June 2025 hatch-a-long

[junior67]

Hi! Figured I would start a thread for anyone that will have hatches in June so we can all talk about them. hopefully others join in.

 

[junior67]

I am getting shipped eggs sometime around May 29th/30th that I will be putting in the incubator after they rest for a day or so! I can't wait! I have them coming from 3 different places. I will have BCM (VERY dark eggs too!), Lemon Owlbeard and Jubilee orpingtons! I can't wait. I would have LOVED to hatch them earlier but I will be away the end of the month and didn't want my chicken sitter to have to worry about babies in a brooder and I couldn't get them early enough that they wouldn't have to worry about that. So instead now I just have to count down FOREVER!!!!!!! But hoping hatch day will be around June 21-22.

 

[PrettyCoolChicks]

Hey junior67!

I'll join I have muscovi eggs due around june 10th, does that count?

I have 10 under a broody (her first time) and 9 more in an incubator.

5 of the incubator eggs show veins, others might be infertile.

No veins under broody, despite putting them in 5 days earlier, but she could have set later, development could be slower. Only one was obviously not viable; I've removed it.

I'm giving them all a few more days before i remove any more.

 

[junior67]

Hey junior67!

I'll join I have muscovi eggs due around june 10th, does that count?

I have 10 under a broody (her first time) and 9 more in an incubator.

5 of the incubator eggs show veins, others might be infertile.

No veins under broody, despite putting them in 5 days earlier, but she could have set later, development could be slower. Only one was obviously not viable; I've removed it.

I'm giving them all a few more days before i remove any more.

Of course it counts!

Ducklings are just the CUTEST!!!!!! fingers crossed more under the broody start developing. but congrats on the babies on the way!


I am DYING to be able to candle and see babies again! LOL feels like FOREVER until I can but thankfully I have a vacation before it so that should help pass the time waiting.

 

[AusHen]

I'm joining in! I'm doing a 3 hour round trip next weekend to pick up some black and blue copper Marans cockerels and eggs. Eggs are Birchen and black copper Marans plus some olive eggs. I may also add more mystery chicken eggs, my neighbours son works on a chicken farm and they sell eggs for consumption although they aren't commercial egg layers, apparently the chickens are used for meat, so either I'm hatching some dual purpose breeds/crosses or I'll end up with some cornish cross broilers

 

[junior67]

I'm joining in! I'm doing a 3 hour round trip next weekend to pick up some black and blue copper Marans cockerels and eggs. Eggs are Birchen and black copper Marans plus some olive eggs. I may also add more mystery chicken eggs, my neighbours son works on a chicken farm and they sell eggs for consumption although they aren't commercial egg layers, apparently the chickens are used for meat, so either I'm hatching some dual purpose breeds/crosses or I'll end up with some cornish cross broilers

Welcome! sounds like some nice eggs! Can't wait to see your babies that hatch. How many eggs are you getting? by the time was all said and done I am going to end up with 30+. YIKES! LOL

 

[BoundlessLove]

I would participate, but our broody duck is Eggspecting on May 23rd.
Candling the eggs tomorrow.

 

[junior67]

I would participate, but our broody duck is Eggspecting on May 23rd.
Candling the eggs tomorrow.

you are more than welcome to join in if you want.

how eggciting on candling tomorrow! How many eggs is she sitting on? and as I said before ducklings are just the cutest!! I hatched some for someone last year, kept them for a week or two then gave them to her just so I could have some cute ducklings for a bit. LOL

 

[AusHen]

A dozen each of the olives, Marans. I was thinking just a dozen mystery eggs to fill the one incubator but at $15 for 30 eggs I may start up a second incubator

 

[junior67]

A dozen each of the olives, Marans. I was thinking just a dozen mystery eggs to fill the one incubator but at $15 for 30 eggs I may start up a second incubator

hahaa. I am thinking I will have 2 going.

I started with pre ordering 9 Lemon owlbeard and 9 BCM was hoping to have them early in the season but then she couldn't get them out to me in time with my vacation so that didn't work. then I tried to just buy 2 jubilee orpington chicks and turned out those didn't hatch so were subbed for something else. so found someone with those hatching eggs and ordered 12 of those.... THEN found out the first person I ordered from wasn't happy with hatch rates of the owlbeards so got rid of the all so all she had was the BCM.. so sent me a refund on those but we decided to do 12 BCM instead. went in search of more owlbeards and found someone so ordered 6 of those......

and remembered someone that I sold owlbeard chicks to last year (sold 2 early and kept 2 and the ONLY pullet was in the ones I sold!) had 1 of each so asked her about getting a few eggs from her to try to hatch as well. LOL

so went from 18 to 30+ because of all of that.