Setting eggs August 2 -- anyone else?

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On my way home from work tonight I stopped and picked up some eggs. Thanks to Cloverleaf for connecting me with one of my own neighbors who is a chicken addict too. He lives super close and it turns out I actually bought one of my chickens from his wife at the Spring Swap. He gave me 13 eggs, I wanted a mix of breeds so my friend could pick out three different breeds and he sure delivered! Plus I got to pick his brain =)
4- BBS Ameraucana
3- Blue Orpington
3- Salmon Faverolles (LF)
1- Blue Jersey Giant
1- unmarked surprise egg (I think it is another Salmon Faverolle)
1- unmarked total surprise..doesn't look like any of the other eggs and he couldn't remember who he got it from. I LOVE surprises!

I tossed in one Buttercup/Lemon Cuckoo Orpington cross egg just for fun.

Plus the Speckled Sussex... 22. One was cracked and I waxed it..so probably no good, but worth a shot.

36 eggs total!

What do you think of that list of choices Summer???
 
Deanna, I am very excited about all the choices! I may just have to break my 3 chicken rule! Now I wish I lived in an area that doesn't have restrictions! I will just have to live vicariously through you all in the hatching process. :D
 
Just like I planned to not do ever again, I ended up setting these eggs over a 36 hour period. (The empty space bugged me, so I added a mystery mutt there.) The light pinkish-brown eggs are my mutts, dark brown are BCMs, light blues are CLB (seller has 4 separate pens and kindly marked the eggs), large medium brown ones are Wheaten Marans -- those arrived today. So, all set! Not going to candle the buggers to death!


 
sumitime said:
Deanna, I am very excited about all the choices! I may just have to break my 3 chicken rule! Now I wish I lived in an area that doesn't have restrictions! I will just have to live vicariously through you all in the hatching process.
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Let the chicken math begin!

There are only 4 Faverolle eggs...but if they hatch we will be able to sex the chicks pretty quickly after they start to feather out. That way we can make sure you get a pullet.
 
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Poetical Peeps said:
Just like I planned to not do ever again, I ended up setting these eggs over a 36 hour period. (The empty space bugged me, so I added a mystery mutt there.) The light pinkish-brown eggs are my mutts, dark brown are BCMs, light blues are CLB (seller has 4 separate pens and kindly marked the eggs), large medium brown ones are Wheaten Marans -- those arrived today. So, all set! Not going to candle the buggers to death!


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pretty egg colors
 
ooh! I hope im not too late! I set 6 buff orpington eggs yesterday- not very many compared to you guys! They are all from the same parents, henrietta and Mr. Feathers, my breeding pair that I got at an auction last year. Henrietta just got done brooding 3 baby chicks when I put her in with the rooster, and she wasn't very used to being around other chickens, so I am crossing my fingers that the eggs are fertile! Hope to see some progress soon, and im looking forward to seeing how you guys's hatches turn out! :)
 
So far, I'm keeping the candling flashlight away from the incubator, so I don't overdo it. My last hatch was mostly shipped eggs and I'm fairly sure I overhandled them. I had about 48 to start and ended up with sixteen hatched. 4 out of 5 of my own hens' eggs made it, so I'm sure being shipped didn't help either.

How are you guys doing? Staying patient? Candling or not?
 
I plan on my first candling and weighing this Friday. I have my humidity set at 48% and temp at 99.6. I'll make adjustments Friday if weight loss isn't where it's supposed to be.
 

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