The 8th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!!!!

I've got another batch of eggs in the incubator; it's a good thing I have one to act as a hatcher. I now have chicken eggs with 3 different hatch dates, duck eggs with another date, and turkey eggs on lockdown. It's day 28 1/2 for the Turkeys and no action yet, but they got a few hours of cold when I moved to my new house a couple weeks ago. I think I saw an egg wiggle when I gobbled at it earlier. Very excited for the newest batch of chicken eggs as i have a bunch of crested cream legbar eggs in the incubator from CJ. (also excited to see pips when I get home-I hope...
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For the hatchalong, I will be setting Isbar eggs and possibly showgirl eggs
 
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I just found another breed I want. The Deathlayer chicken! Pretty, with a pretty metal sounding name! Lol I can imagine leather studded jacket and little mini chains... Hahaha
Now that sound like a breed for me! Bring on the heavy metal!!
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Quote: I love me some splash!!
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Splashes are so gorgeous.

I do not know enough about the colors or sex linked chickens to comment with knowledge. My first bunches of EE hatches were sexable by color. The boys were either the all over brown color of your first pic of Am cross chicks or the plain yellow. The females were the chipmunks with the eyeliner and mottling.
 
I have a second chick!

But I think that will be it
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Kinda ruins my good hatch rate streak...... Ah well.

I also picked up some silkie and SLW chicks today, so the two I hatched will have some company (and it's a good excuse to buy more chickens!
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I'm pretty annoyed with my chickens. I couldn't find four of them last night and I thought something or someone had carried them off. Nope, they stayed the night in my neighbor's yard.
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I spent the morning trying to get them back over the fence. I got Jazzy and Henrietta back over, but not the boys. Jazzy made a beeline for the coop. Apparently she had to lay an egg and she wasn't waiting for anyone.
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Alrighty I think that it's safe to say that my first hatch of chicks is finally done. I have 12 little happy and healthy peepers. They are all so adorable. Had some some losses along the way, but these little babies are survivors.
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That's not all. I have 5 duck eggs in lockdown and I'm expecting 5 little ducklings over the weekend. I'm hoping that it will be a smoother process. I about died waiting on the chicks to hatch out. But there were many more of them. Congrats to everyone on their successful hatches and lessons that were learned along the way. I'm feeling confident after this first hatch and I'm looking forward to my next hatch for the EHAL.
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