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

[Mylied]

Not yet! He’s just made a few squeaky sounds.

I had 4 adults I had traded some ducks for a few years ago. Ear piercing. Lol. Now I want some again for tick control. I gave those 4 to a retired guy. I warned him they were loud first. No one warned me.

 

[Kizmet]

I had 4 adults I had traded some ducks for a few years ago. Ear piercing. Lol. Now I want some again for tick control. I gave those 4 to a retired guy. I warned him they were loud first. No one warned me.

Hahaha

The first time I heard them I was driving home with two on the back seat of my car. I nearly crashed.

 

[Knighstar679]

I just did the maths I can join this hatch a long! I set 12 welsh harlequin/ maybe black East Indie eggs that sat in my fridge on March second. So they are do to hatch March 30-31. We are on day 9/10 right now and I am down to 7 eggs atm. With 6 showing movement tonight. Really hoping for girls in this hatch because I lost my others to a fox in February.

Here is a picture of the happy egglets



Happy Hatching Everyone!!!

 

[BluebirdHomestead]

Yes. I think there's 2 olive eggers, 1 flowery easter egger, 3 marans, 1 barnevelder, and 2 wynadotte hybrids. I had 1 clear maran, 1 clear flowery easter egger, and 1 early quiter of something I can't remember. Today is day 19.

Nice! Today is 19 for me too and a Flowery Easter Egger just pipped So there was a little mix up with my order (which was actually a replacement for my first order which got scrambled in the mail. I paid half price for a second batch which was nice of the seller). I had originally ordered all olive eggers which is what I am most excited about. The replacement was supposed to be half olive eggers and half BCMs, but boxed got mixed up and I ended up with half OEs, and 4 Flowery EEs and 2 Marans. I never would have known about Flowery EEs. I asked a bunch of questions about them because I am trying to decide whether to keep them or sell them. Magicman said the pen my eggs came from were
Flowery EEs (EE x Swedish Flower Hen) crossed to Marans and then those crossed back to a Lavender Ameraucana- there fore my babies should be black. Wonder if yours are the same. What color are your eggs? Mine were like a light olive.
Oh and of course only 1 OE made it to lock down for me. One was cracked and I didn’t set it and then one was clear and 2 quit on me. And with my luck this one will either not hatch or be a rooster.

Oh, and on another note, I just set the 2 dozen BBS Ameraucana eggs I picked up locally this past weekend. 2 had super small cracks I noticed when candling so it’s actually 22 eggs because I left those out.

 

[Jules929]

I have a zipper! The first pip took a long nap and is finally ready to meet the world.

 

[Kizmet]

I have a zipper! The first pip took a long nap and is finally ready to meet the world.

Waiting from pip to chick is so hard.

 

[Jules929]

Waiting from pip to chick is so hard.

The whole process is an emotional rollercoaster, lol.
Waiting through the auction.
Waiting for the eggs to arrive.
Waiting for the first candling.
Waiting through lockdown.
Watching for the first pip, then the zip.

I have 26 eggs in this batch. One zipping, one pipped, and 24 to go.

 

[smfarman]

Sad about the babies lost before they hatched, but happy with these perfect little fluffs that made it. View attachment 2049452
That is Flip, front and center.

They're all so cute

 

[Jules929]

First chick to hatch, Ameraucana:

 

[Kizmet]

4 out of 9 Guinea Fowl are out.