Setting first batch for 2010 today(2/14),anyone else ?

[mothergoose]

Well, today is the day. I finally broke down and turned on one of the incubators. We are setting our first batch for 2010 on Valentines day!
This is what I have that is going in so far.

25 Welsummer eggs
19 RIR eggs
13 Standard Black Cochin eggs
27 Bantam Blue/Black/Splash cochin eggs
9 Delaware eggs
10 Barred Rock eggs
9 Buff dewlap toulouse eggs
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112 Eggs Total

It is very out of the ordinary for our geese to lay this early, so I highly dought any of them will be fertile, but got to set them just in case. These crazy winters are screwing them all up.
I will update when I candle and let you know how things are going. The chicken eggs should be fertile, my boys have been very active!

I will be setting another batch the end of this week and probably firing up bator #2.

So, what are my fellow hatchaholics setting today?
Christie

 

[VettekLisa]

I just set 5 Lavender Silkie eggs today.

I can't wait to see what I get. These
are eggs from a Fawkes Feather's
lavender rooster and a Birds of Paradise
lavender pullet.

Mine laid 2 more eggs Monday morning, so I
threw them in also. Up to 7 lavender Silkies now.

 

[chaneg78]

17 assorted silkies yesterday. Also set SF's and BBS Orps in the last week

 

[schmmems]

I set some eggs today--
19 Silkies
5 bantam Dark Cornish
3 Red Sussex
1 Giant Cochin
5 Mutts

This will be my third group of eggs this season.

 

[speckledhen]

Good luck, Christie!

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Hi! What a yummy bunch of eggs you set!
I set half that (56 eggs) today and Hubby said 'surely, you jest' and I said 'yes honey, I'm just kidding. forget I mentioned it'.
Yaay for chicks and ducks (20 of mine today were duck eggs) and geese !

Lisa
edited to add:
My pal, Theresa brought over more Delaware eggs this morning so I added 13 of those --- the rest are for another friend, but I don't know when this week she'll be able to pick them up.

 

[cook_kaka_ook]

Set mine today also.

11 blue & black marans
11 Americauna ( 2 are Lavenders the rest are Black)
11 mix from current flock.

 

[mothergoose]

Good luck everyboby with all your hatches. It took me a little while to get back into the mood for hatching again, but now I am getting excited and looking forward to it.

Cook_... that is a pretty batch of eggs you set!

Everybody keep us posted on how the incubating goes....looking forward to seeing all those cute chickies too!
Have a great day,
Christie

 

[debbie.h]

I set 20 buff orp eggs last Sunday (Feb 7). Been a nervous wreck ever since.

 

[schmmems]