September Hatch-A-Long!

Today is day 7 on my eggs set to hatch September 3rd! This will be my 4th hatch in my hovabator, my last hatch only had about 70% but I had THREE Power outages during that hatch so it was still pretty good. I drove about an hr and half to get these because I'm so tired of the bad hatch rate with shipped eggs I put 3 from my hens that started laying about 4 weeks ago and one of those was fertile, if it makes it to hatch it will be a sweet little Black Australorp X White Leghorn. The others are all full stock eggs from Ferrell Farms and will be Partridge Cochin, Blue Laced Red Wyandotte, Wheaton Americana, 2 white Cochin and 1 silkie. I have 35 eggs total in there and looks like all but 3 are developing!! Here's to hoping for a good hatch!

PS. I know hatch day is a little bit away but something I do when I put my eggs out of the turner in lockdown I sit them point end down in cardboard egg cartons. When I first started doing this with uneventful(no power outages, etc) hatches I got 99% hatch rate!! It really has made a difference!!
 
Today is day 7 on my eggs set to hatch September 3rd!  This will be my 4th hatch in my hovabator, my last hatch only had about 70% but I had THREE Power outages during that hatch so it was still pretty good.  I drove about an hr and half to get these because I'm so tired of the bad hatch rate with shipped eggs  I put 3 from my hens that started laying about 4 weeks ago and one of those was fertile, if it makes it to hatch it will be a sweet little Black Australorp X White Leghorn.  The others are all full stock eggs from Ferrell Farms and will be Partridge Cochin, Blue Laced Red Wyandotte, Wheaton Americana, 2 white Cochin and 1 silkie.  I have 35 eggs total in there and looks like all but 3 are developing!!  Here's to hoping for a good hatch!


PS. I know hatch day is a little bit away but something I do when I put my eggs out of the turner in lockdown I sit them point end down in cardboard egg cartons.  When I first started doing this with uneventful(no power outages, etc) hatches I got 99% hatch rate!!  It really has made a difference!!

Interesting technique....I may start trying that.
 
Best of luck on your hatch, I love doing projects too!
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Thanks! This is my 1st project, may be my last! My brain just doesnt hold onto things like it used to. Learning genetics at my age is dangerous...lol
 
uh oh just won another auction for 12+ serama eggs and the should be here friday i think so they should hatch about 2 days after the 18+ that should arrive today(wednesday the 21st) will hatch
 

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