September Hatch-a-long!

[PouleChick]

@PouleChick I'm right behind you. Mine are due for hatching on Sept. 3rd, as that will be day 20 for me.

Have you candled - are they looking good?

 

[BlueBaby]

Have you candled - are they looking good?

Yes, I candled the other day and all 15 eggs were looking good. I think that my White Breese pullets are getting about ready to start laying the first eggs, too!

 

[Flockandfowl46]

@PouleChick I'm hoping for the best for you hun sorry about the fuss hopefully the rest will be ok

 

[Flockandfowl46]

8 days till lockdown! Second candle last night and all 37 still going

What am I going to do with all these babies if that all make it...lol

Next weekend I get to send 11 cockerals to freezer camp ugh

 

[KikiLeigh02]

Oh no! Have you candled any of the ones under your broody? Hopefully all the fertile ones are just under them!
I ended up with the same problem you had, one of the breeders was super sweet and sent LOTS of extras. I have to run two incubators now anyway, so I put in some of my barnyard mix eggs! I only set eggs from the Amberlinks (white with brown patches), we only have the one mixed breed bantam rooster so no questions there. If any hatch the pullets going in the pen with the bantam Ameraucanas to make some homemade bantam EE's.

I briefly candled my incubator eggs (not in perfect conditions as there was some light) yesterday and not looking good - seems 5/7 are not fertile The worst bit being they are all the cream legbars I have masses of them under the broodies as well so I'm really hoping that those ones are OK, or at least some of them. You may remember the breeder I go them from was a bit worried about them when he sold them to me as he'd lost one of his roos so gave me 12 eggs on top of the 12 I bought to be sure I got some but if the rest are the same I'm going to be gutted I'm going to have another look tonight when it is dark before I chuck them.

 

[Shorty22366]

Not quite September but my Betty hatched 10. 4 black 4 gray and 2 striped. And 5 more to hatch. Pipped.

 

[Shorty22366]

I've always heard not to put an egg with yolk on it into an incubator.

I think that one of my NN hens is thinking about going broody now, because she's been hanging out in the nesting box more than normal the past 3 day's. I'm still taking the eggs. I don't trust a broody hen because I have heard that many times they will get off the nest before it's time or attack the new hatched one's. That's why I bought 2 incubators. I'll hatch them myself! Each of my incubators can hold up to 42 eggs at a time.

My Betty just hatched 10 with 5 more she took possession of. My hens all lay in 2 boxes so she decided they were all hers. Her first hatch 1 egg she killed baby. But this time she is great.

 

[KikiLeigh02]

They are beautiful! That little black & white one though

Not quite September but my Betty hatched 10. 4 black 4 gray and 2 striped. And 5 more to hatch. Pipped.View attachment 1516976 View attachment 1516969

 

[Shorty22366]

They are beautiful! That little black & white one though

There are two like her. I love their markings.

 

[chickenmama109]

Hi every one I don't know if it's two late to join but I put some eggs under my broody hen a couple of days ago and I would like to to join the hatch a long