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

[LilyD]

This is a great hatch-a-long to be in! Lots of experienced people to help out. This is my first hatch ever...I picked up my eggs and drove them home, so they probably had a much gentler ride than a lot of shipped eggs but still! I'm trying to hatch BBS ameraucana, BBS and black copper marans, lavender orpington, and salmon faverolles...I really want these breeds so am hoping for a good hatch rate!

Fingers crossed for you!

I have orps in my incubator BBS, Lavender, Mauve and Chocolate are the possibilities. If you picked your eggs up and drove them home I'm betting they have a better chance of hatching than regular shipped eggs. When is your hatch date?

 

[gmjarvi]

I have orps in my incubator BBS, Lavender, Mauve and Chocolate are the possibilities.

I LOVE my orpingtons, they are huge sweethearts. I would love to have a rainbow of them. The lady I bought my lavender orpie eggs from also does jubilee orpies . I'm dying to order some, but I gotta wait a little bit so much husband doesn't get too annoyed with my poultry obsession

 

[LilyD]

I LOVE my orpingtons, they are huge sweethearts. I would love to have a rainbow of them. The lady I bought my lavender orpie eggs from also does jubilee orpies . I'm dying to order some, but I gotta wait a little bit so much husband doesn't get too annoyed with my poultry obsession

I find if you just keep them all in the same brooder they never notice when new ones are added

 

[BluebirdHomestead]

My eggs ship on March 2nd!! I should get them on the 3rd. How long do I let them settle? I have read 6 hours and 24 hours

I usually do 24 hours of settling with the pointy end down for shipped eggs. But there is one time I did less. I recently had a batch shipped the Thursday before Presidents’ Day and they got stuck at the post office until Tuesday! I was soooo bummed but the seller literally puts them from nest to box so they were still fresh enough. But I didn’t wait 24 hours to set them. I think I let them sit for 2 hours. They are in my incubator now and seem to be developing well, so hopefully it was a good decision.

 

[hysop]

Candled all my eggs! Out of 22, I have 4 that I think are clear and 3 that I am questioning. All the rest had lil beans! let's hope things continue to go well.

Woo hoo! I want Day 14 to hurry up so I can gage if my humidity is too high or not by the air cell size.

 

[gmjarvi]

I find if you just keep them all in the same brooder they never notice when new ones are added

This is definitely something I will need to utilize He had to gently coax one of my more flighty chickens out of a tree today after spooking her twice...he was just shaking his head the whole time, thigh deep in snow..probably cursing me under his breath for insisting on getting chickens.


I did catch him looking at the MH catalog, though

 

[AusHen]

This is a great hatch-a-long to be in! Lots of experienced people to help out. This is my first hatch ever...I picked up my eggs and drove them home, so they probably had a much gentler ride than a lot of shipped eggs but still! I'm trying to hatch BBS ameraucana, BBS and black copper marans, lavender orpington, and salmon faverolles...I really want these breeds so am hoping for a good hatch rate!

Fingers crossed for you!

Nice variety! I do love BBS anything plus blue and dark brown eggs This is my third incubator hatch. My first lot I picked up as well and got a great hatch rate but shocking pullet to cockerel ratio (3/14). My second is still in progress and it's been a huge fail. I set 16 quail egg, 4 developed and only 3 have made it to hatch day with 2 pipping as I type..
Next lot I'm doing Welsummer, Cockoo Marans, Olive eggers and some fun "frizzle coloured layers"

 

[hysop]

got a great hatch rate but shocking pullet to cockerel ratio (3/14).

As in you only got 3 pullets?? Wow. I know I will get some males with this batch (and every batch) but I’m hoping it’s not that bad. I’ll be happy with 50-50.

 

[gmjarvi]

Nice variety! I do love BBS anything plus blue and dark brown eggs This is my third incubator hatch. My first lot I picked up as well and got a great hatch rate but shocking pullet to cockerel ratio (3/14). My second is still in progress and it's been a huge fail. I set 16 quail egg, 4 developed and only 3 have made it to hatch day with 2 pipping as I type..
Next lot I'm doing Welsummer, Cockoo Marans, Olive eggers and some fun "frizzle coloured layers"

Yeah, crossing my fingers for more pullets than cockerels

I'd love to do quail someday, but probably won't get to it this year...I want to get really good at chickens since I have a free egg supply out front lol. Please show us your quail babies when they hatch; I hope they make it!

Sounds like you are setting some cool birds!

 

[LilyD]

Yeah, crossing my fingers for more pullets than cockerels

I'd love to do quail someday, but probably won't get to it this year...I want to get really good at chickens since I have a free egg supply out front lol. Please show us your quail babies when they hatch; I hope they make it!

Sounds like you are setting some cool birds!

I want an extra rooster this year so totally fine with me to have some to choose from.