June Hatch-A-Long

[MAchick73]

I can see the beak!

 

[paperochicken]

Had 23 eggs down to 17 but two had blood rings but still very hopeful. Cool on those who have pipping eggs

 

[griggy]

After my experience with my broody hen, I really wanted to try to incubate some eggs myself. I asked my husband, who can build anything, to make an incubator for me. He said that he would, but before we spent the money on supplies he said I should borrow an incubator and try a hatch to see if 1) I liked doing it and 2) If I was any good at it. If it turned out well, he would build an incubator for me. Well guess who is getting an incubator?!?

 

[MAchick73]

One hatched so far!!!!

 

[Veer67]

One hatched so far!!!!

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I'm on day 14, just candled and found that 2 out of 9 eggs are alive. It's not the amount I would have wanted, but it's better than nothing. They are excepted to hatch next week on Saturday!

 

[missnu01]

I've decided to try my hand at quail...now I just need to find some hatching eggs

 

[hollyannlamb]

Of the six EE x Australorp eggs we set, we ended up with 4 chicks. One egg wasn't fertile and one poor chick hit a vein while pipping. At least I'm guessing that's what happened. It had pipped and was cheeping, then when I checked it about 2 hours later there was blood coming out the pip and all inside the shell and the chick was dead.

The four chicks we ended up with are doing great - they are two weeks old and appear to all be pullets. That brings our chick count to 30 for this spring -- that's plenty.

Is there much of a market for young roos? I will have 2 silver laced wyandottes and possibly 1 or 2 lavender orpington roos that I can't keep. We let all our chickens free range together and there are already 3 roosters out there. I plan to keep 1 slw and 1 lavender orpington roo. Then when it is closer to spring next year, I will isolate them with their hens so I can have some pure chicks. How do the rest of you handle it? Do your chickens run together or do you keep the breeds separate all the time?

 

[mrchicks]

Everyone is hatching chicks and I am still staring at eggs. Mine are due Friday evening.

I keep Polish in one coop, eggers in another, and LF in yet another. I am going to see how the eggers and Polish get along out in the yard in the hopes that they can move in together. Maran's, Wyandottes and Red Sex Links all bully my smaller gals.

 

[Kim Z]

I've decided to try my hand at quail...now I just need to find some hatching eggs

Too funny. I just ordered my chinese button quail eggs from Stromberg's. I don't have them coming until mid-August because the incubator is full right now and then we are out of town for the first week of Aug. I don't think our hotel would like a brooder full of chicks in our room with us.

 

[missnu01]

Yeah, but it isn't like they would have to know