March Hatch-Along Thread- Come Hatch With Us!!!!!

[3Dchicken]

So far, I still have 21 of 24 and I'm on Day 10 with my duck eggs.

They will be the same barnyard mix as Skittles, Topper and Midge - Cayuga, Sussex, Pekin and some of those have tufts. I do have room and ability to separate chickens and/or ducks if I want to sell purebreds, but these ones shouldn't be a problem around her!

Hrm. Bators full and I have almost 2 dozen eggs sitting on the counter. What to do!? I'm seriously coinsidering firing up my wonky home-made bator.

seems like no one wants EE's. *shrugs*

Easter Eggers are cool! I don't see why nobody would want them?!

My first batch for March goes into lockdown on the 11th. The eggs are of the Unknown Brown Chicken Egger variety, so I'll need help ID-ing them.

I love mystery eggs!

Hi, it's be a waste of chicken eggs, but that's not as bad as a waste of duck eggs. I have a mule duck (cross between a domestic and a muscovey) which bonds with a hen and they try to nest.
He's destined for the table one day, but serves as pecking distractor for the one turkey hen who has set herself up as THE watchbird in the pasture (enclosed area is 1/4-1/3 of an acre I guess). Keeps the hen laying which is good for duck egg sales.
Still no sign of ducklings from any of the three muscovey nests. turkey poult #6 has chipped out a small piece of eggshell. #4 is almost out of the shell, #5 is almost done unzippering it's shell.

 

[Maah]

I started collecting eggs today for my next set. DH loves his Barred Rock hen...

so that's who I'm collecting from. She lays an egg just about every day and I only plan on incubating 3 of her eggs, and I'll fill the rest of the incubator with 4 EE's (incubator holds 7 eggs). The EE eggs are super easy to pick out, so I will just collect those on Thurs & Fri. If I can manage it, I might squeeze in more than just the 7 eggs to begin with and hand turn them for the first week until I can take out the duds. However the EE shells are quite thick and the BR eggs are dark. And... I'm not that good at looking in the first place and already afraid I wont be able to pick out the duds. LOL.

I'm hoping I have the right eggs from the barred rock. I'm pretty sure her eggs are the darker brown, slightly elongated, and usually has speckles. So those are what I'm hording. It would suck for hubby if I end up incubating the New Hampshire's eggs! I know her's look similar, but I think her's have a slightly more terracotta color to them. I guess we'll see when they hatch cuz a barred rock looks quite a bit different than a New Hampshire! Sorry hubby if I'm wrong. (I guess if I get it wrong, we'll just have to incubate more!)

All the hens are being treated to a wonder romantic dinner and wine from our Light Brahma rooster in my avatar. So we will have some Barred Rock/Brahma mixes, and some Easter Egger/Brahma mixes. I think it would be neat to get an easter egger that lays blue eggs and has feathered feet. Not sure how likely that would happen... just a thought.

 

[Cynthia12]

OK, so I came home from the dentist, took my meds, and now I just put incubator 2 on lockdown!! I candled and SMELLED all 32 eggs, removed one that I checked a few times before deciding on it being a quitter and locked the rest down....i have THIRTY ONE moving and kicking and I think one of those teeny tiny silkies may have already pipped inside!!!

The scariest thing NOW is the humidity. CLEARLY it was not high enough last time, so I am going to try and keep it 75% and up til the end now. The last bunch was a mess!!! I still cant believe I got my lockdown days off, lol!!! Here we go again!!!

Now comes the hard part..the waiting!

 

[Cynthia12]

Hi, it's be a waste of chicken eggs, but that's not as bad as a waste of duck eggs. I have a mule duck (cross between a domestic and a muscovey) which bonds with a hen and they try to nest.
He's destined for the table one day, but serves as pecking distractor for the one turkey hen who has set herself up as THE watchbird in the pasture (enclosed area is 1/4-1/3 of an acre I guess). Keeps the hen laying which is good for duck egg sales.
Still no sign of ducklings from any of the three muscovey nests. turkey poult #6 has chipped out a small piece of eggshell. #4 is almost out of the shell, #5 is almost done unzippering it's shell.

Ahh shucks..no duck pictures? I tried those too..they were fun too. ) I love the little webbed feet.

 

[Cynthia12]

Yaay! Got a message from the guy that I am getting my Welsummer eggs for the Easter Hatch A Long. He will be sending them out on Wed.
The weather is much better than it was! Better weather, less cold eggs. Now, come on P.O...be nice!

 

[raygirl4386]

im interested to seeing how my flocks chicks will look like when older. my rooster is a black sex link, i have 6 barred rocks, 3 barnyard mixs, 2 golden comets, and an easter egger. shoulde be interesting, at least for the other 6, maybe now the barred rocks.

 

[3Dchicken]

I started collecting eggs today for my next set. DH loves his Barred Rock hen...

so that's who I'm collecting from. She lays an egg just about every day and I only plan on incubating 3 of her eggs, and I'll fill the rest of the incubator with 4 EE's (incubator holds 7 eggs). The EE eggs are super easy to pick out, so I will just collect those on Thurs & Fri. If I can manage it, I might squeeze in more than just the 7 eggs to begin with and hand turn them for the first week until I can take out the duds. However the EE shells are quite thick and the BR eggs are dark. And... I'm not that good at looking in the first place and already afraid I wont be able to pick out the duds. LOL.

I'm hoping I have the right eggs from the barred rock. I'm pretty sure her eggs are the darker brown, slightly elongated, and usually has speckles. So those are what I'm hording. It would suck for hubby if I end up incubating the New Hampshire's eggs! I know her's look similar, but I think her's have a slightly more terracotta color to them. I guess we'll see when they hatch cuz a barred rock looks quite a bit different than a New Hampshire! Sorry hubby if I'm wrong. (I guess if I get it wrong, we'll just have to incubate more!)

All the hens are being treated to a wonder romantic dinner and wine from our Light Brahma rooster in my avatar. So we will have some Barred Rock/Brahma mixes, and some Easter Egger/Brahma mixes. I think it would be neat to get an easter egger that lays blue eggs and has feathered feet. Not sure how likely that would happen... just a thought.

That would be cool! And a sure- fire way to be able to pick out the duds is to candle on day 14!

 

[Roxannemc]

NOTE: When it says Blood VEIN, It actually means Blood RING. A blood VEIN is a good thing! XD

Another blood RING
A blood ring means that the chick has died. Even if you think you see one, do not throw out the egg for a couple days and candle later to see if more development has occurred since the blood ring could be a mistaken VEIN

TRUE HAPPENED TO ME ONCE WAS GONNA PITCH IT BUT THEN IT HATCHED!

 

[Maah]

LOL, yea I know... I just didn't want to hand turn them for that long! My silkie eggs were so light an easy to see into I was able to surely pick out the duds and quitters by day 7. Yup, that's me... being the lazy incubator'er.

 

[thehappynunu]

Put mine in today (march 4th) hatch date is March 25th!!
I have 2 Marian eggs, 1 Americana, 2 buff Orpingtons, and a polish! So excited!!