March Hatch-A-Long.( How is it gettting here so quick ? LOL )

[Wunjo]

I put 26 or 25 into lockdown yesterday.

 

[jan12]

So, I have a mixed batch of shipped eggs in the bator now: 5 Isabel orpingtons on day 12, 14 mixed (3 BCM, 3 blue marans, 3 Wheaton marans, 2 OE, 2 BBS AMs, 1 BLRW) also in day 12, 5 lav orp on day 11, 8 lav cuckoo orp on day 4, and 7 lemon cuckoo orp on day 4. I'm really excited about this hatch!! I just got done with a week and a half hatch-a-thon - sorry I didn't post much, but I was too busy with the hatches to post much. 57 chicks hatched over a week and a half! I had to build a bigger brooder

Good luck to everyone's hatches!!

57 at once WOW I thought I was bad!!

can't wait for the weather to break so I can get these chickens out of the house lol....actually the chicks are pretty easy it's the little ducklings in with them that spread the water every where and keep the brooder stinky

Me too!! I hear you on that! The amount of dust they generate is incredible. Spring can't come fast enough. I have been bad and I have more hatching! The trick is to keep my husband from freaking out... Lol. Not an easy task!

 

[Heidisgran]

Quote: Me too!! I hear you on that! The amount of dust they generate is incredible. Spring can't come fast enough. I have been bad

and I have more hatching! The trick is to keep my husband from freaking out... Lol. Not an easy task!

my husband is getting really sick of it!! BUT!!! that's life

he's really good he's built me all of my 6 coops and 2 more are planned
he's recovering from some rough surgery so it'll be a while...a lot of the current chicks are sold

 

[sonderah]

Think I just talked my sweety into building me a "cooler-bator" that I can use as a hatcher!!!! Yay!! I can set more eggs!!! Lol

 

[Heidisgran]

Think I just talked my sweety into building me a "cooler-bator" that I can use as a hatcher!!!! Yay!! I can set more eggs!!! Lol

woo hoo!

 

[sonderah]

And!!!!!! OMGoodness!!! I'm thinking I also have my 1st broody hen!!! I'm gonna have babies EVERYWHERE!!!

 

[Heidisgran]

I set some frizzled buff polish last Wed. and last night some frizzled Ameracauna...I was a tad disappointed in the Am eggs they were mostly tan I think one greenish but one olive...hope for some frizzled chickens!!!!

 

[jan12]

 

 

So, I have a mixed batch of shipped eggs in the bator now: 5 Isabel orpingtons on day 12, 14 mixed (3 BCM, 3 blue marans, 3 Wheaton marans, 2 OE, 2 BBS AMs, 1 BLRW) also in day 12, 5 lav orp on day 11, 8 lav cuckoo orp on day 4, and 7 lemon cuckoo orp on day 4. I'm really excited about this hatch!! I just got done with a week and a half hatch-a-thon - sorry I didn't post much, but I was too busy with the hatches to post much. 57 chicks hatched over a week and a half! I had to build a bigger brooder


Good luck to everyone's hatches!!

57 at once WOW I thought I was bad!!


can't wait for the weather to break so I can get these chickens out of the house lol....actually the chicks are pretty easy it's the little ducklings in with them that spread the water every where and keep the brooder stinky

Me too!! I hear you on that! The amount of dust they generate is incredible. Spring can't come fast enough. I have been bad and I have more hatching! The trick is to keep my husband from freaking out... Lol. Not an easy task!

my husband is getting really sick of it!! BUT!!! that's life
he's really good he's built me all of my 6 coops and 2 more are planned
he's recovering from some rough surgery so it'll be a while...a lot of the current chicks are sold

You're lucky your husband builds your coops! I'm jealous I have to build my own coops. I'm going to build a 10 coop complex this spring for my breeding projects - that's what these chicks are for. But my hatch rate has been excellent from shipped eggs lately, so I'll end up selling at least half of the chicks I have. Kinda sad to do it but I can't keep 100 chickens! Then my husband would surely divorce me! Lol

 

[Farmer Viola]

@Heidisgran .. did you see the polish eggs up for auction right now? omg..

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/754060/the-new-crazy-24hr-auction-thread/5930#post_12943167

 

[Heidisgran]

@Heidisgran .. did you see the polish eggs up for auction right now? omg..

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/754060/the-new-crazy-24hr-auction-thread/5930#post_12943167

oh boy farmerviola is stirring the pot

let me just go take a look at them

I love the chick in the pic...yours? cutie patootie