May hatch-a-long

[chickenmama109]

I'm on phase one of my meat breed I'm trying to create. In the bator is 6 shipped White Dorking, 6 shipped Dark Cornish, 9 Dark Cornish Brahma crosses, 3 Brahma, 3 Delaware Brahma cross and 6 White Rock Brahma cross. Have a few show quality Dark Cornish eggs coming in that will be going in a couple days late. I plan to keep any Dark Cornish pullets, Most of the mix pullets, Hoping at least 3 Dorking hatch as I will breed them separate if so as they aren't available local.
Thanks for the welcome.

thats a lot of breeds good luck with your hatch

 

[cppeace]

Thanks!

 

[chantels1]

Hi All! Just put my eggs in the bator today. 32 plus will be 4 more Friday morn.
My first chicken hatch but did ducks a couple years ago.

Enjoy your incubation! I don't know how you managed so many years in between! I don't want to stop incubating and admittedly felt a twinge of jealousy. I have 6 in the brooder that hatched a few days ago. I am wanting to fire it back up! I have a broody sitting on 3 eggs as well. It's all I would give her since she is a first time broody! They are due in 10 days. And I ordered shipping eggs this week. They will ship in 2-3 weeks!!!

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

I FINALLY have the brooder ready with the MHP in place. And evidently just in time too. We had one of the 18 eggs hatch last night, now just waiting on the rest.

Here is a few photos of our brooder. View attachment 1380694 View attachment 1380695 View attachment 1380698 View attachment 1380699 View attachment 1380700

That looks fantastic!

 

[cppeace]

lol Well, sadly all ducks disappeared on me and my one try of hatching goose eggs ended sadly as well. My chickens just started laying a few weeks ago so incubator was prepped and other breeds ordered. it can be addictive for sure.

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

Enjoy your incubation! I don't know how you managed so many years in between! I don't want to stop incubating and admittedly felt a twinge of jealousy. I have 6 in the brooder that hatched a few days ago. I am wanting to fire it back up! I have a broody sitting on 3 eggs as well. It's all I would give her since she is a first time broody! They are due in 10 days. And I ordered shipping eggs this week. They will ship in 2-3 weeks!!!

What breed/s did you order?

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

So I'm going to take after the girlscout troop hatch and take my bator to kindergarten on Monday, I'll be able to leave it there a few days. Hatch day is Tuesday so I'm hoping there is no more then a pip Monday morning. My plan right now is I'm going to leave then in the egg turner till Monday morning turning it off Saturday night but still in place. That way the eggs don't roll and break on the drive. Once we get to school I'll remove the turner and place the eggs. It's not a super great veiw for the kids but they will get to see a little action. The teacher is excited as she only does parent controlled hatch and the last one she was able to do was 5 years ago when myoldest was in her class.

I still remember incubating eggs when I was in kindergarten way back in 1971. I hope something happens while the kids are there!

Have the girl scouts stopped talking about the hatch yet?

 

[Zinjifrah]

I still remember incubating eggs when I was in kindergarten way back in 1971.

I'm kind of jealous about that... none of the schools I was in ever incubated anything! Fourty+, and my first attempts at incubating are four weeks old today.

 

[cppeace]

I think I got the short end of the stick in school. I don't we ever had a class pet and definitely never hatched eggs or anything similar, but I was raised farmy so it's not like I never got to see it lol.

 

[Zinjifrah]

I think I got the short end of the stick in school. I don't we ever had a class pet and definitely never hatched eggs or anything similar, but I was raised farmy so it's not like I never got to see it lol.

I got to take field trips... to plant trees for the major timber companies in logged-off areas. Didn't even get paid for it! That was the extent of my farm experience.