Setting eggs the week of May 7th (Here's to wishing the best this time)!!!!!!!!!

[Nsampsel]

Just added 7 Call Duck eggs & 12 Lemon Cuckoo Orp eggs to my bator.

Bator contents: 8 Assorted Silkies
7 Mixed Banties (from my own hens)
2 Saxony Ducks
2 Runner Ducks (Blue & Buff/White)
3 Americunas (Blue)
1 Partridge Rock
1 Partridge Cochin
1 BBS Cochin
12 Lemon Cuckoo Orpingtons
7 Assorted Call Ducks
Totaling 11 Ducks, 33 Chickens

Set to arrive this week: 12 Lavender Orps
12 Maran & Silkie Mixes
2 Black East Indie Ducks
2 Coronation Sussex
2 Assorted Orps

As soon as these exit the bator, I have set to ship mid June: 24 Assorted Silkies
2 Olive Eggers
2 Marans
2 Assorted Orps (may change this to another Maran & another BLRW instead)
2 Blue Laced Red Wyandottes

My coops & brooders are gonna be overflowing!!!! Gotta get some breeder pens built ASAP (can use those for grow-out pens til my breeders need them

)

 

[seviesnape]

Hi all,
I set my very first eggs on Friday the 4Th of May. I had contacted another BYC member for a dozen mixed eggs to try it out and he gave me 19 for 10.00. They are Splash Plymouth Rocks , Delawares Astrolorpe crosses , Barred rocks and Olive eggers ( I think ) . Then another member close to me had some extras from eggs she had ordered and she sold me 3 Marruna Basque, 2 Silver Laced Brahamas and one Gold laced Brahma and in the meantime I had ordered 10 polish eggs , I don't have much hope for them they were shipped out on Tuesday and arrived on Saturday so I put them in the incubator on the 6Th.
Tried to candle them but I have a crappy candler that came free with the Hovabator I got so I have another coming this week, guess I will just have to wait it out!
Missie

 

[Sphinx]

I'm going to candle my eggs tomorrow afternoon. I don't expect to see much in my olive egger; it's so dark. Hopefully I'll see all kinds of spiders in the others though.

 

[DDNONIN2016]

Eggs are just laying there developing......I need something else to occupy my time...

Maybe a 2nd incubator LOL !!! I have been thinking that myself.

 

[DDNONIN2016]

Hello gang!

I set my third batch ever the night of May 6th (Sunday) as I went to bed. My two first hatches were small (5 eggs and 7 eggs respectively) and this time I am trying 20 eggs. Still trying to work out the kinks with my incubator. Second attempt I got 2 to day 18, but for some reason they didn't make it to hatch. Here's to hoping for the best this round!

Good news is I candled today, since it is day 6, and found that I have about 90% fertility rate. Only a couple eggs seemed to be totally void of anything. Everything else seemed to have the veins so I assume they are progressing normally.

Good luck on this round. What kind of incubator are you using? I have the Hovabator 1588 and have found that the temp runs a few degrees low so have to adjust it up to 102 to get the other 2 thermos to read 100. I sat 24 last time and only hatched 8 but that wasnt the incubator fault it was mine for not checking the temp better and eggs from a very young flock so a lot were not fertile.

 

[DDNONIN2016]

Just added 7 Call Duck eggs & 12 Lemon Cuckoo Orp eggs to my bator.

Bator contents: 8 Assorted Silkies
7 Mixed Banties (from my own hens)
2 Saxony Ducks
2 Runner Ducks (Blue & Buff/White)
3 Americunas (Blue)
1 Partridge Rock
1 Partridge Cochin
1 BBS Cochin
12 Lemon Cuckoo Orpingtons
7 Assorted Call Ducks
Totaling 11 Ducks, 33 Chickens
WOW !!! I was getting nervous setting 48 LOL!!! Do you have any pics of your coops and breeder pens ? I would love to see them. I am going to be buying building materials soon and need some ideas. Good luck with all your hatches
Set to arrive this week: 12 Lavender Orps
12 Maran & Silkie Mixes
2 Black East Indie Ducks
2 Coronation Sussex
2 Assorted Orps

As soon as these exit the bator, I have set to ship mid June: 24 Assorted Silkies
2 Olive Eggers
2 Marans
2 Assorted Orps (may change this to another Maran & another BLRW instead)
2 Blue Laced Red Wyandottes

My coops & brooders are gonna be overflowing!!!! Gotta get some breeder pens built ASAP (can use those for grow-out pens til my breeders need them

)

 

[TinaK]

Couldn't help myself and candled my eggs today! I'm only 3 full days in

Happy to say that all 4 show signs of development. This is just a fun hatch for me and any babies will be a bonus! I'm happy to see that my Pekin rooster is fertile and I may possibly produce a replacement for my lost pet chicken (and the biological mum) Speedy!

 

[Sprinkles212]

Couldn't help myself and candled my eggs today! I'm only 3 full days in 

Happy to say that all 4 show signs of development. This is just a fun hatch for me and any babies will be a bonus! I'm happy to see that my Pekin rooster is fertile and I may possibly produce a replacement for my lost pet chicken (and the biological mum) Speedy!

Yay! So happy for you!

 

[DDNONIN2016]

Couldn't help myself and candled my eggs today! I'm only 3 full days in

Happy to say that all 4 show signs of development. This is just a fun hatch for me and any babies will be a bonus! I'm happy to see that my Pekin rooster is fertile and I may possibly produce a replacement for my lost pet chicken (and the biological mum) Speedy!

I have pekins too. They are precious. Glad you have development

. I candled about 15 of my 48 last night and every single one had development. So happy for everyone. Keep up the good work everyone !!!

 

[stevearino]

Good luck on this round. What kind of incubator are you using? I have the Hovabator 1588 and have found that the temp runs a few degrees low so have to adjust it up to 102 to get the other 2 thermos to read 100. I sat 24 last time and only hatched 8 but that wasnt the incubator fault it was mine for not checking the temp better and eggs from a very young flock so a lot were not fertile.

I have an LG styrofoam still-air incubator. (I think it's still air anyways, since there is no fan). I'm new to chicken raising/hatching but this incubator was given to me by my brother-in-law, so I am excited to learn. I have yet to hatch a chicken, so I'm trying really hard this batch. Third time's a charm I hope! I have 8 Buff Orpington/Barred Rock mix, 7 Production Red/Barred Rock mix, and 5 Minorca eggs with a hint of Polish in them. We'll see if they hatch!