March 2017! Hatch with us!

[Cerise1924]

Now that's a good one! They should have names descriptive of that stunt!

Good idea you have! The main trickster has been renamed Loki.

 

[wabbit1964]

I would say this last March hatch was my best one yet. 29 eggs hatched. 4 quitters at various stages.

 

[Jessimom]

I would say this last March hatch was my best one yet. 29 eggs hatched. 4 quitters at various stages.

Congratulations - those are great numbers. Were they shipped eggs, or eggs from your own flock?

 

[Jessimom]

My final hatch in March was good for the Seramas and Bantams, but the dark shell Olive Eggers air cells were too small and I killed the chicks. I got 9 of 12 bantam EE's, and 5 of 6 Seramas, but only 4 of 10 Olive Eggers.

Here they are hanging out with the second to last hatch of March - first set hatched Sunday/Monday. Last hatch was Thur/Fri. There are 2 silkies that are from a month ago, but they are half the size of the rest of their batch, so I left them inside for a bit longer.




The Seramas are SO tiny!!!

 

[melnjerm]

I came in just under the wire! Actually, my chicks did! 4 of the 5 chicks from Ravenfallen's eggs hatched on the 31st! The remaining 1 hatched on the 1st. 1 Olive Egger and 3 Ameraucana's. I can't figure out the colors on 2 of the lighter Am's yet, but definitely 1 blue and one lavender!

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[yeye5]

Done. Thanks for the link!!

What kind of info did you find? Are they OK health wise? Is it a condition? Leave it be? Or do what? The girls are adorable and I'm hoping that there's nothing to worry about.

 

[yeye5]

Well, to Jacksonville from here is 3 1/2 hours. But I'm having a problem with some new chickens, so I am going to hold off on sending anything anywhere until I get them checked out. They're in the backyard and all the rest are in the front yard, but I want to be careful. I feel like a seller scammed me. But anyway, that's for another topic.

Yup that's a long drive! I'm 1 to 1 1/2 hours south of Jax.

I'm sorry you're having issues with some of your chicks. That's never good but to this k of getting scammed and with precious animals to boot? That's just terrible.
Always feel free to send me a p.m. We can stay in touch and maybe do some trading some day.

 

[yeye5]

Happy April! The light is rather low, but I snapped pics of my March 31 hatch. 9 out of 9 hatched out happy and healthy - Thank you, Papa's Poultry! These are my Orpingtons. Charlotte and Anne are Jubilee (possibly Blue Jubilee), and Emily in the front appears to be a Mottled/Spangled Orpington. Charlotte, first to hatch, showing off the compass on her back. This chick eats and eats! It started stuffing its face as soon as it was fluffed. So much for not needing food the first 72 hours. I am going to have one roly-poly Orpington. Here we have four Easter Eggers and an Olive Egger. The Olive Egger is not the one in the middle that looks different. That's an EE for sure. The Olive Egger is the little prankster who sneaked out of the shell and left it looking intact, then blended in with the EEs. I suspect this is my Olive Egger. Is there a name for the colouring on this EE? I wonder what it will look like when it feathers out. I had to assist this last little chick, a Marans. Papa's has Lavender Marans, so I'm guessing that's what this is. The little Marans - the tiniest of the chicks. Look at that little fuzzy French leg! (And that's it.) Thanks for being the best hatching group ever!! Wishing you all a wonderful spring with your chickens, ducks and turkeys. :yiipchick

Congratulations!!! They are all beautiful...and yes, I agree all chicks àre gorgeous! You have quite the unusual assortment there.

 

[Cerise1924]

I would say this last March hatch was my best one yet. 29 eggs hatched. 4 quitters at various stages.

Congratulations on your hatch!

 

[Cerise1924]

My final hatch in March was good for the Seramas and Bantams, but the dark shell Olive Eggers air cells were too small and I killed the chicks. I got 9 of 12 bantam EE's, and 5 of 6 Seramas, but only 4 of 10 Olive Eggers.

Here they are hanging out with the second to last hatch of March - first set hatched Sunday/Monday. Last hatch was Thur/Fri. There are 2 silkies that are from a month ago, but they are half the size of the rest of their batch, so I left them inside for a bit longer.




The Seramas are SO tiny!!!