Tis Time for a March 2020 Hatch-a-long!

[Spudsnsalsa]

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Opposite direction AND not named???

 

[Spudsnsalsa]

Despite the eggs having been mailed Wednesday they did not yet arrive. Tracking says tomorrow delivery scheduled. So besides fretting over conditions in warehouse this weekend where they sit I am now firmly in this hatch-a-long. Weather extremes are not as prominent an issue here in Ireland and distances less so I opted not to make the 10 hour round trip drive up to the North to pick up in person and gambled on shipping. Might be regretting this decision in a few weeks time.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Despite the eggs having been mailed Wednesday they did not yet arrive. Tracking says tomorrow delivery scheduled. So besides fretting over conditions in warehouse this weekend where they sit I am now firmly in this hatch-a-long. Weather extremes are not as prominent an issue here in Ireland and distances less so I opted not to make the 10 hour round trip drive up to the North to pick up in person and gambled on shipping. Might be regretting this decision in a few weeks time.

I do hope they arrive in good condition!

 

[Floydie]

Fingers crossed your eggs arrive ok

 

[ShannonsChimkens]

Opposite direction AND not named???

Yep, not sure how I managed that. Oh well!

 

[FortCluck]

I will be adding my chicken eggs Tuesday. I picked a few up today and yesterday to add to the duck eggs. Anyone here hatch them together? I have read mixed reviews on it but I'm still going to try. View attachment 2021561

I checked my duck eggs I saw no bullseye so I guess I have to wait.

I don't do chicken and ducks just because ducks need a bit more humidity. I know brooding them together is an awful idea because you can end up with sick chicks because ducklings love flinging water everywhere.

 

[two j farm]

I checked my duck eggs I saw no bullseye so I guess I have to wait.

I don't do chicken and ducks just because ducks need a bit more humidity. I know brooding them together is an awful idea because you can end up with sick chicks because ducklings love flinging water everywhere.

Hope you get some good eggs soon. I have had them together before and the ducklings do like to make a mess but I have never had sick chicks from it. Whatever ducklings hatch will be in with the chicks for the first few weeks then they will get moved outside because they don't need as much heat as the chicks. I make sure to have a pan in the brooder to catch the water and that really helps with the mess.

 

[FortCluck]

Hope you get some good eggs soon. I have had them together before and the ducklings do like to make a mess but I have never had sick chicks from it. Whatever ducklings hatch will be in with the chicks for the first few weeks then they will get moved outside because they don't need as much heat as the chicks. I make sure to have a pan in the brooder to catch the water and that really helps with the mess.

I'm going to grab some ducklings from the eggs that person wants me to hatch. I want runner ducks so bad!

 

[dougieee]

Hatch day should be around 3/29. If Fizzgig makes it, it’ll hatch around 3/21.

All labeled, weighed and chart is done. Fizzgig lost a tiny bit too much, but not adding water quite yet. Rather dry incubate them all if possible. Humidity seems to hang out between 25% and 30%. Temperature with one egg in there was ranging between 97 and 98. It’s taking a bit to get up to temp with all 7 in there.

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Will be following this avidly now, wish i had room for emus
Ive got a large garden but its just too suburban even though im on the edge of the greenbelt, any small holdings any where near go for 1.5 million gbp + which is about 1 million outside my price range.

 

[dougieee]

Despite the eggs having been mailed Wednesday they did not yet arrive. Tracking says tomorrow delivery scheduled. So besides fretting over conditions in warehouse this weekend where they sit I am now firmly in this hatch-a-long. Weather extremes are not as prominent an issue here in Ireland and distances less so I opted not to make the 10 hour round trip drive up to the North to pick up in person and gambled on shipping. Might be regretting this decision in a few weeks time.

Did you get much of the tail end of Ciara?
Last two days have been awful here, my hens have turned their nesting boxes upside down and are using them as makeshift boats
The annoying thing is that ive got everything ready here to roof off most of their pen and mitigate the swamp problem.