June Hatch A Long

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

View attachment 1816087 View attachment 1816088 We got 3 hatchlings this morning, can see a few have unzipped so expect they will be out by time we get home and lots of pipped eggs.

Yeah! Congratulations!!!What breed are they?

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

One so far when I looked this morning. Im not going to open it again so the humidity stays up. I might try and record it later lol

Yeah to the pip!

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

I nearly went into withdrawals while the site was down this morning. lol! Those were my prime BackyardChicken forum hours.

I put my Mottled Orpingtons, Crested Cream Legbars, and Whiting's True Blues on early lockdown today because after final candling the Legbars air cells are already changing shape like they're going to hatch so I bet I'll see some peeps on day 19-20!
My final count on lockdown is 10 Mottled Orps, 4 CCLs, and 3 WTBs!
Started with 33, 11 infertile, 5 quitters. I was told to expect 50% fertility with the Orps though so I'm still happy!
Fingers crossed that all 17 peeps hatch successfully!

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Cool! Where did you get the Whitings True Blues from?

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

I've only got 4 in there. This is my first time so I used eggs from my ducks to try it. All 4 are still moving around inside. After these hatch I have 12 shipped eggs under my hen. I'm probably going to take 6 back To the incubator.

I’m also working with shipped eggs and broody hens! May I ask why you are taking six back from the hen?

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Cool! Where did you get the Whitings True Blues from?

I got them from one of my friend's that is a local breeder of many cool breeds! I also got my Crested Cream Legbars with Frosted gene from her (fingers crossed for a white pullet!) And she gave me an Exchequer Leghorn pullet!
We also share a love for English Orpingtons and I've hatched many from her flocks. I have 2 friends that are interested in these mottled chicks and setting up breeding pens for them.
I just keep a smaller mixed flock here on my property with no roosters so I do a lot of trading of chicks for hatching eggs. I hatch a lot of peeps and raise just a few from each hatch so I know I'm getting a hen and then I rehome the others. I do all of this usually just wanting one pullet of a particular breed, lol. I really enjoy it though!

 

[Tbjenkins2007]

Two cclb and looks like #3 won’t be hatching but I’ll wait the rest of the day

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

I got them from one of my friend's that is a local breeder of many cool breeds! I also got my Crested Cream Legbars with Frosted gene from her (fingers crossed for a white pullet!) And she gave me an Exchequer Leghorn pullet!
We also share a love for English Orpingtons and I've hatched many from her flocks. I have 2 friends that are interested in these mottled chicks and setting up breeding pens for them.
I just keep a smaller mixed flock here on my property with no roosters so I do a lot of trading of chicks for hatching eggs. I hatch a lot of peeps and raise just a few from each hatch so I know I'm getting a hen and then I rehome the others. I do all of this usually just wanting one pullet of a particular breed, lol. I really enjoy it though!

Wow, you really have some cool and unusual breeds! I’ve thought that Arkansas Blues sounds interesting too! I think that they are related to the WTB?

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

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Two cclb and looks like #3 won’t be hatching but I’ll wait the rest of the day

Awww, c’mon egg 3!!!

 

[Bookworm0124]

I’m also working with shipped eggs and broody hens! May I ask why you are taking six back from the hen?

I haven't totally decided if I am or not yet. She's an unproven broody. :-/ and while I am keeping some of the babies (adding new genetics to the flock) some I am going to be selling. My naive newbie thought was that it would be easier to finish incubating the few that would be sold rather than trying to take them from Mama.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

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Two cclb and looks like #3 won’t be hatching but I’ll wait the rest of the day

Eeeek!! So cute! I know they're still wet but it sure looks like you have 2 pullets there!

Wow, you really have some cool and unusual breeds! I’ve thought that Arkansas Blues sounds interesting too! I think that they are related to the WTB?

I think the primary distinction between Whiting's True Blues and Arkansas Blues are just that they were originally developed by different people with the same goals, consistently blue eggs. Since I have experience with the Whiting's and not the Arkansas I will say that the eggs are a lovely blue color every time and my Whiting's also keeps up if not surpasses my White Leghorn in egg production! I get an egg every day from her unless it's stormy or blazing hot, then she lays every other day. I also think she's an adorable smaller chicken that lays a decent sized egg! They also vary in color quite a lot so it will be interesting to see what hatches this time!