The Fathers Day Hatch-A-Long!!! The Last Day To Set eggs Is June 3rd!!!!

[Cynthia12]

I added a few turkey eggs and a couple chicken eggs to the bator this evening..

also have a couple of goose eggs pipped.. lol

All in the same bator..right?

 

[Cynthia12]

I had to throw out so many of my showgirls. Nothing in so many! I have a few. Hoping I end up with more than one like the last time. I don't have these in my new bator.
But my Welsummers are looking good. They were set a bit earlier than the showgirls.

 

[CayleeMarie03]

I am joining!!! I set 18 eggs tonight!

 

[crazypetlady]

Here are the eggs from Bhep that I set on 6/1



Today I set 8 Barred Rock 3 Turkey and 6 exhibition quality bantam wyndottes

 

[MoriahQuilts]

Oooo, loving those dark green ones up in the right side corner.  Very pretty.  And then you have those beautiful blue eggs on the lower right side corner.  What are the dark eggs?    Marans?  Welsummer? 

Cynthia - thanks! It's been interesting - my hens do everything backwards. The dark green have gotten darker as the spring turns into summer, and the Amer laying the blue has kept really good color. The dark brown are Marans. They have lightened considerably the last month. They are crossed with an Amer roo and have hatched well so far, with feathered legs. Fingers crossed for the Amers this time...

 

[MoriahQuilts]

Some of us are just born that way--I just try to appreciate my gifts even if others don't. LOL

It's essential that things are functional but such a great bonus if they are fun to look at. Quilts are just blankets, after all. But treasures. I put turned legs from antique chairs on the nest box to make them pretty.

How do you enjoy expressing your gifts?

 

[MoriahQuilts]

Here are the eggs from Bhep that I set on 6/1



Today I set 8 Barred Rock 3 Turkey and 6 exhibition quality bantam wyndottes

Pretty eggs!

 

[crazypetlady]

Thank you. The photo do not do the blue ones in the ight corner justice they are the prettiest blue eggs I have ever seen. They are from the lav. Amers.

 

[kizanne]

Ok I need to update my totals. Yesterday I set 30 Blue Lace Red Wyanoettes, 7 Delawares, 2 Orphingtons, 3 RIR, 3 Barnyard mix (maran barred rock)

So that's 45 in my LG that only holds 42. I figure on day 7 I'll have to pull some so....



Question. the last 3 I had to lay them on their side as the turner was full. I will be hand turning them but they are in a horizontal position. Once I get rid of any that are developing can I move them to the turner or will the change in position be a big problem early in the game?

 

[WyoChickenMamma]

I candled my eggs last night and was very upset. I noticed huge air sacs and little to no movement. I am at high altitude and wonder if that has to do with it? I did start another thread asking for assistance from other folks who hatch at high altitude. I really only noticed movement in 1 or 2 out of the 8. I am just heart broken, they are cream legbar eggs. I bumped up the humidity and we drew a faint pencil line on most of them so we could monitor the growth of the air sacs. I am by far not an experienced hatcher, but I knew right away those air sacs where way bigger than they should be at day 8. The looked more like day 18 air sacs.

Who knows what will happen now. I have another incubator going that I set eggs in on Saturday night, I bumped the humidity up on that one as well, hope it will not be a total loss!