September Hatch-A-Long!

[Alwayswantchics]

All duds for September. Started my hatch for October. Shhh. DH doesn't know. Haa. Thats what he gets for leaving me alone with the kids for two ½ months.

 

[familypendragon]

Okay. I went ahead and did it. Of the 5, three showed no signs of life. 1 looked like it quit at an earlier stage and I didn't realize (just one tiny dark shadow) and the other two showed no movement at all. The last two of them gave me some faint shadows moving in there but none have internally pipped. The one white egg that had moving shadows has a lot of yolk left and some of the edges between the yolk and where the baby is is tainted red all the way around, especially around the veins.

Oh my goodness. What day is this for them? Were they shipped or not? You might want to do a pip hole and peek at them, but that depends on what day they are on etc.

 

[familypendragon]

1 White Leghorn cross hatched, another pipped, and another zipping

 

[DeannaA]

I have another White Leghorn cross hatched from the 2 egg batch now due - the other is pipped, and one from the next batch has already pipped. And here are some new pics of my precious Huastec and Colloncas that were assisted hatches.


I have no idea why his leg looks backward in this pic - its not, LOL! The dark chocolate brown/black is the Huastec and the other is the Colloncas. I will paste info on the breeds at the bottom for anyone interested.



From here https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/823212/colloncas-huastecs-quechuas

The Huastec is one of the rarest breeds in the world. It's an ancient black-boned fowl from southern Mexico and Ecuador.
The Huastec produces lots of medium to large eggs, is calm, confiding, personable and fairly quiet.

Whereas the breeds of some roosters, like the Leghorn, tend to fiercely exclude other roosters from access to hens and shelter, the Huastec is a cooperative breeder. They can be run in braces; three to five roosters to accompany a little bevy of hens. Each rooster has a favorite hen and vise versa. The Huastec is incredibly cold hardy and make wonderful parents. The roosters are just as attentive to the chicks as the hens.

Colloncas (very nice line)
Colloncas are one of the original and most ancient breeds of the Mapuche Indian culture of Chile. They produce generous numbers of colourful eggs and like many South American fowl lay well into the winter. Some hens will produce a pale sea foam hued egg, others robin blue, ash grey and even lilac. A single pair of Colloncas may produce hens that each lay a different colour.

Colloncas are best known for innate tameness. They enjoy being held but unlike Silky fowl, which also enjoy human companionship, the Colloncas is completely winter hardy and can evade predators ably. It is a fairly strong flier and one of the more quiet breeds. Colloncas are very good at tick and fly control and are traditionally kept with sheep and llamas.
The Colloncas is one of the two primary ancestors of the Araucana. It is advisable that the poultier keep at least two roosters with a flock of hens, three is the ideal number as Colloncas have strong pair bonds and the roosters work in cooperation to defend and chaperone hens and chicks. As a rule, true Colloncas roosters do not fight with one another and are never aggressive with people.

Now I have to get some. They sound wonderful. I know you said before but I can't find it. Was it the lady near you that's on ebay that you gotthose eggs from?

OM
Faverolles, Marans of various colors and bourbon turkey eggs on the way....I'm gonna GET IT!!

I just hatched those.

how was the excursion?
give Max and kiss from Auntie Melanie

I've gone and bought more eggs!! hubby doesn't know yet....you think I have an addiction??

We left at 9AM and got home after 10PM. Max hung in there until the very end. We went vidited a meat bird farm. I don't know the proper term for it. They take very good care of their chickens and process them humanely (I did not watch that). I am way too much of a wuss. I think Max will behave for now on. Then we went to a farm animal auction. They were selling chicks for 25 cents. Nobody was buying eggs for more than $2 a dozen. Goats for $30. But the basket of Muscadines I bid on went up to $27.50. Really? Max is pooped. She has her head burried under the back of my knee. Have I mentioned how cute she is? She didn't eat or drink much while we were out as soon as we got home, she pigged out. Then passed out. Silly turkey.

Max is sending kisses back to you...

 

[DeannaA]

Before I left this morning, I saw that one died in the shell during the night and I was going to be gone all day. So I opened the eggs and cleared around the beaks before I left. I suspected that the membranes might be dry after the power outage. I was right. But there were still a lot of veins, so I left them in the shell. It worked. The chicks are still alive but dried in. I cleared the sticky parts around their faces and put them back in. Come on little chickies!

 

[familypendragon]

  Now I have to get some.  They sound wonderful.  I know you said before but I can't find it.  Was it the lady near you that's on ebay that you gotthose eggs from?

No I wish - I might have 40 of them... That thread is where I bought them.

 

[familypendragon]

Fluffiest chick ever??

 

[DeannaA]

No

I wish - I might have 40 of them... That thread is where I bought them.

The rare breed auction one?

 

[DeannaA]

Fluffiest chick ever??

Which is that one?

 

[tnspursfan09]