December 2021 Hatch-A-Long

[AusHen]

Anyone else planning on hatching this December?
I purchased 3 dozen duck eggs that will arrive in a few days so will hatch the second week of December. They are Pekin, Khaki Campbell and some mixes of the two. Pretty sure thats all I'll be doing since I have a ton of chicks plus new goslings

 

[All4Eggz]

Following!

I won't be hatching until early spring.
Excited to see more babies though!

 

[AusHen]

As always I can't help myself. I had the opportunity to get a dozen Sultan eggs and jumped right on them! here in Australia they are classed as critical, only 55 breeding birds were recorded this year on the rare poultry trust list (total numbers unknown). I think these will be the most stressful and expensive eggs I have or ever will incubate

 

[AusHen]

Looks like I'll be lucky to get any ducklings.15 were completely broken and some the yolks were busted everywhere, 1 had a crack that I could possibly repair but not worth the risk since there was egg all over it. air cells are all in really bad shape in the remaining 20.

 

[Cluckatar]

I'm waiting on a splurge purchase of hatching eggs (mixed batch of Marans eggs from Greenfire, so probably Black Copper and some White). So if all goes well and they arrive in good shape we will be hatching in December I'm not sure why I thought Christmas chicks in the house was going to be a great idea. This will be our fourth hatch for 2021.

 

[AusHen]

Turns out 18 eggs were broken. One had to be removed from the incubator after a day due to what looked like leackage coming from the egg

 

[AusHen]

My Sultan eggs arrived today. They were packaged really well and all came intact, only a few have wobbly air cells.
Peeked at the duck eggs and happy to report some are showing signs of development. Air cells are really bad so it's a wait and see if they make it to hatch day.

 

[Chookwagn]

38 eggs set last night
12 California quail eggs set last Saturday

 

[The Moonshiner]

12 California quail eggs set last Saturday

How long do those take to hatch and what are your plans for them?

 

[All4Eggz]

How long do those take to hatch and what are your plans for them?

Quail take 18 days to hatch.