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

[SilkieSensation]

I haven't been on much the past couple days & just skipped a TON of posts (Ron, your Daily Digests are a lifesaver!), but my babies finally have their runs up & finished enough to enjoy the sunshine!!! It's been over 2 months since they have been able to get outside at all. Hoping this will get everyone laying finally...plus it should help my electric bill since I won't have to run lights constantly for them now.

 

[ocap]

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

I think you should set 41, that would be just enough for me to win the contest of guessing total eggs set.

 

[pickitfarm]

I have a couple



They move into the hatcher on the 20th. the next big set will be the 21st but I should have room for another few hundred

I will be setting goose turkey chukar chicken and quail for the hatch-along

You have a rainbow of eggs too Oz. How do you possibly get all of them to the Philippines without damage?

 

[Penny Hen]

You have a rainbow of eggs too Oz. How do you possibly get all of them to the Philippines without damage?

A HUGE Golf Bag!

 

[pickitfarm]

Welcome little Buff Orp.

 

[michaelf]

Good Monday morning!!! Have a great day!!

 

[Tubbys Lil Farm]

Good Morning, checking in early from the West coast. Hope you all have a wonderful day and your flocks are happy, healthy, and plentiful. I will check back when the coffee has had a chance to kick in.

 

[Arielle]

Welcome little Buff Orp.

Awwwww-- love the buff orpingtons . . . .

 

[chicken pickin]

Good Morning All. Just popping in to catch up on the 8 pages I was behind. Hope you all have a great day. I will be back again this afternoon.

Oh and

HAPPY ST. PATTYS DAY!

 

[angelobutter]

I don't know when I'm NOT incubating something lol. right now i have bredas, welsh harlequin ducks, barnyard mix, cochin, coturnix quail, and Norwegian Jaerhons incubating, silver lakenvelders in lockdown, and I just hatched a lone birchen modern game bantam yesterday.
(oh and if I don't have any chicken eggs incubating there is always snake eggs or crested gecko eggs in the incubator lol)

heres the little MGB- he pipped out the wrong end but did fine just took a little longer than normal.