Yaaaahooooo! I have a pip! Day 20, Delaware Blue Hens x 7! YIPEEEEE!

[Bec]

Yay!!

 

[ranchhand]

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Settle down Grandma! Until they lay an egg I am not saying for sure!

 

[Bec]

I already told you, my birds don;t produce boys!

 

[RHewitt]

Sally what was the final outcome of your hatch? Been busy (I hate Monday's )and just had a chance to check in.

 

[ranchhand]

Hi RH, it didn't go too well.

I ended up with only three, the rest didn't make it. There was a problem with the membrane and shell sticking to them, and some made it to day 117-18, but never even pipped.

I am going to hold off incubating until I figure out what went wrong again. I'm hoping they'll be broody and I won't have to put myself through this again!

The 3 who made it are 1 splash and 2 blues, so that's good! They are so tiny, like bantams.

Your Mondays must be like my Fridays- dead run all day!

 

[RHewitt]

Could be a shipped eggs thing. I have only hatched one batch of shipped eggs and did everthing the same as when I hatched my own. Out of 17 shipped eggs I got 7. That's only 41%. Almost the same percentage as you experienced with 3 out of 7 for 43%. My two other hatches of my own eggs where 100% and 72%.

I agree a broody hen is much easier but I do enjoy the excitement and sense of accomplishment when I hatch my own.

Let's celebrate your three new chicks and hope they are all not all Roos....just had to join in the
fun!

Take Care!

 

[Bec]

Hey Ranch!

Take a lookie here! Just picked them up from my son's school!

 

[ranchhand]

If we start driving now, we can meet in Norfolk at midnight!

 

[Bec]

By Friday I will have 23 Blue Hens in my house!!! Craziness!