"Springing in the Chicks" 2016 April Hatch-a-Long Hosted by Mike & Sally

[billiejw89]

I am not NPIP though I want to be eventually so I don't think I can ship.  I am over in Spokane Valley.  If you were over here for some reason, I could give you some eggs.  I hate wasting good hatching eggs.

I'll keep that in mind thank you! Those chicks are so cute! I love the colors.

 

[Harborotter]

I am really happy with the variety of colors that my boys are throwing. I love sharing my chicks. My previous Roo was mean. He fathered my six Ameraucana, Marans mixed hens. They are pretty friendly though and my two Roos are non aggressive. My Blue Wheaten always feeds his girls first. He never hurts them while breeding either. I will be really upset if anything ever happens to him. I realize that as loving as he is to his girls that it is a probability that he could die protecting them as if he sees a hawk, he goes off getting all his girls safe before he hides. He doesn't have one bad thing about his attitude. He even eats out of my hand.

I named him Skipper for my son who loves "Penguins of Madagascar".

 

[Scovy Momma]

And day four for my muscovy.

SHE'S BEAUTIFUL!

 

[mlm Mike]

ANYONE EVER SEE THIS ????????????????????????????????? @casportpony @Duck Lady

ANCONA DUCK BEAK

She is doing well eating and drinking!!!!

I couldn't find much of anything on something like this. As long as it can it and drink though, maybe it'll be ok for awhile

 

[mlm Mike]

Quote: I know!! Me and my rotten luck.

I forgot to confess that I didn't candle these or mark air cells when I set last night. I'm just all over the place on this one.
There, there,

Maybe you can find someone else to go on the cruise and you can stay home with the eggs and kids!

 

[mlm Mike]

Hi guys.
Just set 31eggs.
Taking notes on the chick first-aid kit (a wonderful idea!).
4 golden lakenvelders,
Few RIR crosses,
Few leghorn crosses,Easter eggers
Many dominiques's
And last but not least Americauna crosses.

Awesome!

I candled the eggs in incubator #1 tonight. Looking good. Estimated hatch date April 13. Only had a few clear eggs. Incubator #2 i am not seeing much going on but it has not been long enough to really see anything. Estimated hatch date April 17th.

Great!

I just put 17 eggs in my LG styrofoam bator tonight.I might add a few more tomorrow just to increase my odds and the FUN. This is my first attempt this year. I did one incubation last spring with the same bator. Hoping to hatch out Black Australorps mostly but a couple of buff orps. Last year I started my flock with eggs from our local hatchery. I am trying our own eggs this time. Grandsons ages 6, 3, and 2 are excited.

Wonderful, Good Luck!

Quote: Good luck with those 11 Chicken Hawk, did you candle to look at the air cells yet?

I have three incubators, stuffed full. Over 100 eggs! Yay!

I had a postal worker swear she heard chirping in a box of eggs I had shipped to me so she started stabbing the box with a knife. I tried explaining that these were hatching eggs and not chicks. She shut the door in my face while I was explaining it was impossible for my hatching eggs to hatch during shipment and had to go home with a gooey, leaky box. Luckily I had her voicemail admitting to what she did. I did get reimbursed by USPS.

I have had a box get completely smashed like that. Araucana eggs that I paid over $100 for. I got $50 back and one egg hatched.

It amazes me how some people treat hatching eggs in transit.

I don't under the stabbing, if one thought something was alive, wouldn't you carefully open the box?

Quote: You're a nice young man Chicken Hawk!

Just put in 24 eggs. Also testing out my coolerbator with a lockdown for my turkey egg. So, I have 11 duck eggs and 3 NN eggs with a couple weeks to go, a turkey egg w 2 days to go, and 24 just added. Got 12 crested cream legbar eggs, 4 aloha eggs, 4 golden laced Wyandotte, and 4 buff Orpington eggs, though those may not hatch-using the buff Orpington eggs to test a new broody. (BTW others nothing to ruin a Friday like getting a call that your dogs are out of the yard and you are 2 hours away. Had to call a friend to go chase the twerps back to the yard. Must've left the gate unlatched. Least they're OK)

 

[caeti21]

Good Morning everyone! !!!!!!!!

 

[blkjak]

 I couldn't find much of anything on something like this. As long as it can it and drink though, maybe it'll be ok for awhile

I have a muscovy drake who hatched with only half of his top beak. He will be a year this summer and as big as his brothers.

 

[tao chick]

Good morning! I'm going to be cleaning out my hatcher. 0 chicks from this current set up. Time to calibrate and prepare MacGyverbator for 7 eggs from my hens that are due next Sat. That and a list a mile long of things that need to get done around here.

So, who's planting gardens while waiting for their chicks to hatch? Our April weather is going to prevent outside planting, but I'm going to start some tomato seeds and herbs inside.

Gonna catch up on some reading now.

 

[mlm Mike]

Good Morning everyone! !!!!!!!!

Good Morning!

Quote: Thanks!