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

[Jules929]

Hi, all! Jumping on to say I've just set 15 eggs--14 CCL + another of my marans as a fertility check. Of course, I wouldn't be me if I weren't continuing to bid on chicks and eggs all over the place. My hatch is due 3/19

What does everyone else have cooking?

Hello! Good luck!
I have two batches going.

First batch is on day 8 due to hatch 3/12:
Ameraucanas, 12
Olive eggers, 2 regular, 2 frizzle
Easter Eggers, 2
Birchen Marans, 4
Sebrights, 4
Jersey Giants, 4
Leg horns, 3
Buff Orpington, 1

Second batch is on day 2, due to hatch 3/18:
Cream Legbars, 17
Birchen Marans, 6

 

[livhatcher]

Hello! Good luck!
I have two batches going.

First batch is on day 8 due to hatch 3/12:
Ameraucanas, 12
Olive eggers, 2 regular, 2 frizzle
Easter Eggers, 2
Birchen Marans, 4
Sea brights, 4
Jersey Giants, 4
Leg horns, 3
Buff Orpington, 1
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Second batch is on day 2, due to hatch 3/18:
Cream Legbars, 17
Birchen Marans, 6
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What an awesome load of eggs! Can't wait to see your babies!

 

[ShannonsChimkens]

Hi, all! Jumping on to say I've just set 15 eggs--14 CCL + another of my marans as a fertility check. Of course, I wouldn't be me if I weren't continuing to bid on chicks and eggs all over the place. My hatch is due 3/19

What does everyone else have cooking?

So you need to have your auctioning rights revoked too huh? But there are so many different chims one can make!

Staggered hatch, again... Darn it.

Day 5 - Hatch day 3/14
12 Silver Deathlayers
8 Silkie bantam x Silver Sebright cross
6 Speckled Russian Orloff x Sebright cross

Day 0 - Hatch day 3/19
7 Silver Spitzhaubens

The other half kicked the brooder box out of the house all 40 chicks went out to the small coop. I’ll just take over the cabin then!

Scary sight after work... pulled in the driveway, put the truck in park (so glad I was facing the way I was) bald eagle was swooping through the chicken area. Ran as fast as I could, just in time to scare the teenage chickens into the main coop run and scare off the eagle. So... everyone will be staying inside the run tomorrow, no free ranging. Rainy day recess?

How rude of me... left out the 6 emus! Hatch day is around 3/28.

 

[FortCluck]

Hello! Good luck!
I have two batches going.

First batch is on day 8 due to hatch 3/12:
Ameraucanas, 12
Olive eggers, 2 regular, 2 frizzle
Easter Eggers, 2
Birchen Marans, 4
Sebrights, 4
Jersey Giants, 4
Leg horns, 3
Buff Orpington, 1
View attachment 2037439

Second batch is on day 2, due to hatch 3/18:
Cream Legbars, 17
Birchen Marans, 6
View attachment 2037437
View attachment 2037438

Jersey Giants are my favorite. I've never had pullets though, only Cockerels.

 

[Lins_BE]

I will have to search for little baskets that looks so much better than my inpromtu fence lol.

I used to use those little baskets you get when buying the pinchy things to hang your laundry with. Sorry, I don’t know what they’re called, English isn’t my native language.

 

[Lins_BE]

These

 

[julskinka]

These
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"Clothespins" in English. But "wasknijpers" is way better.

 

[Mosey2003]

23 eggs collected so far, on this day 5 of collection.

Need to get some stuff this weekend to build me some panels and make a pen to separate one of the hens. Will probably put the rooster in with her once a week for two days.

 

[two j farm]

Thanks everyone for the reviews on incubator. I think I may keep looking for now.

I'm on day 17 I will stop turning tonight. I have one duck egg that is a few days behind so I will keep turning it. Tractor Supply here has chicks and ducklings now! My husband was trying to get me to buy ducklings yesterday but I'm going to wait til after this hatch.

They have khaki Campbell's, mallards, crested Pekin , and white layers. Anyone have any advice on how to sex them at a few days old?

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Hi, all! Jumping on to say I've just set 15 eggs--14 CCL + another of my marans as a fertility check. Of course, I wouldn't be me if I weren't continuing to bid on chicks and eggs all over the place. My hatch is due 3/19

What does everyone else have cooking?

Good to see you joining us my fellow hatchaholic!
I currently have Olive Eggers and Sebastopol Goose eggs in the incubators and I'm waiting to hear that some Ayam Cemanis, Bantam Buff Cochins, and BBS Marans are ready to pick up.