Too Early for Feb Hatch-A-Long Thread??

[UThobbyfarmer]

I'm joining the Feb hatch a long! I started 24 eggs on Wednesday from a local source. Then received 36 others today from eBay (Foxfire Farms). They shipped from 1 state away and arrived this morning in amazing condition. The box was spotless, zero cracks in any eggs, only 1 slight shifty aircell.

All eggs are rare breed, or rare breed mixes. At a 50% hatch rate and 50% of those being rooster I should end up with a nice flock of about a dozen hens.

 

[FortCluck]

E2 is supposed to show signs of hatching 1/27 to/28. I’m hoping it’s alive and will see a regular, blonde or white emu Tuesday or Wednesday.

E3 is the one that wiggled. It should be showing signs of hatching Friday or Saturday next week. So 1/31 or 2/1.

I really really hope it doesn’t have a sad ending like Rockporters! Been having nightmares about it

Forgot to add, at the temp theyve been incubated at they should hatch between 50 and 55 days.

I want it to hatch on the 1st because that's my birthday

 

[Merrymouse]

100% guarantee be able to see something on white eggs. Even with a half decent flashlight. I LOVE white eggs for that reason. The only hang up would be porous eggs. They can be tricky regardless of color.

I only had room in my bator for 7 eggs, I had 8 but one of the silkie eggs did look porous so that is the one I left out of the bator. Probable Candle tomorrow so we'll see. Fingers crossed I have some viable egg!

 

[aliciaplus3]

We want to do some for Thanksgiving

the way things are going we will still be hatching turkeys in april so some will be just right for thanksgiving! we have found that heritage birds are just about right at 6.5 to 7 months old... they are good older to but we try not to go much younger. if you are looking to do broad breasted than they should take about 4 months.

 

[FortCluck]

the way things are going we will still be hatching turkeys in april so some will be just right for thanksgiving! we have found that heritage birds are just about right at 6.5 to 7 months old... they are good older to but we try not to go much younger. if you are looking to do broad breasted than they should take about 4 months.

I think I wanted to do broad breasted since they can't fly as well.

 

[aliciaplus3]

I think I wanted to do broad breasted since they can't fly as well.

our reason for raising the heritage is that they can naturally reproduce. and they are so much fun we couldnt stand to butcher all of them

 

[FortCluck]

our reason for raising the heritage is that they can naturally reproduce. and they are so much fun we couldnt stand to butcher all of them

I don't know if I'll keep some if I did heritage. I'm worried about my chickens catching something from them.

 

[ShannonsChimkens]

Have any hatching eggs from Narragansetts?! My son wants one so bad.

 

[aliciaplus3]

ours are mostly black mutts.... so we end up with some chocolates and I keep a few slates.

 

[aliciaplus3]

ours are mostly black mutts.... so we end up with some chocolates and I keep a few slates.

sorry that made it sound like we get all those from the same genes. we started with a chocolate crossed with a standard bronze, out of that pen we hatch blacks, barred blacks, chocolate, and barred chocolate. I have a separate pen that has some Narraganset, slate and standard bronze, out of that pen we get some interesting things, with no real way to say what will be what till they hatch. I am not NPIP so we are unable to ship eggs.