Setting eggs this week 19th Feb- 25th Feb

[kkg]

Well here we go again. We are setting 34 eggs tomorrow. Some mixed breeds from our flock and some we bought on line. Lavender Orphingtons, Americanas, Barred Rocks and S/L Wyandottes. Last year we did two hatches at 80% and 50% hatch rate. Will be running two homemade incubators. Both run very steady numbers, have been dialing them in for a few weeks. This will be a St. Patrick's Hatch.

 

[mlm Mike]

Well candled tonight, all 8 appear viable!

 

[mlm Mike]

Well here we go again. We are setting 34 eggs tomorrow. Some mixed breeds from our flock and some we bought on line. Lavender Orphingtons, Americanas, Barred Rocks and S/L Wyandottes. Last year we did two hatches at 80% and 50% hatch rate. Will be running two homemade incubators. Both run very steady numbers, have been dialing them in for a few weeks. This will be a St. Patrick's Hatch.

Good luck!

 

[ShaggyRay]

Fired up the Incubator and tested it out. First time since I bought it two years ago. What can I say? My plans take longer to hatch than the chickens. Everything seems to be fine, so I am doing a test run of my sisters leghorns with a couple of Wyandotte/leghorn crosses. I set 9 eggs, and she promised to take whatever hatched. We will probably just brood them with my first order of dotte chicks frrom Welp. (If any hatch) Good luck to all. I hope to have good news to report next Wednesday.

 

[Goblnfvr]

I am setting 15 Ameraucana eggs on the 25th of Feb.
Will keep all informed with progress.

Good luck

 

[mommytomany]

I set 10 eggs tonight. This is my first time and I am so excited! I have no clue what breed the chicks will be. I saw a sign for "fresh eggs" and I stopped and bought a dozen. I peeked into the backyard and saw a pen full of chickens that looked like RIR or Production Reds, hens and roosters all together. I cracked one egg open when I got home and it was fertile. I was going to set the rest of them but one was cracked, so I have 10 cooking in the bator right now. They should be ready to hatch (hopefully!) March 14/15th.

When you open the egg how do you tell it is fertile?

 

[Coop de Grille]

When you open the egg you can see what looks like a white bullseye on the yolk. That means it is fertile. If there is just a small white dot, and no bullseye then it is not fertile.

 

[mommytomany]

Ok Thank you!

When you open the egg you can see what looks like a white bullseye on the yolk. That means it is fertile. If there is just a small white dot, and no bullseye then it is not fertile.

 

[eksterhuis]

I'm so excited for everyone! My 2 dozen SLW eggs arrived yesterday morning (2 cracked, even though they were packed amazingly well, so not too bad!) Put my barnyard mix which was in the incubator under 2 broody hens (far too many under each really, I hope they can cope! I have another going broody so may give her some when she settled!) Set them in the incubator this morning along with 6 black Orpingtons, 3 coloured Silkies, 5 white Silkies and 10 various coloured Pekins (2 Cuckoo which I am excited about!)

Can't wait to candle them after the weekend and see if my Wyandottes are fertile!

Yay! It's hatch time again! (and I have had the lady at the vets and a friend of the family interested in buying chooks off me, so could be the start of something amazing! haha)

 

[Peach2u]

Oh I'm collecting eggs for the first time to hatch. I found a local who will incubate them for me. So, I'm collecting Ameraucana's, EE's and Black copper marans for him. My BO went broody too. I only have the 1 buff orphanington and 1 giant sliver laced cochin. I'm just stuffing thier eggs under her. The roo is a splash maran. I'm working on olive and choclate eggers and Buffy and Pookey are the kids pets any idea of what will be the out come of a splash maran over s/l giant cochin or BO? I", thinking yard mutts fluffy ones.