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

[speckledhen]

Oh, really? Cool! Keep in touch.

 

[kathyinmo]

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BUT ..... you have that live incubator. Give some chicks to Nugget! I bet she would brood them for ya!

 

[speckledhen]

Rechecked some of the ones I was questioning and removed 7 more that had blood rings. Still have 67 eggs between the two bators. We just went into Day 10 with them.

halo, there are still 9 BBS Rocks and 7 EE and/or Ameraucanas in the running. Ones I couldn't really tell seem to be okay after all.

kathyinmo, I think there are still 11 of the 14 BRs left, 4 of the 6 NHs, 4 of the BLRW, 4 SLW, and the Marans Egg left.

Of the Buff Orps, there are still 11 of the orig 14 left. Of the 12 D'Anvers, there are 10 left-- another porcelain tonight that quit.

Of the original 86, 80 were shipped. I am quite pleased that at Day 10, I've only had to toss 13 out of 80! Fertility is excellent on all the eggs.

 

[Cattitude]

That's great! Hope you get loads of hens and just enough roosters to take care of them.

Roosevelt's baby is still standing head and shoulders above the others. I found some neat looking bantams today at TSC and the little guys run underneath her (I'm being optimistic) belly to feel protected. I'll post pics tomorrow.

 

[CorgiHouse]

Here's a preview of what you'll get out of Halo's BBS Rocks:












Aren't they the most beautiful baby chicks you've ever seen??

 

[kathyinmo]

Darn on the New Hampshires! I have had 100% fertility on those eggs. The Barred Rocks I rather expected a couple nonfertile.

Oh well, sounds like you may have a bater full! Great!

 

[speckledhen]

Kathy, the NHs were fertile, two quit and formed blood rings. 100% fertility, just 2 quitters.

I have three of halo's Rocks here, two blue hens and one black one. Love them, wanted more.

 

[halo]

Corgihouse was my "test hatch", sort of. I wanted to use my young blue roo this year, and put a couple of eggs in the bater earlier this year to see how he was doing. Also send 2 out locally to a gal who picked up some EE eggs. All the blue rocks were fertile, so Corgihouse was the first batch I shipped out. She did good! And the chicks are looking just adorable.

 

[Mahonri]

I'm praying I do as well next month...

 

[speckledhen]

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I hope you do, too, Mahonri! I'm very pleased with this hatch. Now, if my electricity will just stay on...