Setting eggs 3/15/14 - Who is with me?

[Eggsalad]

Thanks CoopDeDoo, my hens are much calmer than I am. My neighbor kids are clamoring for chicks! This has been my experiment set, all my birds currently free range all day. So the set eggs are rare/ heritage breed mixed mutts, once I know I can do this I will start separating out breeding pairs and getting a bit more serious. In the mean time, I hope to have chicks for the neighbors and maybe some dark egg layer mutts to help occupy the roos and give the hens a break! I'm not hearing anything under the girls but it sure seems like it should be happening.

 

[Roxannemc]

Really bad photos but here are a few - still have several drying off in the incubator. I hope to get them out tonight after work and the larger ecoglow 50 is on overnight order

cause the small one

ain't gonna cut it with this hatch.




There are a dozen under there currently - all Favs and JGs. I think I have one splash and one blue JG and also one splash Fav. There is at least one SPR in the brooder, one or two JGs and at least three AMs - it may be impossible to count your chickens before they hatch but after they hatch is not that easy either

Congratulations everyone and good luck to all those still hatch! I can see at least 3 eggs still unhatched in my incubator as well.

COOP.. That is SO true after they hatch is just as hard .if theyd just stand still!!

 

[Roxannemc]

Im on lockdown day 20 due tomorrow Everything calm and went well for 2 weeks almost until i had to take these out because of another hatch in the Genesis. Then the bator they were in went crazy wild temps for a week 122 to 94. so now back to hatch in the Gen and I have no idea what to expect......... but im not holding my breath on this one.
GGGRRRR

 

[Eggsalad]

Good luck Roxannemc, I hope it works out. I am soooo excited

I just heard faint chirping under two broodies

. Happy happy!!!!

 

[mimiywan]

I just bought the Brinsea brooder and hope to put it to good use for my 10 chicks. I tried feather sexing them today but all the feathers looked exactly alike. Everyone is asleep right now.

 

[Eggsalad]

HAPPY HAPPY BLESSED BLESSED !!!!

Got our first attempt, first ever, broody hatched chick today! I am sooooo happy & blessed! A Persian rumples egg hatched out under Goody Broody, what I have a hunch is a female rumples chick, already named Alia because it's my granddaughter Alia's birthday. There are so many things that went right after so much went, well you know, human.

 

[CoopDeDoo]

Im on lockdown day 20 due tomorrow Everything calm and went well for 2 weeks almost until i had to take these out because of another hatch in the Genesis. Then the bator they were in went crazy wild temps for a week 122 to 94. so now back to hatch in the Gen and I have no idea what to expect......... but im not holding my breath on this one.
GGGRRRR

Any news?

 

[CoopDeDoo]

I just bought the Brinsea brooder and hope to put it to good use for my 10 chicks. I tried feather sexing them today but all the feathers looked exactly alike. Everyone is asleep right now.

I love my Brinsea - that is why I bought the larger one for this group rather than one of the less expensive brands.

 

[CoopDeDoo]

Final count:Started with 42 eggs - 27 eggs made it to lockdown - 21 hatched

8 Jersey Giants ( 9 hatched but we lost one to unhealed naval)
6 Salmon Faverolles
4 Ameraucanas
2 Silver Penciled Plymouth Rocks

Jersey Giants


All the others

Good luck everyone! I will keep watching for updates

 

[Tuhmu]

Were your eggs shipped coopdedo? What an impressive hatch! So far I only have my four little guys out of the 31 shipped eggs, they are such little sweeties though, much more friendly than ones that came in a box. Going to set another batch of wheaten americanas and buff laced brahmas the week of the 14th, hope I get some decent numbers there . After that I think I'm going to set some of my own eggs, I have a trio of buff brahmas that I'll separate this weekend and then just some crosses. Will be interesting to see the difference from my eggs to shipped eggs!