July 29th Hatch along..anyone due for a hatch around then?

[CloverdaleFarms]

My final count is 5 out of 10. That is 50%. I guess that is an OK hatch.

I think the Cochin eggs may have been old. Only one of the cochins hatched. Saddest part is the last little one died in the egg. Not sure what happened. I thought he would be out any time. Egg was split all the way around, but for some reason, he just never made it out. Any ideas what went wrong? Is there something I could have or should have done. I am just beside myself. He was a full 2 days later than the frst egg. A day after the last one.

Congrats to all of you with your hatched!

 

[eeyore75]

Well only partway into day 21 right now (evening is more day 21)

So far have:

2 Millie Fluer D'Unccles (no more eggs- they hatched on days 18 & 19)

3 Silkies (2 blue, 1 splash) (10 more eggs to hatch- some pipping)

6 Tolbunt Polish (4 more eggs to hatch) They are tuxedo marked- but have more color variety than I thought on the non white areas-
3 black, 2 blue, 1 reddish blueish brownish one

I had to move the last 6 eggs I was turning into the cartons- so these guys are all out in the brooder (been turning those 6 twice a day- if there are no pip holes in eggs to hatch out. And grabbing the dry babies that run around then too. )

So the rest will be stuck in the bater for a bit before being pulled now that turning is done on the 6


All Babies:

Group shot:

D'Unccles:

Tolbunt Polish:

Silkies:

Silkies:

 

[eeyore75]

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Congrats on your hatch too!!!

When was hatch day for yours?

 

[CloverdaleFarms]

Originally it was the 30th. I had two hatch on the 29th in the afternoon. 3 hatched yesterday.

 

[seabreeze]

Welllll, they aren't chicken eggs but turkey eggs we stuck under our UBER BROODY MARANS hens! Out of the one nest of 6 eggs, we have three poults hatched today! This hen must win the broody award of the year, she has been hatching for the past 4 months! She freaks if she doesn't have eggs under her and since my success with incubators sucks, I thought to try the hens showing broodiness and VOILA! we have 5 hens setting! Lots of other Marans still laying for us so not a problem there.

 

[eeyore75]

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I'd leave the eggs in the bater another day or two- but that's me. If temps fluxated they could still hatch. Maybe.

 

[eeyore75]

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What type of turkey?

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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Those Tolbunt Polish chicks are ADORABLE!! Who did you get them from?

~ Aspen

 

[eeyore75]

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy :

Those Tolbunt Polish chicks are ADORABLE!! Who did you get them from?

~ Aspen

Me too!!!

I LOVE them- We are buying a house in the country so I can keep them!!!

(were already house hunting- I'm not a crazy rich person that changes her house for birds- I'd like that as a possablity- but Dog grooming doesn't pay THAT well!!!

) I got them to live at Mom's house cause I have loved them for years- but just now could get them- so I could play with them there.

But with relocating- it makes it so I can keep them for me (mom gets a couple to make her happy).

Who I got them from:

Jim..... Something. Secy of the Polish club. He sells them on Ebay auctions only (BluePolish is his handle there)- 6 eggs (no extras) you can buy "extra" sets of 6 at the auction price. Reserve price is $50. They normally go higher than that...... into the $100+ range is not uncommon.

He has great birds, this variety is VERY hard to get- so price is "reasonable" for those that really want it.

I got lucky and won an auction at $50..... so I bought 12 extras ($150 + gas for 7 hr trip) 12 out of the 18 were good, 2 quit by 13 days, and 6 of 10 have hatched so far (today is hatch day) side note- mine was the only auction that I've seen that went that low.

Plus I have 6 others in lock down from another person that bred Tolbunt hens to a Gold Lace Roo. These will be taken back to the Tolbunts for "new blood".

Tolbunts have a very limited gene pool & every 4-5 generations should be crossed to another color (GL prefered) for new blood. Then 4 to 5 generations to pure Tolbunt.... etc. It would be best for the birds if people working on them did "egg trades" for additional pure Tolbunt and/or 2nd, 3rd generation "outcross then back to Tolbunt" lines as well. That just my thoughts though.

Here is a thread on them. Page 7, post #67 has a bunch of pics of nice typed (and adult colored) Tolbunts (little heavy on the white- but she states that too):

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=395888&p=7​

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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Me too!!!

I LOVE them- We are buying a house in the country so I can keep them!!!

(were already house hunting- I'm not a crazy rich person that changes her house for birds- I'd like that as a possablity- but Dog grooming doesn't pay THAT well!!!

) I got them to live at Mom's house cause I have loved them for years- but just now could get them- so I could play with them there.

But with relocating- it makes it so I can keep them for me (mom gets a couple to make her happy).

Who I got them from:

Jim..... Something. Secy of the Polish club. He sells them on Ebay auctions only (BluePolish is his handle there)- 6 eggs (no extras) you can buy "extra" sets of 6 at the auction price. Reserve price is $50. They normally go higher than that...... into the $100+ range is not uncommon.

He has great birds, this variety is VERY hard to get- so price is "reasonable" for those that really want it.

I got lucky and won an auction at $50..... so I bought 12 extras ($150 + gas for 7 hr trip) 12 out of the 18 were good, 2 quit by 13 days, and 6 of 10 have hatched so far (today is hatch day) side note- mine was the only auction that I've seen that went that low.

Plus I have 6 others in lock down from another person that bred Tolbunt hens to a Gold Lace Roo. These will be taken back to the Tolbunts for "new blood".

Tolbunts have a very limited gene pool & every 4-5 generations should be crossed to another color (GL prefered) for new blood. Then 4 to 5 generations to pure Tolbunt.... etc. It would be best for the birds if people working on them did "egg trades" for additional pure Tolbunt and/or 2nd, 3rd generation "outcross then back to Tolbunt" lines as well. That just my thoughts though.

Here is a thread on them. Page 7, post #67 has a bunch of pics of nice typed (and adult colored) Tolbunts (little heavy on the white- but she states that too):

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=395888&p=7

Thanks for the info!

OMG - Pretty $$ eggies there!! They're gorgeous though, I could 'def see why someone would pay that much!!

I've never been much of a Polish person, but the Tolbunt polish are breath taking!

~ Aspen