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

[gimmie birdies]

I have a friend who breeds them, maybe I will trade LO roosters for icelandic eggs.

 

[gmjarvi]

I got my Cayuga ducklings from cackle hatchery in a surprise box. I have to drive 45 minutes to one TSC that has mallards, khaki Campbell's Pekin's, white layers. The other one is about 30 minutes in the other direction for Rowens, golden 300s, and whatever else comes on the truck that day.

Our TSC is 15 minutes from my house. The next closest ones are a 4 hour round trip drive, so I don't venture out to them! I've been thinking about getting cayuga eggs from McMurray but I'm still mulling it over. Ordering live ducklings is out for me..the shipping cost is astronomical.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Shipping is hard on chicks too.

 

[gmjarvi]

I have a friend who breeds them, maybe I will trade LO roosters for icelandic eggs.

I'd really like to "try again" with them, with the hope that they'd be more friendly if I raised them myself as chicks lol. The ones I have were adults when I got them and they are soo skittish. They do approach me when I go outside now but it has taken 6 months to get to that point. They won't let me lay a hand on 'em.

 

[Trisseh]

Out of curiosity, where'd you get your Icelandic eggs? I have two Icelandic hens and I want to love them but they won't let me!

I’m getting them locally (NW Ontario) from someone with a small flock, just waiting for him to finish collecting for me!

 

[MedicDog]

I think I'm just squeezing in now! My silkie Glenda went broody the other day and I held off putting anything under her incase she didn't take. I pulled the trigger today and got four silkie eggs for her to sit on, it would have been six but they didn't have anymore. I've just stuck my head in and she seems settled.

 

[FortCluck]

No chicks at our local tractor supply they have the bins and lights read though. I'll ask the manager next time I see him. I want assorted bantams.

 

[gmjarvi]

I think I'm just squeezing in now! My silkie Glenda went broody the other day and I held off putting anything under her incase she didn't take. I pulled the trigger today and got four silkie eggs for her to sit on, it would have been six but they didn't have anymore. I've just stuck my head in and she seems settled.

My silkie is broody, too! She is sitting on 5 eggs laid 3/1...none of them are hers lol. The other hens keep giving her more, too, but I marked the original clutch and have been taking the new eggs away so she doesnt run out of room. Someone even laid a double yolker for her lol. I took that one, too.

No chicks at our local tractor supply they have the bins and lights read though. I'll ask the manager next time I see him. I want assorted bantams.

I do, too!

 

[FortCluck]

My silkie is broody, too! She is sitting on 5 eggs laid 3/1...none of them are hers lol. The other hens keep giving her more, too, but I marked the original clutch and have been taking the new eggs away so she doesnt run out of room. Someone even laid a double yolker for her lol. I took that one, too.


I do, too!

I think I'll just get polish eggs from the local farm near us.

 

[jolenesdad]

This is sort of off topic but I guess not really...figured I’d ask you all - anyone know if there are differences between Wheaten and Blue Wheaten chicks at hatch?

I’m not sure this is any at hatch... but there’s blue in the feathers pretty right away I think. I haven’t seen many in person though.

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welp, I did it. Cleaned out the bator, turned it on, and picked out 36 eggs.

I think I’ll get a ton of black chicks.

I have a black Orpington rooster with both lacing and partridge leakage.

hens that I used were:
Lavender Ameraucana
Mixed wheaten marans (this ones for personality... she is my best hen and he is such a sweet boy.)
Tan eggs that could be:
Silver Laced Orpington
Gold Laced Orpington
Blue Laced Red Wyandotte
Blue and Black Australorp

I can’t tell the tan eggs apart so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I know NOTHING about laced genetics but here is my boy. I’m wondering if I could get something pretty out of the BLRW?

not all of the tan eggs are fertile when I crack them, but we will see. I NEVER have once seen him mating but he is the only boy here for 6 weeks and I’ve got some fertile eggs. Not expecting a ton of fertility. Fingers crossed! I’ll set them this afternoon!