Wish me success!

[BenHogan]

12 Pheonix chicks out of 19 eggs set out knocking all around in the bator and 3 pipped. To date my most successful hatch rate of any eggs I have set! I say it has been a tremendous success!

Last time I candled them right before lock down, I had a healthy chick in every egg. (The 3 cochin eggs all had been culled a while ago as they turned out to be infertile) So I am super happy right about now! Guy I bought them from had no more than 5 hens to a rooster, so I know what I need to do for high fertility rates in the future. I have always had a ratio closer to 6 or 8 hens to a rooster, but they were in an open pasture, so some of the hens probably got overlooked by the roosters.

 

[BenHogan]

15 healthy and active chicks out of the 19 eggs. I am super happy! So is my youngest who insisted he HAD to hold a "peep-peep" this morning when he came downstairs.

80% hatch rate out of the original batch of Pheonix eggs set and I say this has been a great success!