The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[draye]

How are everyones Easter HAL chicks doing? Mine turned out to be 9 boys 11 girls and they are in with my big chickens and doing great

12 left out of my EHA. 7 roosters and 5 pullets. Growing like wildfire and littke roosters tryi g to crow already.

Do these hatchalongs last forever?

Yes, especially if you keep poking them in the incubator.

Mine is off until late this next month ( August) for a Seotember hatch. This will be my annual birthday hatch. It will be a littke after my actual birthday though. I'm timing it so I can take part if them to the auction barn.

 

[prizepete]

How long till these Easter hatch along chicks start laying?

 

[draye]

How long till these Easter hatch along chicks start laying?

For me about 9 to 10 weeks give or take a little bit. Mine have been starting around 24 weeks old. A lot depends in what breed or breeds you have some take a little longer some not quite as long.

 

[Mama Bay]

Anyone else getting cute little pullet eggs??

 

[Kadu]

I am! Don't know what to do with them XD

 

[Kadu]

wait, lemme clarify! I'm not getting pullet eggs from this hatch. Just from chicks I got this January. This hatch ones are pretty small still.

 

[draye]

Anyone else getting cute little pullet eggs??

Yes, I am. Have been getting them for sometime now at least 2 to 3 months.

wait, lemme clarify! I'm not getting pullet eggs from this hatch. Just from chicks I got this January. This hatch ones are pretty small still.

Yes from the chicks that hatched in January of this year.

 

[Mama Bay]

Yes, I am. Have been getting them for sometime now at least 2 to 3 months.
Yes from the chicks that hatched in January of this year.

These eggs are from some of my Easter chicks

I guess they are early layers.

 

[draye]

These eggs are from some of my Easter chicks

I guess they are early layers.

I guess that I read the thread name wrong. Thought it said New Years Hatch.

No my Easter hatch hasn't started laying yet. They are just now will be 20 weeks old on Thursday. My stock usually don't start laying until around 24 to 26 weeks. I have a few that didn't start until around 30 to 32 weeks.

 

[SandraBH]

I didn't keep any of the Easter Hatch...I have 5 left from a hatch 4 weeks later and 5 little ones from my hen Honey's hatch ...they'll be 2 weeks old tomorrow. The pic is from last week. I just sold 7 cockerels...there were more than that but most people took one with their pullets. My second hatch was 12 from one rooster and 12 from the other. I thought that was funny as they're all in together.