May 2021 Hatch - A - Long

[chickiebaby1]

Woke up to 14 chicks in the bator this morning and today is hatch day! So excited to get home from work tonight to see if I have anymore.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Mixes.
Blue Wyandotte/EE and a blue andelusian/maran.

These 2 will join the other chicks I hatched last Friday, when they are dried off and walking.

 

[abpatchy]

17 chicks hatched Sunday/Monday. I was hoping for more as I started with 44 eggs. This was my last hatch for this year. My breeding groups have been split up... the ladies get a break from the roosters. All in all I hatched 106 chicks.

 

[BullChick]

I tried to kill the lone quail due today. I didn’t, but it was close.

 

[wolfwalker]

I set eggs today, which also means they have a hatch date of June 1st or so. So I have started next months thread.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/june-2021-hatch-a-long.1466665/

I set 42 eggs. I also have 1 more egg to hatch this month and I have really come to hate broody eggs.

I pulled 2 FBCM eggs last night as according to my notes should have hatched, but when I did eggtopsies on them, they were at the same stage as the last egg. Which means I needlessly killed 2 FBCM as they were moving after I opened the ends of the eggs to the point one could not save them. It's a good thing these are my own eggs or I would be more than perturbed.

 

[Kholts]

17 chicks hatched Sunday/Monday. I was hoping for more as I started with 44 eggs. This was my last hatch for this year. My breeding groups have been split up... the ladies get a break from the roosters. All in all I hatched 106 chicks.

They all look grumpy lol what breed are these?

 

[BullChick]

I set eggs today, which also means they have a hatch date of June 1st or so. So I have started next months thread.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/june-2021-hatch-a-long.1466665/

I set 42 eggs. I also have 1 more egg to hatch this month and I have really come to hate broody eggs.

I pulled 2 FBCM eggs last night as according to my notes should have hatched, but when I did eggtopsies on them, they were at the same stage as the last egg. Which means I needlessly killed 2 FBCM as they were moving after I opened the ends of the eggs to the point one could not save them. It's a good thing these are my own eggs or I would be more than perturbed.

I knew it wasn’t just me. I am happy to say that the thing finally started to move just as I was getting ready to open it for real. I always go slow just in case, but this thing must have been dead asleep. It took a lot to get movement.

 

[Kholts]

Day 18 on my Ancona duck eggs. I candled today & removed 9. Most stopped within the 1st 7 days & a couple between 8-18 days.

The other 15 are moving & the aircells are stable & are looking appropriately sized. There’s maybe a couple that are dipping deep in 1 side.

Hopefully they all make it to lockdown & not too many late deaths (those are the WORST!)

 

[BullChick]

One got squished today. Oh well.
The lone quail hasn’t hatched yet.

 

[abpatchy]

They all look grumpy lol what breed are these?

Well, they had just come back from getting their Marek shot. I bet they were grumpy!!
They are Sulmtaler in wheaten but as of this year I also got them in white. They are really sweet birds... not grumpy at all.