(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
When I was a kid in CA the 1970s we kept about 30 Rhode Island reds. In 2013 we started hatching eggs with my kids, here in Sweden
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
15
(3) What breeds do you have?
Maran, Sussex, Hedemora/Lohmann mix, Gold Wyandotte, 2nd gen Bovans hatched from grocery store ECO eggs.
(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens?
Hatching eggs, collecting eggs and eating them
(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
Woodworking, music
(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
Married with 3 kids age 10-15, cat, house, work as a statistician.
(7) Bonus: How did you find BYC, how long have you known about BYC, and what made you finally join our awesome community?
I've been referencing the site for three years to learn about hatching and keeping chickens.
We have hatched 6 sets of eggs since 2013. We use a Brinsea and a Kingsuro incubator of the automatic temp/humidity type. The most recent set is with ECO (krav) eggs bought at the local supermarket. To sell eggs as 'ecological (krav)' in Sweden requires that flocks have Roosters, which means some eggs are fertilised!
Since they are cleaned and shipped as food, we weren't expecting a high hatch rate. Last year we got just 25% from such eggs. But they are awesome layers.
This year, of 45 eggs put into the incubators just 8 developed, but all 8 looked good on day 20 when we hiked the humidity. No pips until day 23
By today (day 24) 2 of the 8 had hatched, and we just got another pip an hour ago!
We've never had a chick hatch past day 22 before. Our Machines are high quality and pretty new. Any ideas on why lies behind the late hatch?
When I was a kid in CA the 1970s we kept about 30 Rhode Island reds. In 2013 we started hatching eggs with my kids, here in Sweden
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
15
(3) What breeds do you have?
Maran, Sussex, Hedemora/Lohmann mix, Gold Wyandotte, 2nd gen Bovans hatched from grocery store ECO eggs.
(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens?
Hatching eggs, collecting eggs and eating them
(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
Woodworking, music
(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
Married with 3 kids age 10-15, cat, house, work as a statistician.
(7) Bonus: How did you find BYC, how long have you known about BYC, and what made you finally join our awesome community?
I've been referencing the site for three years to learn about hatching and keeping chickens.
We have hatched 6 sets of eggs since 2013. We use a Brinsea and a Kingsuro incubator of the automatic temp/humidity type. The most recent set is with ECO (krav) eggs bought at the local supermarket. To sell eggs as 'ecological (krav)' in Sweden requires that flocks have Roosters, which means some eggs are fertilised!
Since they are cleaned and shipped as food, we weren't expecting a high hatch rate. Last year we got just 25% from such eggs. But they are awesome layers.
This year, of 45 eggs put into the incubators just 8 developed, but all 8 looked good on day 20 when we hiked the humidity. No pips until day 23
By today (day 24) 2 of the 8 had hatched, and we just got another pip an hour ago!We've never had a chick hatch past day 22 before. Our Machines are high quality and pretty new. Any ideas on why lies behind the late hatch?
Glad you joined.
to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!
enjoy your stay. 
We are glad you joined this flock!
