My next hatch....Early?!

[Petej]

It seems that my next hatch is arriving early??

Either my dates were off when I set the eggs, or they decided the day of lock-down would be a good time to pip.

Egg number one, already zipping!

Egg Number two is in the corner, pipped, but not zipped.
Egg three I need to candle to see if it's still alive.....

Eggs, 4,5,6,7and 8 I still need to candle again. They were very dark a few days ago.....

Now, most of the time, I usually leave the turner in, but since we had some stuck chicks on the last hatch, I decided to remove it.

My FIL hatches with the turner in with no issues. I guess I have different luck....

 

[soap&eggs]

for some years in my black bantam cochin breeding pen..all chicks hatched on day 18...at first i along with others all thought my temp was too high in still air bator ..102*...so each batch of eggs id lower temp until i was hatching at 99*..no turntable no fan..just turning by hand..when i started paying more attention to broody hens ha:tching they also hatched on day 18....my rooster passed away at 14 yrs old...but even up until his death was producing 18 day hatch babies..new rooster is normal at 21-22 days.

 

[Baralak]

Question... What breed?

 

[Petej]

Egg three is pipping!

Eggs 4 and 5 are rocking and cheeping.

Eggs 6, and 7 are cheeping in the shells.

Egg 8 embryo is a Moving, but not fully developed.

Egg 9, same as 8 pretty much, it's a dark shell, so it's hard to tell....

 

[Petej]

Baralak, They are Barnyard chickens.

I have four roos and 26 hens. RIR's, Americaunas, WLH's, Bantams (the big ones), and two barnyard pullets.......

 

[Baralak]

Very good!!! It's good to see you raise The ultra rare Bartralorpsland Rockorphex as well.

I have 11 currently, however, I'm fixen to fill my bator with some BO/RIR mixes, and SLW's !

 

[Petej]

Currently the only Straight Run chickens we have are the hens and roosters. The eggs and chicks are all barnyard.

My current chick is mostly black.

 

[Baralak]

Bartralorpsland Rockorphex = Heinz 57 = mixed = mutts.. lol

The eggs that I hatched for the above breed, came from a guy that had BR's Astralorps, Road Islands, Orphingtons, and sussex.. with a little EE in there.. all together with several roosters.. thus the name of my designer breed

Bartralorpsland Rockorphex

 

[Petej]

Egg number 2 decided to be the first to hatch! Fresh from the egg!

Why do I like watching them hatch so much? It's addicting, but I guess this addiction is better than some others!

5 more to go!

2 of the eggs look like they are under-developed. I'm pretty sure I saw movement, so I am going to leave them in for a few more days.

 

[Baralak]

Congrats!