The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long

[hokankai]

I'm going to be cutting it close! I'm setting bantams on Saturday that will be due the 9th but will hopefully hatch a little early.

 

[DURR]

Can't wait till I get my new bator soon! I feel like a kid on christmas morning! I'll hopefully be hatching 6 Welsummer's, 6 BCM's and 12+ SFH' and a few of my EE's eggs. Can't wait!!!

 

[Brookhavens]

Oh my, that is a lot of chickens. I cant imagine having that many at once and still wanting more... Ok Maybe I can. I think Tom would Knock me in the head if I went to far over 12 long-term resident chickens here and we are already at 6. What kind of chicks are you raising up? I'm happy the big girls are laying again we went most of this winter getting 1/egg a MONTH out of four <1 year old chickens... Boo my Orpington just started laying again this week and hopefully they will all start up again!

All the breeds I have are in my signature. The only ones laying right now are the Blue/Barred Rocks. The chicks from them are so pretty too. Living on 10 acres helps with having a lot of chickens too...LOL.

 

[ozexpat]

Oh my, that is a lot of chickens. I cant imagine having that many at once and still wanting more... Ok Maybe I can. I think Tom would Knock me in the head if I went to far over 12 long-term resident chickens here and we are already at 6. What kind of chicks are you raising up? I'm happy the big girls are laying again we went most of this winter getting 1/egg a MONTH out of four <1 year old chickens... Boo my Orpington just started laying again this week and hopefully they will all start up again!

you have 6 vacancies?

Roosters dont count. 36 eggs is a minimum to hatch. you have to factor in hatch rates, cockerels, potential losses to predators. I would hatch 48 just to be sure - I got an A in chicken math.

 

[QuirkySue]

Oooooh I so wanna join! My first ever eggs were set on feb 2nd but almost all of my expensive Coronation Sussex eggs are duds so I'm looking for something else. March 9th sounds just about right for attempt #2.

 

[ozexpat]

Oooooh I so wanna join! My first ever eggs were set on feb 2nd but almost all of my expensive Coronation Sussex eggs are duds so I'm looking for something else. March 9th sounds just about right for attempt #2.

practice on local eggs if you can

 

[gryeyes]

I may have some assistance with this Easter Hatch; the silkie hen I picked up not quite two weeks ago appears to be going broody. She's laid an egg every other day and a couple two days in a row but I took them until yesterday's. No broody behavior at all until today. She's sitting on two unfertilized eggs in the brooder box. I got fluffed and squawked at when I checked...

So if she keeps this up another full day, I will replace her eggs with some from the flock to see how she does.

Oh...her former people named her Sparkle, she's a year old, and I hadn't intended to integrate her with the flock. She's my house silkie. (I still feel silly saying that.)

 

[Eanwulfx]

you have 6 vacancies?

Roosters dont count. 36 eggs is a minimum to hatch. you have to factor in hatch rates, cockerels, potential losses to predators. I would hatch 48 just to be sure - I got an A in chicken math.

Drat I dont think I can milk 48 eggs out of my silkie and my Turken even if I was to squeeze the eggs out of them! That is my kind of math though. Yes we have a few vacancy's right now we lost our two best roosters leaving us with just the one semi-affectionatly known as 'NightMare." Says how much we like him right? A family up the road really loves our Roo and will hopefully be taking him off our hands. I want to get a nice white cochin roo for my outdoor girls...
Tom my partner is devastated over the loss of his personal lap type silkie roo HIM. He wants to get another silkie roo with time.

 

[ozexpat]

I may have some assistance with this Easter Hatch; the silkie hen I picked up not quite two weeks ago appears to be going broody. She's laid an egg every other day and a couple two days in a row but I took them until yesterday's. No broody behavior at all until today. She's sitting on two unfertilized eggs in the brooder box. I got fluffed and squawked at when I checked...

So if she keeps this up another full day, I will replace her eggs with some from the flock to see how she does.

Oh...her former people named her Sparkle, she's a year old, and I hadn't intended to integrate her with the flock. She's my house silkie. (I still feel silly saying that.)

perhaps there is a reason for feeling silly.

Mrs Oz would not permit a house anything

 

[gryeyes]

perhaps there is a reason for feeling silly.

Ow! It is what it is. Watch it or I'll clue the TSA to ask to see your golf clubs.