March 2023 hatch-a-long

[BarnyardChaos]

I finally got around to candling briefly last night, but didn't record weights or air cells or anything. Just not feeling well. Anyway, of 39 eggs set, there was ONE unfertilized, and ONE quitter with blood ring. 37 are doing fine!

 

[3KillerBs]

I'm in -- collecting eggs to set a hatch tonight

I separated the non-Australorps so I could set a pure Australorp hatch, but might add in the OE, Marans, and CW eggs that I can tell apart (I'll have to make the breed dividers that I bought the plastic canvas for).

 

[3KillerBs]

Decided to wait one more day to collect more eggs.

All the light brown eggs in this photo are guaranteed pure Australorp from my best hens. The dark browns are Australorp X FCM, the Olives are Australorp X OE, and the Whites are Australorp X California White.

I have 21 total and plan to overload my NR360 at first to compensate for expected clears and quitters.

 

[The Birb King]

I just started incubating a few days ago. I collected about 18 eggs from my own chickens (mostly Ameraucana) and I ordered some Serama hatching eggs online because I want more Serama colors. I also ordered 2 new totally different incubators since my old incubators sucked. The eggs and incubators came in a few days ago so I set all the eggs in. One of the incubators is a Nurture Right 360, I dont know what the other one is called but I heard they work well.

 

[Iluveggers]

So I’m joining in a bit early! I’ll be setting eggs tonight I think (was going to set tomorrow morning but I’m too excited) . They are just Easter Egger mixes from the farm. Gonna fill up the NR360!

 

[The Birb King]

I think tomorrow is the day I will candle since its the 4th day of incubation.

 

[itkn]

Of course after setting eggs in the incubator one of my hens has gone broody! I'm thinking if she keeps it up I'll see if she'll accept the chicks once they hatch.

 

[The Birb King]

Of course after setting eggs in the incubator one of my hens has gone broody! I'm thinking if she keeps it up I'll see if she'll accept the chicks once they hatch.

That is what I did last year and it worked great!

 

[3KillerBs]

Of course after setting eggs in the incubator one of my hens has gone broody! I'm thinking if she keeps it up I'll see if she'll accept the chicks once they hatch.

Good luck with her.

I was going to try this last fall, but my broody, who had already been broody about 10 days before I set the eggs in the incubator, broke 2 days before the chicks hatched.

(I had been intending to sell her so I hadn't given her the eggs).

 

[3KillerBs]

Just stuffed an over-load of eggs into the incubator. I'm having trouble getting the thing to reset, but I'll hit manual turn a couple times before bedtime and worry about it in the morning. I'm tired after work and not mentally up to dealing with it.