MAY 2016 "Land of the Free Because of the brave!" Hatch-a-Long Hosted by, Mike & Sally

[wornoutmomto3]

I am going to have to lock up my broody. That silly hen has somehow managed to acquire 9 more eggs! I took them from her last night. It was way more eggs than she could possibly sit on. Now, I am concerned that the developing eggs may have gotten cold in her attempts to hatch every egg she could get her feathers on.


On a bright note. All the duck eggs have finished hatching. And there are three new ducklings!! Yeah!! 2 girls and 1 boy!!
The Girls!!

The boy!!

 

[sasafras4u2]

Got up this morning and i have 2 pips. Day 19 and I'm at work now! Its going to be a long 13hrs. Before I get home! Oh my I'll be burning up the phone lines calling my daughter to check on them!

 

[mlm Mike]

Ok. Hands down my BEST hatch ever!!!!!
I started with just shy of 6 dozen eggs. That's a mix of 11 duck, 7-8 EE mixes, 7 splash bantams, 12 of my questionable eggs regarding fertility and the rest were a frizzle/Cochin mix. I had about 15-18 clears including 6 of my ?? Eggs I put in to hatch with the ducks (next Friday) and only 5-6 that quite early. 2 eggs I tossed because they were rotten (one

blew up in my hand

) and only 1 looks to be a non hatch.

All in all I still have 6 ducks and ?? Eggs going strong and almost 40 chicks hatch!!!

Congratulations!

I am going to have to lock up my broody. That silly hen has somehow managed to acquire 9 more eggs! I took them from her last night. It was way more eggs than she could possibly sit on. Now, I am concerned that the developing eggs may have gotten cold in her attempts to hatch every egg she could get her feathers on.


On a bright note. All the duck eggs have finished hatching. And there are three new ducklings!! Yeah!! 2 girls and 1 boy!!
The Girls!!

The boy!!

Congratulations! Good luck with the broody hen!

Got up this morning and i have 2 pips. Day 19 and I'm at work now! Its going to be a long 13hrs. Before I get home! Oh my I'll be burning up the phone lines calling my daughter to check on them!

 

[RoodyRodchester]

I'm 500+ posts behind but school is coming to an end for my bigger kids so trying to get summer plans ready so they aren't completely bored. And my 1 year old is trying to start the "terrible twos" early

so I'm way behind. But a quick little update. I set 14 eggs on May 1st. 7 white leghorns and 7 black sex links. They are with what I believe to be a Black Cooper Maran roo but I could be wrong. While doing a quick fertility check on day 5 all my black sex link eggs look to be fertile and growing. My leghorns are duds except 2 that look like they tried very minimum and stopped. Just a streak of a vein. I believe this is because of her age because I know the rooster is doing his job. I've seen him constantly getting her. My black sex link is just over a year old now. Is she still considered a pullet? Anyways today is day 6 so I will candle tomorrow and pull any that are duds. I let the leghorns sit for a few more days just in case but I'm not hopeful. I'm patiently waiting for my ducks to start laying and for my babies to get bigger so I will have RIR, RSL, and barred rock eggs.

 

[Birdrain92]

I love white peafowl... So pretty! I have hatched India blue and black shoulder, such amazing birds!

I have two eggs right now from my Indian Blue hen. I will be putting a clutch in 4 days I have a Black Shoulder hen but I don't have a Black Shoulder male so I'm not incubating any of her eggs. I like to keep pure varieties the best I can. I do like splits but I like pure varieties so people don't get surprises when they're not expecting it.

 

[SunnysideFowl]

I think I'll be putting in about 40 rhode island red x ee eggs in the next week.

May i ask, where do most of you get your fowl leg bands from? I want to order some but am not sure where the best place is. My local farm store only has size 9 and 11.

 

[Birdrain92]

 

[mymilliefleur]

I am going to have to lock up my broody. That silly hen has somehow managed to acquire 9 more eggs! I took them from her last night. It was way more eggs than she could possibly sit on. Now, I am concerned that the developing eggs may have gotten cold in her attempts to hatch every egg she could get her feathers on.


On a bright note. All the duck eggs have finished hatching. And there are three new ducklings!! Yeah!! 2 girls and 1 boy!!
The Girls!!

The boy!!

Those ducklings are adorable! How do you now what gender they are? Did you vent sex them? I hope things go well with your broody.

 

[KellyAdams96]

It's lockdown day for me! All 13 have movement and look ready to get out of there.

Now I'm off to construct a brooder. Lord only knows where my last one ended up.

 

[Sueg4332]

It's lockdown day for me! All 13 have movement and look ready to get out of there.

Now I'm off to construct a brooder. Lord only knows where my last one ended up.

its lock down for me too. Tonight will candle as I put them in the bottom of the dickie. I'll post varied and how many than.... Happy Hatching.... Everyone.....PS wish I lived where I could have peacocks. The turkeys are noise enough......