

Ok I’m joining! I ordered chicks from a local farm. They are due to hatch on Wednesday, and the plan is to pick them up at 4pm est. Although I don’t have the fun of hearing peeping, I figured I’m waiting just like you all for my chickies to hatch! Praying they are on time and we aren’t prolonged until Thurs, I can barely sleep now! These are my first babies!

 

[Erba]

Second one is out now, so the early chick won't be lonely, thank goodness. This one is a day early too, so think the incubator was running a bit high. It's a still air, so a bit fiddly.

 

[ChickenGirl300]

We've got a broody BSL, so we ordered 6 eggs for her to hatch. She went broody last Summer as well, but she has never had the opportunity to hatch. She's four. It'll be interesting watching her hatch.

We ordered the eggs from Open Gate Poultry Farm in Rhode Island. To maximize the diversity in our flock, we went with the rainbow mix of eggs. I'm not entirely sure what I'm getting, but I'm hoping for a Black Copper Maran and/or Olive Egger.