MARCH 2021 HATCH-A-LONG 🌷🌸🌼

[ChloeSilkie08]

A seller on etsy. The indicated source flock has a mix of colors, so hopefully I'll be able to tell apart whatever chicks hatch.

Fun! I can't believe people think they can sell those on Etsy. It's TOTALLY against the rules.

 

[Willow2253]

I’m in! I have a cuckoo marans going broody, I’m planning to wait a couple more days before giving her eggs. She’s still laying her own, so I’m waiting for her to stop, plus it’s going to be really cold for a few days starting tomorrow.

 

[FunnyfarmMidwest]

Welcome! Ducklings are awesome!

Thank you they definitely are! I especially love call ducklings! They are so tiny and fluffy!

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

I'm in! I started 17 eggs yesterday. 12 shipped mixed breeds and 5 local Leghorns. Hatch date is 3/4.

The shipped eggs were picked up from my PO almost exactly 48 hours after shipping. Just 72 hours, or less, after being laid. I have high hopes for a great hatch from them.

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

I’ve never had guineas and I’ve never seen any Keets! Can’t help you with the wandering off thing but I guess if they were raised with chickens it makes sense. Can’t wait to see the little Keets when they hatch!

I actually found a keet running across the road once. Totally random. Our neighbor has a flock of guineas they free-range. Must have come from those. I returned it to her. She verified it was a keet and kept it to raise. There was absolutely no other birds, mother or keets, around when we found it. The neighbor said hers are not that great of mothers and will occasionally leave a keet or two behind if they don't keep up.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I actually found a keet running across the road once. Totally random. Our neighbor has a flock of guineas they free-range. Must have come from those. I returned it to her. She verified it was a keet and kept it to raise. There was absolutely no other birds, mother or keets, around when we found it. The neighbor said hers are not that great of mothers and will occasionally leave a keet or two behind if they don't keep up.

Survival of the fittest, I guess!

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

Survival of the fittest, I guess!

Pretty much. I bit harsh to see first hand but definitely what was happening.

 

[AusHen]

I just received my guinea fowl eggs. They arrived fast but sadly only 5 eggs can go into the incubator, the other 7 were broken or cracked

 

[Araucana Nest]

Well, I'm back. I needed a break from work and hadn't realized it but two months off has been a blessing. Starting my test hatches: 7 CL and 5 Isbar/Silverudd's Blue but those are February hatches for another thread. My Welsummers and Araucanas have started to lay also and I will be testing them soon as well for a March hatch.

Good luck everyone! May you all have a healthy, kind, and prosperous chicken 2021.

 

[ChloeSilkie08]

Well, I'm back. I needed a break from work and hadn't realized it but two months off has been a blessing. Starting my test hatches: 7 CL and 5 Isbar/Silverudd's Blue but those are February hatches for another thread. My Welsummers and Araucanas have started to lay also and I will be testing them soon as well for a March hatch.

Good luck everyone! May you all have a healthy, kind, and prosperous chicken 2021.

AMEN