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All the eggs I hatched out from one of my hens. (this is the first time I have hatched her eggs) Her mom was the hen I recently retired to freezer camp.
I have two of her daughters(the old hen) and they are both great egg layers. I decided to hatch from one of them to see if i like the chicks. They are from my old original flock, so they are all mutts. RIR, Cornish, NH mix, Rocks. I sort of made my own breed through the years. They are meaty, good foragers, and great mothers. They just all look different. I like the fact they weight about 6lbs processed. Tons of breast meat, Yet they have the flavor profile of a yard bird. They have better texture than Cornish Crosses, but not as fibrous as a yard bird. The cockerel is a silver pencil rock mix, pretty bird and l want to weigh him, he has got to be over 10 lbs and still a cockerel. We will see how these young ones turn out. I will keep a few pullets, eat the rest and see if I want to keep her eggs for hatch again. She is young and I am not sure if she will be a broody hen or not. She did not go broody last year at all. That is OK with me. Nothing like having 10 hens stop laying because they want to raise a bunch of chicks. Her grandmother was broody, but her mom only raised one batch a year, and I think she really was not keen about it. She protected them well and hatched them well, but she sure got rid of them fast. That is OK too.
All of my HRIR shipped eggs that went into lock down have exterior piped. I am a wreck. I need sleep. But i guess I have one more night of no sleep..commom chickies!!
All my eggs from my hen have hatched that are going to hatch. II just want to be done. These chicks are eating that FF like it is pure honey. I have one pasty butt..wierd
Just do not like the Wyandotte. Never had one that was hardy. Had to cull all of them. Plus their personalities were just not cutting it. 
~Naomi
