May Hatch Thread--Fill up those bators n' broodies!

[hokankai]

They look to be all the same color! Haha

That was the point

 

[freejpony]

Well I think my hatch is just about finished, including these 2 Swedish flower hens. First time hatching eggs from a poultry exchange. Ended up with 14 chicks out of 27 eggs at hatching! Way better then any of my attempts at hatching shipped eggs!

 

[el pollo rey]

First two out of the silkie snafu ,,for those who have recently joined the thread my bantam silkie was sitting on 7 eggs 3 of her own when one of the kids collecting eggs thought they hit the jack pot and grabbed her clutch while she was down for food and water. the next morning the wife went down and found the frantic hen and found out her clutch had vanished in the night lol we quickly found the fully developed eggs in the egg carton on the kitchen counter and did the egg shuffle and put them into lock down in our second bator these guy made it and one more of the 7 has pipped and on its way

 

[Friar_Tuck]

. Think it will wrk on dark chicken eggs ?

Not sure, but I was amazed at how well it worked on the quail eggs!
Jim

 

[el pollo rey]

Well I think my hatch is just about finished, including these 2 Swedish flower hens. First time hatching eggs from a poultry exchange. Ended up with 14 chicks out of 27 eggs at hatching! Way better then any of my attempts at hatching shipped eggs!

they are too cute ! good job

 

[el pollo rey]

three pips and a bunch of rollers on day 20 its getting busy around here

 

[5 Acre Rooster]

First two out of the silkie snafu ,,for those who have recently joined the thread my bantam silkie was sitting on 7 eggs 3 of her own when one of the kids collecting eggs thought they hit the jack pot and grabbed her clutch while she was down for food and water. the next morning the wife went down and found the frantic hen and found out her clutch had vanished in the night lol we quickly found the fully developed eggs in the egg carton on the kitchen counter and did the egg shuffle and put them into lock down in our second bator these guy made it and one more of the 7 has pipped and on its way



Nice save El, I only have 1 kid helping with eggs and I told her under NO circumstances you go near that black hen (Broody BA) "Don't even look at her!" shes 15 going on 35 but listens 50% of the time

 

[jnjmanning]

three pips and a bunch of rollers on day 20 its getting busy around here

Dang everyone seems to be gettin chicky. I have been quiet, but I am at day 20 with last bunch of Tolbunts. Hatch day tomorrow. No noise, bator is very quiet. But I have good hopes for these. So what ya gonna do with all these chicks???

 

[jnjmanning]

First two out of the silkie snafu ,,for those who have recently joined the thread my bantam silkie was sitting on 7 eggs 3 of her own when one of the kids collecting eggs thought they hit the jack pot and grabbed her clutch while she was down for food and water. the next morning the wife went down and found the frantic hen and found out her clutch had vanished in the night lol we quickly found the fully developed eggs in the egg carton on the kitchen counter and did the egg shuffle and put them into lock down in our second bator these guy made it and one more of the 7 has pipped and on its way

I still cant believe these 2 made it! Maybe I should treat my eggs like this.....lol

 

[el pollo rey]

Dang everyone seems to be gettin chicky. I have been quiet, but I am at day 20 with last bunch of Tolbunts. Hatch day tomorrow. No noise, bator is very quiet. But I have good hopes for these. So what ya gonna do with all these chicks???

well the hampshires and slw will go into the breeding rotation the germans if i get a few (no pips yet ) will be bread back to my current flock of hampshires to bolster size and body mass they are exceptional gnh,s out sql lines the grand roo was best of show in dayton poultry show last year awsome birds im excited about the addition kellogs is almost 3 and on the down slide as head master the sussex were a bust im still bummed about that