June Hatch-A-Long

[Melissa F]

I'd like to join! This is my first time hatching eggs in an incubator. I've had chickens hatch out broods before, but it's never really been on purpose, so I wasn't as emotionally invested. They weren't my hens to begin with- just ones that wandered over from the neighbors and decided to set up house.

Anyway, I am putting 2 dozen Silver Sebright eggs, 12 Ameraucana eggs and 14 Wyandotte eggs in the incubator tomorrow.

 

[Serenity Lane]

I'd like to join!  This is my first time hatching eggs in an incubator.  I've had chickens hatch out broods before, but it's never really been on purpose, so I wasn't as emotionally invested.   They weren't my hens to begin with- just ones that wandered over from the neighbors and decided to set up house.

Anyway, I am putting 2 dozen Silver Sebright eggs, 12 Ameraucana eggs and 14  Wyandotte eggs in the incubator tomorrow. 

Welcome!

 

[missnu01]

OK. A lot of times you read about how you can't hatch porous eggs... well we get to test this. ..a lot of my eggs were porous this time. But I checked tonight, so day 3.5 and all 18 are showing veins. Also anyone know why the last batch of eggs gathered from my hens to hatch weren't porous, but this set is? I also noticed that when I get fewer eggs a day the eggs I do get are porous. I'm thinking it is dietary. I often don't feed my chickens in the spring and summer. A little bit every few days, but if the feeder is empty for a couple days oh well. We have 4 acres they can sift through and they're all big and shiny with full crops all the time, so they don't go hungry, but I'm thinking their immediate diet at the time of lay makes the eggs porous or not. But I'm going to see if i can debunk the don't hatch porous eggs thing. We will see

 

[Meca]

OK. A lot of times you read about how you can't hatch porous eggs... well we get to test this. ..a lot of my eggs were porous this time. But I checked tonight, so day 3.5 and all 18 are showing veins. Also anyone know why the last batch of eggs gathered from my hens to hatch weren't porous, but this set is? I also noticed that when I get fewer eggs a day the eggs I do get are porous. I'm thinking it is dietary. I often don't feed my chickens in the spring and summer. A little bit every few days, but if the feeder is empty for a couple days oh well. We have 4 acres they can sift through and they're all big and shiny with full crops all the time, so they don't go hungry, but I'm thinking their immediate diet at the time of lay makes the eggs porous or not. But I'm going to see if i can debunk the don't hatch porous eggs thing. We will see

Do you give the oyster shell? Maybe they are lacking calcium? That would be my guess.

 

[Melissa F]

Well my eggs went in the incubator this morning! My son kept asking me if we "amputated" the eggs yet. I keep telling him it's "incubate" not "amputate." Hope he gets it right before he starts telling everyone what we're doing!

 

[Serenity Lane]

Well my eggs went in the incubator this morning!  My son kept asking me if we "amputated" the eggs yet. I keep telling him it's "incubate" not "amputate."  Hope he gets it right before he starts telling everyone what we're doing!

LOL.. Too cute! How old is he?

 

[Meca]

Well my eggs went in the incubator this morning!  My son kept asking me if we "amputated" the eggs yet. I keep telling him it's "incubate" not "amputate."  Hope he gets it right before he starts telling everyone what we're doing!

lol, that's to cute!

 

[Melissa F]

LOL.. Too cute! How old is he?

He's 10, so old enough that he should know the difference...but it's still cute!

 

[missnu01]

OK. A lot of times you read about how you can't hatch porous eggs... well we get to test this. ..a lot of my eggs were porous this time. But I checked tonight, so day 3.5 and all 18 are showing veins. Also anyone know why the last batch of eggs gathered from my hens to hatch weren't porous, but this set is? I also noticed that when I get fewer eggs a day the eggs I do get are porous. I'm thinking it is dietary. I often don't feed my chickens in the spring and summer. A little bit every few days, but if the feeder is empty for a couple days oh well. We have 4 acres they can sift through and they're all big and shiny with full crops all the time, so they don't go hungry, but I'm thinking their immediate diet at the time of lay makes the eggs porous or not. But I'm going to see if i can debunk the don't hatch porous eggs thing. We will see

Do you give the oyster shell? Maybe they are lacking calcium? That would be my guess.

it's possible. I have a big bag, but I rarely put any out. I maybe should for a bit, although right now the hens are either on strike or hiding their eggs

 

[mamaj323]

My son had a little friend over last night and they were begging to see inside an egg. I got out one egg and candled it for them. I was pretty curious too on day 10. Wow! That lil baby was dancing!!! Super amazing!
On a side note, one of my hens has decided to go broody. Wouldn't you know it, right after I started incubating!!! I'll give her some new ones tomorrow. I'm going to have chickens everywhere!