March 2023 hatch-a-long

[Backyard Divas]

One still in egg, a gray one just hatched...
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The star gazer corrected it's self. (far right) The yellow is a splash, and the 2 black ones are marans.

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Below is the chick that was an only chick seeing other chicks for the first time.
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Yay! So glad your stargazer is better and that the lonely chick now has friends!

 

[gimmie birdies]

The 2 crouching are blue/gray, 2 black, one in the corner is a dark brown, and the yellow will be splash.

 

[Dinoroar]

Yay hatch buddy!!!
Really? Well, then there is hope yet!

I was shocked. It was one of my daughters cemanis and I told her for a month not to get attached to it because I thought it was a goner.

Chicks can be so surprising which ones turn around and which don’t.

 

[MochaChickMama]

I’ve almost joined this thread 3 times and stopped because I’m just nervous for our first incubation! We set 14 to be due today on my birthday.

3 were not fertile (is that normal from shipped hatchery eggs?) - 1 quitter - 10 went to lockdown. Our darker eggs were questionable so we left them in.

We have 7 pipped and one went from pip to hatched out in 30 minutes! It’s flopping all over and not standing up yet. Hopefully it’s ok. Anywho, thanks everyone for all your sharing and tips, it’s so helpful for us newbies!

 

[Canadian Wind]

I’ve almost joined this thread 3 times and stopped because I’m just nervous for our first incubation! We set 14 to be due today on my birthday.

3 were not fertile (is that normal from shipped hatchery eggs?) - 1 quitter - 10 went to lockdown. Our darker eggs were questionable so we left them in.

We have 7 pipped and one went from pip to hatched out in 30 minutes! It’s flopping all over and not standing up yet. Hopefully it’s ok. Anywho, thanks everyone for all your sharing and tips, it’s so helpful for us newbies!

Grats! And HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

 

[junior67]

I’ve almost joined this thread 3 times and stopped because I’m just nervous for our first incubation! We set 14 to be due today on my birthday.

3 were not fertile (is that normal from shipped hatchery eggs?) - 1 quitter - 10 went to lockdown. Our darker eggs were questionable so we left them in.

We have 7 pipped and one went from pip to hatched out in 30 minutes! It’s flopping all over and not standing up yet. Hopefully it’s ok. Anywho, thanks everyone for all your sharing and tips, it’s so helpful for us newbies!

Anything 50% and higher is great for shipped eggs. With any eggs having some not fertile is normal.

Sounds like you are having a great hatch so far. Yes they will flop all over, fall asleep standing up, knock the other eggs all over etc. All normal.

 

[NagemTX]

I think next time I'll be more prepared to do an adopt an egg hatch along. Was just too excited to incubate eggs and having broody hens. I was just too much to be organized for it lol.

 

[MochaChickMama]

Anything 50% and higher is great for shipped eggs. With any eggs having some not fertile is normal.

Sounds like you are having a great hatch so far. Yes they will flop all over, fall asleep standing up, knock the other eggs all over etc. All normal.

Awesome thank you!

And thank you @Canadian Wind!

Funny thing to report, we have one that was stamped as a barred rock and I’m preeeetty sure this golden sweetie is not one Maybe White Plymouth? Who knows, let the guessing games begin. Five have hatched out though!

 

[Kwoka]

I finally got three “pure” Wyandottes! They’re SLW/GLW, so not exactly ideal genetics, but if they’re pullets I can still sell them for a premium 5 of these eggs were from my GLW collected over the course of a week - you can see that she was busy with BOTH of my cockerels two yellow babies will be half Bresse. I’m curious to see what the little yellow/gold headed baby will look like - maybe white/half-laced ?

I’m packing up my incubators tonight they’ve been running nonstop since January.

 

[Dinoroar]

Piles of fluff
I don’t have a final count yet as some are still hatching but so far there are some really fun colorings in this batch! Lots of naked necks and a few muffs.