July Hatch-a-Long (including 4th of July hatch-a-long)

[AgnesGray]

Not to cool. Just the normal breeds.

Ours mostly has barred rocks, buff orpingtons and meat birds.

 

[CindyinSD]

I must not. I can not. I will not. Why am I in this thread? What am I thinking?
2 days sleep deprived here...waiting on the last two eggs in the bator to pop from the June hatch, cranky as all heck despite multiple caffeine refills today...yet here I am to see what you guys are going to set.
Telling myself I will enjoy from afar...
I will only enjoy from afar.
Way afar!

*cough*

Well I am done hatching geese, anyway. I do have a broody turkey but I only gave her three so that doesn't even count, right? A broody mixed breed and an Australorp. (I don't remember how many I gave them.) I just grabbed what was left in the nesting boxes from the other more sensible hens and stuffed them under in place of the fake eggs... My first broody got the special coop and is in residence with her five just-hatched babies. Maybe I ought to make a couple more of them. It was kind of a PITA to build, but I've yet to regret providing more housing.

 

[Vantic]

I love my mixes, too!! Have gotten some of the coolest chicks from mixes! A lot of them seem to be hardier, too.

I believe they are, pure breeds are so line bred that their gene pool is weak. The cross makes the chick/chicken much hardier.

 

[Vantic]

Anyway, he has announced that he is now officially okay with me selling some of the extra chicks, so it's all good if I can sell them...

I wear a mask with every interaction with buyers and let them know they are not allowed to touch anything. I show them each chick and put the selection in their box with gloves hands. Covid is a real thing for me, I have bad asthma and will be in a ventilator if I get it. So extra care keeps us all safe. Be safe with your sales.

 

[FortCluck]

I believe they are, pure breeds are so line bred that their gene pool is weak. The cross makes the chick/chicken much hardier.

Yes most definitely. It’s the same with dogs too. Yeah purebreds are great but many get issues later on. A mutt is so much better.

People do not understand this though. Soon the line breeding will be so saturated that you will begin to see several issues. I see it all the time with people breeding. They start getting deformities and DIS a lot.

 

[FortCluck]

I wear a mask with every interaction with buyers and let them know they are not allowed to touch anything. I show them each chick and put the selection in their box with gloves hands. Covid is a real thing for me, I have bad asthma and will be in a ventilator if I get it. So extra care keeps us all safe. Be safe with your sales.

I do sales outside in the TSC parking lot. Most people keep a 6 foot distance. It’s usually a very quick process. They pay I give them the chicks then leave. My regulars I’ll talk to for a while.

 

[FortCluck]

I love my mixes, too!! Have gotten some of the coolest chicks from mixes! A lot of them seem to be hardier, too.

I believe crosses are the best thing someone can add to their flock. I get people love the purebreds, but in my opinion those are the ones that seem to get diseases and problems... you don’t see that much with crosses or at least I haven’t.

 

[wilwingswaterfowl]

I have 9 Khaki Campbell eggs being sat by 2 Khaki hens.
I also have
3 Teal eggs in the incubator I'm not sure what type
5 Cinnamon teal so far in the coop under a hen
1 Green wing teal in the pen they just started laying yesterday.

 

[SnapdragonQ]

My last hatchling finally popped out early this morning finishing my June hatch.

A little later this morning I was putting today's morning eggs into a carton when kiddo walked in the kitchen...saw what I was doing (because I usually put them in a bowl for daily use)...saw a few cartons on the counter propped up at an angle.....looked at me funny and said "What are you doing?"

When I explained that I was thinking of selling some hatching eggs or chicks the look of relief was obvious. Then came the suspicious look. Then kiddo walked away with that other look...the ones that says- "Mom's losing it."

 

[wolfwalker]

So I'm a day late in setting these eggs for the July 4th hatch, as they should hatch the 5th. These are my own, CCL Roo over Light Brahma, RIR hens. I had gone out to the brooders and Realized, I had been talked into selling off all my Brahma X CCL and had none of my own like I had planned. so once these hatch they are going to be hidden from sight LOL