October 2021 Hatch-A-Long

[AusHen]

Wow! Those are some gorgeous Welsummer eggs!

They really are beautiful, better in person. The breeder has been working hard on his Welsummers, more so since we had imports of dark laying Wellies from the UK in 2015.
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[Chookwagn]

I'm pretty sure I don't have a hatching problem.... but I set 54 eggs last Sunday....
Due to hatch 3rd Oct

 

[AusHen]

I'm pretty sure I don't have a hatching problem.... but I set 54 eggs last Sunday....
Due to hatch 3rd Oct

Problem? I see no problem, it's still in the double digits right

 

[AusHen]

I couldn't help myself and candled the Araucana pen already. 12 out of 12 from the cross hen are developing. I saw 9 developing and 1 super early quitter in the pures, two eggs were too dark for me to see. Very very early days but it's good to see this kind of fertility!!
I'll try my best to not candle again until day 7 but I'm manually turning, so it might be tricky not to

 

[Dottie the Chicken]

Praise the Lord, I have some life, too!

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

I'm back to try my luck! Ordered a dozen Japanese bantam eggs for my son and as we know shipped eggs like to be upright so I had to use the janoel 8-48 and incubators like to be at full capacity to hold even heat so I had to set 3 dozen of my own. Bantam silver laced wyandotte, standard partridge wyandotte and the buff of the orpingtons. Now, last month out of 24 eggs we only had 2 fertile so here's hoping the boys are finally feeling the spring air.due 7th Oct

 

[Chookwagn]

Just hatched the first lot of eggs from my OEGBs
They are super cute

 

[The Moonshiner]

Just hatched the first lot of eggs from my OEGBs
They are super cuteView attachment 2837692View attachment 2837693View attachment 2837694

You're what?
You do know brown Leghorns look like that too.

 

[Chookwagn]

You're what?
You do know brown Leghorns look like that too.

If only you would send me some eggs!!!

 

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

I just swapped out my infertile rooster for his son Cookie a few days ago and have a broody so I'm hoping the 8 eggs I set under her are fertile! Due to hatch on 5th Oct.
Cockerel Biscuit is in the coop but rooster didn't like him mating so now hopefully Cookie and Biscuit can get along and provide fertile eggs.