The 5th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[ozexpat]

What kind of hatch rate do you get. These aren't all from your own hens are they? You bring a lot over don't you?

my last 6 local hatches have been >85%

today was 33/36 we are setting 40ish eggs every 4 days and I have over 120 chicks growing for the chicken mission

viability on the shipped eggs looks good

75% of chicken and duck made it through candling and are viable

60% of turkey and just 1/5 goose

quail chukar and partrige are a crap shoot

 

[naightengale]

Planning on putting in upto 8 doz eggs to hatch out for easter..

 

[ronott1]

Planning on putting in upto 8 doz eggs to hatch out for easter..

Are you joining us?

 

[Razadia]

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Wow oz. I'm over here drooling.

I wish I could hatch that many!

 

[ozexpat]

Wow oz. I'm over here drooling.

I wish I could hatch that many!

hey raz!!! long time no chat with


the bator can hatch 600 without double stacking.

its been double stacked on and off for 2 weeks

 

[LooseyGoosey]

So I am skipping over my orpingtons and rocks and all my pure bred lovelies so I can take a whack at hatching my RSLs new eggs.
I have been getting 2 eggs a day on average.
I asked my husband how many eggs I should collect each day for setting for the hatch a long.
He said "all of them from now until then."
Perhaps he doesn't understand how this works. I have around 150 chicks coming on Friday. We do not live on a farm. I don't think I want to set that many.

How many should I set and when should I collect? Any opinions appreciated. I'm terrible at estimating these things. I always end up hatching wayyy too many and while I love babies, I hate having to feed everyone

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Quote: You ALWAYS have something in the incubator.

Yes Sally I know you have thousands of eggs about to hatch. LOL What breeds are you doing right now? =)

I had my incubators off for MONTHS I tell you MONTHS!!! Brahma, CCL, Serama, LAVs, CCLxPolish and kiddo won Silkie eggs on FB, one tray has lockdown this week, then another the following.
Really? Aww man that's to bad. Oh good variety!

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Quote: Yeah that is what I figured.

Sweet.

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Quote: Nice!

Oh that is handy! Good to have some help around for the chores.

Everyone is hatching my favourite breeds it seems! I guess that is because I like a lot of breeds haha

 

[Penny Hen]

By the way birdbrainb (144

) on Ebay will be listing her Bantam Wellsummers the last Sunday of this month. I know that at least a couple of people on here have expressed interest in them. I will be getting a set for this hatch.

 

[pickitfarm]

I have a

out.....one zipping and a couple with cracks on the outside of the shell....it really is a

and I do not even care if it is snowing out and we are to get 4 - 8 inches.