MAY 2016 "Land of the Free Because of the brave!" Hatch-a-Long Hosted by, Mike & Sally

[Sally Sunshine]

Count me in. My confidence has been boosted by a 10 month old silki that hatched 3 yesterday and one this morning. Two eggs still under her. Who would have thought this little girl would have given me so much happiness! If I had the space or another coop I would let all my broody hens sit on eggs but then what would I do with all the peeps? Silki score 4, incubators score 0

In my defense.....

Katie is our 10 year old granddaughter. She is mildly autistic and has been our very best chicken sitter since she was 8 years old. Absolutely NO supervision required...she has a routine and she sticks to it! We've been out of town over a week and she's done a perfect job! So I won some eggs (I seem to have a bad habit of doing that!) and in the box were a Silkie, a Naked Neck, a Nankin, 2 Bantams, and a Cochin. She was all kinds of excited - she called it the start to her "silly flock". But the Silkie, the Nankin, and the Bantams were all clears. The Naked Neck and the Cochin are doing okay but have really loose air cells...so they are kinda iffy. She was pretty disappointed not to get the Silkie and Bantams, but Grampa bought her two Bantams at a local feed store. She was thrilled! Here she is putting one of her 2 Bantams under Mama Heating Pad, in with the two we hatched, Sweet Pea and Yokel (named our first hatched after @LocalYokel as promised) and a couple of others.


Then on another thread I was forced - coerced - hogtied - hornswaggled - into checking out RubyNala97's Silkie eggs and folks were so happy with her unique shipping and their great hatch rates that I said I might just have to consider that. The very next morning before school, Katie came over with her mom to drop off Kendra and she asked me if she could hang a couple of photos on my fridge. Of course! Aaaaand, there were 3 that she'd printed off the computer.....all Silkies. Um, yeah. So I thought about it most of the morning, then sent an ice-breaking PM to @RubyNala97




Look at that face after she read Ruby's PM - with photos of some of her Silkies. Now, YOU tell her no. I ain't gonna!

And that's how I came to be eligible for the May HAL. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!

I'm in, even though my last hatch was not very good, but i accidentally put 2 (lol) polish eggs in my bator last night, just 2 but they should be due 5/11

Oooohhhh I'm actually here from (almost) the beginning this time. Maybe I'll actually be able to keep up now! And actually set something one of these days....

Oh yes yes yes..... the 44 eggs i have in the bator now are due May 9th. Then next week i receive my 12 eggs from my pet chicken and im ordering some black croads (pink eggs)

.oh how i love visiting and learning from all you chicken hatching peeps!

I'm here!!! I've got an incubator full of bantam, standard and duck eggs for a friend right now and my husband just texted me saying start collecting ours

he needs about 20 of our blk australarp and white leghorn/austra mixes.

@Sally Sunshine @mlm Mike Whomever wants to link the link below to the OP go ahead.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/...he-brave-hal-hosted-by-mike-sally-member-list

GOT IT!!! its in the OP now! Thank you Chaos!

I'm in. I'll have turkey poults hatching ask through May

Awesome Jess!!

I have 4 turkey eggs under a broody and I have a dozen of silkie eggs on there way from Florida to me for my hen also and what ever is left from her will go in the incubator

I just saw this thread... I have 5 turkey eggs from a friend due to hatch in my incubator May 5 and I have Turkey Eggs from Horseshoe that I got in the 24 hr auction and Runner duck eggs from TJChickens that I got in the 24 hour swap.. These duck/turkey eggs are due to hatch May 14th which is also the day I am graduating from college.

I have a newly emptied incubator though I really need to get my hands on some chicken eggs to hatch in May

YES empty bator needs filled!!!

I need to build another incubator

to many eggs

YES GET ON THAT!!!! ha ha ha

 

[minihorse927]

LOL you are brave asking a bunch of us "hatching addicts" if we need eggs.??  

I'm running a sale cause I'm overloaded in eggs, lmao! $40 shipped, 12+. Most likely 16 to 18 eggs

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: Accidents happen all the time!
they do~!~

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great thinking!

I will have guineas and chickens hatching all through may

sweet!!! WELCOME!!!

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Hey! I've got Ancona duck eggs coming out of my ears here! I've got sportsman clear full to hatch may 1st and 8th plus a broody ohiki sitting on 6 more Ancona eggs.
Anyone need eggs for the hatchalong? Lol

I just now read the part about prizes. I missed that when I read the thread earlier!!... Coooool! Hatching eggs is fun, entering contests is fun... Thank you to the hosts of this thread and prize sponsors for giving us another chance to have some fun!!

I know!!! awesome right? @MyPetChicken

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I am overloaded too!! I cant keep setting them I am worn out already lol!!!

 

[Laurel Meadows]

Hi Everyone! I'm in!!
2 bators going at the moment but I am seriously considering getting (or making) a third one!
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[Chaos18]

I'm running a sale cause I'm overloaded in eggs, lmao! $40 shipped, 12+. Most likely 16 to 18 eggs

Where are you located?

 

[minihorse927]

Where are you located?

southern ohio

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Hi Everyone! I'm in!!
2 bators going at the moment but I am seriously considering getting (or making) a third one!

 

[Chaos18]

southern ohio

How much for local pickup? I'm Western PA, just north of Pittsburgh.

 

[cabinchicky]

Hello everyone! Minihorse there you are!Anyhow I have 9 eggs under 2 hens that should hatch the first week of March. This will be my girls first hatch. The chicks will be a very mixed bunch.EE standard and bantam roosters over EE standard And bantam, Cochin, Light Brahma and Speckled Sussex hens.

 

[mlm Mike]

Hi Everyone! I'm in!!
2 bators going at the moment but I am seriously considering getting (or making) a third one!

Welcome!

Hello everyone! Minihorse there you are!Anyhow I have 9 eggs under 2 hens that should hatch the first week of March. This will be my girls first hatch. The chicks will be a very mixed bunch.EE standard and bantam roosters over EE standard And bantam, Cochin, Light Brahma and Speckled Sussex hens.

Welcome!