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

[chicken hawk 33]

No, progress on the other pips

 

[sasafras4u2]

im gonna have to sell some im getting over run and i just ordered some croads black blue langshans eggs too

Are those eggs pink?!

yes they are! Or they are supposed to be

 

[chicken hawk 33]

This one hatched out the ee egg from my pet chicken its blue.

 

[harrellkd]

This one hatched out the ee egg from my pet chicken its blue.

Very pretty!!!

 

[melnjerm]

yes they are! Or they are supposed to be

What breed laid those eggs??

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I realize I'm a bit late to the party, but I'd like to join in. I wasn't intending on brooding any time soon, but one of my clever little cochin hens managed to hide a nest from the pet sitter when I was away last week, and here we are. She's the best broody I've ever had, and a fantastic mother. She's sitting on 8 eggs that will be bantam mixes from any of the following in that flock:

Possible Fathers:

White Silkie
Brassy back Silchin
Mottled Japanese Bantam

Possible Mothers:

White Silkie
Blue Silkie
Splash Silkie
Buff Silkie
Black Frizzle Cochin
Black Cochin
White Cochin
Partridge Cochin
Red Cochin

So I have the chance of some pure silkies, but I'd put it as fairly low. Rickey (white silkie roo) is the alpha roo, but he's kind of, um, bad at mating. He falls off- a lot. And he's VERY fluffy and I haven't trimmed his vent feathers, so I'd put the chances at somewhat low. The most interesting of the crosses would be if I managed to get a frizzled japanese cross I think- that would be different!

Not sure when the eggs started incubation, somewhere between 2 and 5 days before I found them on 4/23. Will be candling and updating!

WELCOME!!!!

Quote: for lockdown tomorrow??? they look a bit small to me, a few look good. I think I am understanding tomo0rrow is the Monday you speak of?

I've got 15 in the incubator late Friday evening. I had some temperature fluctuations and we had to iron out the kinks in the turner on the first night and yesterday. Now everything seems to have stabilized.

VERY PRETTY TOO!!! GOOD LUCK!!!

Four pips and one zipping.

CONGRATS

@Sally Sunshine tagging you so you don't miss nanny pics! Ms. Roxie.













Mike, does she look bred to you? DH isn't convinced so I said I'd get some opinions. She's supposed to kid sometime in May. Her bag is empty but she's grumpy, hungry, and lays down a lot. That's proof enough for me!

THIS IMAGE IS HILARIOUS!!! So cute!! she looks like a donkey in it!!!

It's out. Yay yay YAY

awwwwwwww congratz

17/20 hatched.
@Chaos18
@lindalouly
@mlm Mike
@Sally Sunshine

My best hatch rate ever.

THATS AWESOME!!!! SO GLAD you got it now!!!!

 

[chicken hawk 33]

What color should the membrane be

 

[butterfliesdoku]

It's day 24 and one of the Gamefowl eggs still has veins but is not moving. I don't know what to think except false hope
Opinions, please?

 

[darkbluespace]

PICTURES!!!!!  Kind?  I can't wait to see!!!!!  Jealous!!!!!  

They are Anconas. Looks like 2 blue and 2 black and a chocolate. Weird, because they were all from white eggs, the blue eggs are taking longer. I don't have photos yet, but I just checked on them and they had knocked the thermostat probe off the wall and were sitting on it with their wet down so it was 104 in the bator. It is still air so that's not too bad I guess. The

 

[darkbluespace]

I have one button quail. I sometimes feel cursed by humidity.