May 2022 hatch along

[3KillerBs]

DH is building me a broody maternity ward this afternoon. Assuming Cordon stays broody when moved, I'll give her eggs on Tuesday and that will give a May 31st hatch date.

 

[Iluveggers]

DH is building me a broody maternity ward this afternoon. Assuming Cordon stays broody when moved, I'll give her eggs on Tuesday and that will give a May 31st hatch date.

What a nice DH!

 

[junior67]

DH is building me a broody maternity ward this afternoon. Assuming Cordon stays broody when moved, I'll give her eggs on Tuesday and that will give a May 31st hatch date.

how exciting and so sweet!!!!!!

 

[Honora]

Ooh, I have 2 pips and it’s only day 20!

 

[Artichoke Lover]

unless you have a way to watch her 24/7 she is probably getting off the box and you are just missing it. Mine was off at just before 6am this morning and back on about 10 min later. Other times she is off for 30 min in hte middle of the day. She will skip a day here and there that she doesn't get off at all. I am just basically letting her do her thing but I also have a camera in the coop that I can see what she is doing at any minute that I want. Most broodies will do what they need to do with getting off the nest, eating drinking. They aren't going to want to poo on their eggs so they will get off for that.

Food and water are untouched and there’s no poop. I’m also checking her crop and it’s completely empty.

 

[DavidReaves]

My hatch is complete. I had a mixed hatch this weekend from mostly Rhode Island Red hens but also six Cream Legbar hens. From those, I hatched apparent full RIRs chicks, RIR x Cream Legbars, and two that may be full Cream Legbars. There were two chicks from the CL hens (blue eggs) that appear to be crosses, but also a good number of RIR crosses too. I would guess that the CL Rooster is a bit more active than the RIR.

From an incubation of 22 I had two not fertile, one early quitter (small blood ring) and three late stage dead in shell. I had one defective chick that had to be culled. I'll get some photos later. One is really interesting in that it has most of the CL pattern, but the stripe is light rather than dark! Of the six Cream Legbar eggs, four made it. For the sixteen Rhode Island Red eggs, 11 successfully hatched. So, overall, 15/22, or 15/20 if you only count fertile eggs. That's a grade "C" score. Not great since the eggs were just carried down the street, but I'm well enough satisfied with it. Now, if they aren't all cockerels!

 

[Tonyroo]

CL are auto sexing, light color chick is a male. Good hatch btw

 

[junior67]

CL are auto sexing, light color chick is a male. Good hatch btw

Yes this!

 

[junior67]

My hatch is complete. I had a mixed hatch this weekend from mostly Rhode Island Red hens but also six Cream Legbar hens. From those, I hatched apparent full RIRs chicks, RIR x Cream Legbars, and two that may be full Cream Legbars. There were two chicks from the CL hens (blue eggs) that appear to be crosses, but also a good number of RIR crosses too. I would guess that the CL Rooster is a bit more active than the RIR.

From an incubation of 22 I had two not fertile, one early quitter (small blood ring) and three late stage dead in shell. I had one defective chick that had to be culled. I'll get some photos later. One is really interesting in that it has most of the CL pattern, but the stripe is light rather than dark! Of the six Cream Legbar eggs, four made it. For the sixteen Rhode Island Red eggs, 11 successfully hatched. So, overall, 15/22, or 15/20 if you only count fertile eggs. That's a grade "C" score. Not great since the eggs were just carried down the street, but I'm well enough satisfied with it. Now, if they aren't all cockerels!

I can't wait to see the pictures!!!

 

[Iluveggers]

Me too! More pics @DavidReaves !