SEPTEMBER HATCH-A-LONG!!!

[ValerieJ]

My incubator is a Little Giant styrofoam one also. It's been good to me so far. I'm not going to be hatching any egg's for Sept. I'll be taking a break, and watching what my Aug. hatch grow-out's turn out to be.

That is very encouraging. Thanks!

 

[BlueBaby]

That is very encouraging. Thanks!

Your welcome! All of the chick's that I have been hatching out have been hatched in it.

 

[john_wrightson2003]

No intentional meat crosses because the Red Rangers are molting. I will have Naked Necks that will 1/4 Red Ranger. I will eat any male culls but its a step towards another meat bird cross later down the line. I will have Dark Cornish I got off of eBay but picked up in person, and yes I will eat the weaker males. I have Golden Phoenix because all my females died and I have a Rooster who is lonely. I got those from the same guy I bought eBay eggs from. I didn't pay through eBay though since I met him in person I figured I would ask about the other eggs he sells. I have Blue/Splash/Black Ameracuna(sp) I got off of Craigslist. I will be using them to tinker around with crosses to make different egg colors. From my own birds, I will hatch out a few Seramas to see if they are fertile. Having issues with that breed but since they eat so little I can afford the problems. I will be hatching out some Ayam Cemanis. Out of all the breeds I had saved eggs for this hatch I choose to hatch out Cemanis and Seramas now because they do not lay in winter. The other breeds I rejected this time around due to lack of space were mostly winter layers and I have all winter to hatch those out.

Ooooh, that sounds like such an amazing variety and gonna be an awesome hatch I am sure!

BO = Buff Orpington. They are my favorite hens, so sweet and lay nice big eggs. And they don't fly! The incubator is called the Little Giant. It's a styro type, and definitely not my first choice, but all I could get in a day's notice. This wasn't something I planned. I had a broody hen and thought I'd give her the opportunity to hatch out some babies, so I ordered some, since I don't have a rooster. Then she decided she wasn't broody anymore. Probably my fault because I kept taking her unfertilized eggs. So eggs arrived and I needed to do something. Now I am learning as I go and hope for lots of help from my friends here on BYC! It will be fun hatching together!

Yes, I love hatch-a-longs... Such a great experience and you meet new "BYC friends,"
this is the second one that I've started this year.

 

[john_wrightson2003]

I also have a little giant styro, and it's been amazing!

 

[Compost King]

64 eggs 22 need to be hand turned for the first 10 days then I candle and keep the best 42. Now I need to go to Amazon and get more Brooder heating plates. Filling out the calendar now with the important dates on this hatch. September 3rd Hatch day, but since I am starting at Midnight I need to be prepared for everything to happen a day early.

 

[ValerieJ]

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64 eggs 22 need to be hand turned for the first 10 days then I candle and keep the best 42. Now I need to go to Amazon and get more Brooder heating plates. Filling out the calendar now with the important dates on this hatch. September 3rd Hatch day, but since I am starting at Midnight I need to be prepared for everything to happen a day early.

Wow. That's brave.

 

[john_wrightson2003]

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64 eggs 22 need to be hand turned for the first 10 days then I candle and keep the best 42. Now I need to go to Amazon and get more Brooder heating plates. Filling out the calendar now with the important dates on this hatch. September 3rd Hatch day, but since I am starting at Midnight I need to be prepared for everything to happen a day early.

Ah wow, thats amazing

 

[martins show birds]

i have 12 americana silkie cross eggs going into the incubator as soon as i get it cleaned.

 

[jolenesdad]

Yay! September hatches! I’ll be watching for all the adorably baby photos...

I’m taking September off for sure, and probably no hatching for a while. I’ve got 25 Delawares coming Sep 9, and a still undetermined amount of specialty broilers from Moyers hatchery coming a week after that!

I know BYC does a New Year’s Eve hatch a long, I’ll probably set something up to do that hatch. The Easter one was so much fun this year to all be on the same timeline of the hatch!

 

[john_wrightson2003]

Yay! September hatches! I’ll be watching for all the adorably baby photos...

I’m taking September off for sure, and probably no hatching for a while. I’ve got 25 Delawares coming Sep 9, and a still undetermined amount of specialty broilers from Moyers hatchery coming a week after that!

I know BYC does a New Year’s Eve hatch a long, I’ll probably set something up to do that hatch. The Easter one was so much fun this year to all be on the same timeline of the hatch!

AAH man, I love following along with your hatches, I was hoping you'd have one to throw in this HAL, but... It does sound like you need a break lol.