Set 86 Eggs Tonight *FORTY-FOUR Hatched--Hatch Over *

[speckledhen]

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Best of luck to you! I rarely ever turn eggs by hand but I sure couldn't afford to buy a second turner just for this hatch, so I'm going to just do it.

 

[kathyinmo]

Cyn,
You should have a contest, like Mahonri does. How many chicks will Cyn hatch? Tie breaker is what will the first 3 breed of chicks be? Yeah, that would be fun, Cyn! Winner gets their choice of an excess rooster from the hatch!

 

[speckledhen]

Now, there's a good prize for the winner! LOL. This is going to be a colorful bunch of babies and I can't wait!

 

[halo]

76???????

 

[speckledhen]

Yep, I rechecked my lists and I removed six belonging to my own BBS Orp hen, Smoky, that were not fertile, so only removed four that were shipped. Shipped eggs are doing better than my dang Orps now! Whodathunkit?! I still have no idea how I got my original figure of 62, but it was way wrong.

 

[tracecom]

Do you have brooder space for that many?

Good luck.

 

[speckledhen]

I don't have a brooder large enough for all those for more than a week, but I do have an entire coop we're building right now that we plan to have ready to use as a grow out coop. The Belgian D'anvers in the bator will be living there so they'll just stay and the others will either be moved to another coop when they get older and the extras sold.

 

[tigercreek]

Please, please put me on the list when you start selling extras!! 'specially BRs. Sounds like this may be a really fantastic hatch! ........stan

 

[speckledhen]

Hi, Stan, I would be happy to, but I don't ship birds, so you'd have to make a road trip.

I owe some extras to two friends, even before I know how many will hatch, but I'm sure there will be a few extras of both male and female if the ones that are viable go on to hatch. I need one great BR rooster and a handful of BR hens for the start of a greatly improved BR group.

 

[tigercreek]

Coming your way soon, no need to ship!!

...stan