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

[chickensnbees]

It is exciting! I have 31 in one incubator hatching and 17 in the other. They are so cute too!

How cute? Let us see!

 

[ronott1]

How cute? Let us see!

I know!

It did not happen if there is no picture!

Off to get picture or two....

 

[ronott1]

Pictures!

We are breeding by Hen to see what the Hens are throwing. The different groups are separated into tomato containers!

SG Dorkings are in this one. One group of Dorkings and Dels are not in baskets so you can see a yellow fluff ball to the right.



Here are more Yellow Fluff Ball Dells!



This is the first UofA Blues to hatch. It is a Black one. These are the plastic trays I use for hatching larger numbers of eggs. You can also see the water wiggle with the Brinsea probe. I am hatching at 98.5 today.

 

[LBKS]

I know how rough those broodies can be. This is what happens when you mess with my Heritage Barred Rock when she's broody. She takes out CHUNKS!

Ow, that looks like it was pretty painful! Hope you have some gentle ones too.

I'm glad I only have one fierce broo--,uh, broad like that I just hope their daughters inherit the broo--m closet sitting tendencies. I don't know what happens when you both want them to be the B word and to not be the B word at the same time and then say it. It's like the triple jinx - I'd probably go out there and find all the hens sitting on empty nest boxes and not any of the ones with eggs in there

 

[angelobutter]

Speaking of photos:
what was hatched this morning- 18 coturnix quail. I can see 8 different colors. there are 17 eggs left in the incubator. Also I now have 4 silver lakevelder chicks, but 3 of them have a large pea sized amount of unabsorbed yolk, so I didn't take any photos until that heals up.

Oh and look who was FLYING around my egg room! yes flying and yes this is one of the button quail who hatched a couple weeks ago! they grow so fast!



And since we are doing photos, here is one of the coturnix from 2 weeks ago. (he just blinked- his eyes are fine)

 

[LBKS]

Pictures!

We are breeding by Hen to see what the Hens are throwing. The different groups are separated into tomato containers!

SG Dorkings are in this one. One group of Dorkings and Dels are not in baskets so you can see a yellow fluff ball to the right.



Here are more Yellow Fluff Ball Dells!



This is the first UofA Blues to hatch. It is a Black one. These are the plastic trays I use for hatching larger numbers of eggs. You can also see the water wiggle with the Brinsea probe. I am hatching at 98.5 today.

Daww, so cute! Now I can't help but think of naming a beefy rooster Beefsteak after seeing those hatching containers

 

[chickensnbees]

Pictures! We are breeding by Hen to see what the Hens are throwing. The different groups are separated into tomato containers! SG Dorkings are in this one. One group of Dorkings and Dels are not in baskets so you can see a yellow fluff ball to the right. Here are more Yellow Fluff Ball Dells! This is the first UofA Blues to hatch. It is a Black one. These are the plastic trays I use for hatching larger numbers of eggs. You can also see the water wiggle with the Brinsea probe. I am hatching at 98.5 today.

So cute!

 

[Cynthia12]

 

[ImpulsiveFarmer]

Duck and turkey eggs set! (Didn't I say I wasn't going to do turkeys?) Oh well. I had the eggs so I might as well try hatching them... again. I talked to someone yesterday that said he just keeps his bator at 65% humidity the whole time and has great luck hatching turkeys. So I might try that.

 

[Cynthia12]

count down:
one week, two hours and 24 minutes for my time zone (chicken eggs)