Rillowens first Hatch-Along! FOOD THEME

[thecatumbrella]

Anchovy? Wake up! I need to stop doing hatch-alongs because all the eggs I pick are slackers.

 

[Jemi Si]

Get shakin' Bacon!

 

[jxp]

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Are the different boxes different types of eggs? What all type of chickens do you have?

 

[Rillowen]

Are the different boxes different types of eggs? What all type of chickens do you have?

It was kind of my attempt at organizing the ones I could tell lol. We have 2 white rock/barnyard mix hens and 1 matching roo, then one barred rock hen (these were gifts to get us started) then we have 1 red dorking roo and hen, and one white dorking hen. Our goal is to breed and obtain more dorkings to eventually transition to an all dorking flock, but goodness they are expensive! We got 8 mixed dorking last year, 2 died, 3 roosters went to freezer camp.
There is also 1 retired white rock to help with the rooster ration.

 

[Rillowen]

Congrats on all these babies plus all those that have hatched since! You took some amazing photos of the hatching process!

Thank you!

 

[jxp]

Anchovy? Wake up! I need to stop doing hatch-alongs because all the eggs I pick are slackers.

Jelly Bean and Linguini are taking their time as well.

"Tout vient à point à qui sait attendre"

 

[jxp]

It was kind of my attempt at organizing the ones I could tell lol. We have 2 white rock/barnyard mix hens and 1 matching roo, then one barred rock hen (these were gifts to get us started) then we have 1 red dorking roo and hen, and one white dorking hen. Our goal is to breed and obtain more dorkings to eventually transition to an all dorking flock, but goodness they are expensive! We got 8 mixed dorking last year, 2 died, 3 roosters went to freezer camp.
There is also 1 retired white rock to help with the rooster ration.

Sounds like a lot to keep track of. I hope you get what you're aiming for.

 

[redinator]

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I tried using these in a previous hatch but I lost several eggs. It made me wonder if the solid bottom caused air flow issues and cold spots in the incubator. This hatch I used these and they worked great. They come in different heights and lenths.

 

[Rillowen]

We have 3 more hatches! They actually hatched around 5, but i have been feeding the kids dinner and getting them to bed, sorry.
4 jellybean @jxp 6 jambalaya @redinator and 18 hatched at 5pm
At 8 I found 2 more damp babies! 13 anchovies @thecatumbrella , and 9 Toffee @Sefirothe.
Just now 19 Porkchops fin8shed hatching as well!

 

[Rillowen]