Okie Dokie... I am NOT catching up on the last 50ish pages that I missed. My internet was out and I just got home from a birthday party. My skin feels sun-kissed and slightly burned
So, too tired to read. Someone feel free to fill me in on the high lights
My Broody hen started off with 9 eggs. She had many of her coop-mates giving her more eggs during the incubation and also I had seen her kick some out, mostly clears, prolly new nest additions but one of which I opened and it was good. So the mystery is... how on earth did she wind up with TEN yes 10 chicks?!?!?!? and how do I even count that as part of my hatch rate? geez... OK, I will only count 9 since that is how many eggs she was supposed to be getting from day one.
Ok so over to the bator all of my 6 barred rock chicks hatched and they hatched first. They were stacked so I guess its warmer up there?
So far I have 14 buff orpingtons and I still have eggs with pips. I had set 24 in the beginning if I remember correctly and I know I removed one or two during candling. Its hard to tell how many are left through all the egg shells. Still waiting on a finally tally on the Buffs but ALL Barred rock and Black Aussies have hatched. They are 100%
SO PROUD!
In the photos below you can see my broody with some of her chicks. (yesterday I thought she was only going to hatch 3... all I can say is w0w... and she's a great mother)
And here are chicks in my brooding area. Note there are more barred rocks than I hatched. I picked up some day-olds at auction today to increase the gene pool. The ones with pink on their heads are from the auction. I still have more in the incubator right now.
So, too tired to read. Someone feel free to fill me in on the high lights
My Broody hen started off with 9 eggs. She had many of her coop-mates giving her more eggs during the incubation and also I had seen her kick some out, mostly clears, prolly new nest additions but one of which I opened and it was good. So the mystery is... how on earth did she wind up with TEN yes 10 chicks?!?!?!? and how do I even count that as part of my hatch rate? geez... OK, I will only count 9 since that is how many eggs she was supposed to be getting from day one.
Ok so over to the bator all of my 6 barred rock chicks hatched and they hatched first. They were stacked so I guess its warmer up there?
So far I have 14 buff orpingtons and I still have eggs with pips. I had set 24 in the beginning if I remember correctly and I know I removed one or two during candling. Its hard to tell how many are left through all the egg shells. Still waiting on a finally tally on the Buffs but ALL Barred rock and Black Aussies have hatched. They are 100%
In the photos below you can see my broody with some of her chicks. (yesterday I thought she was only going to hatch 3... all I can say is w0w... and she's a great mother)
And here are chicks in my brooding area. Note there are more barred rocks than I hatched. I picked up some day-olds at auction today to increase the gene pool. The ones with pink on their heads are from the auction. I still have more in the incubator right now.
