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bya1305
Chirping
It's been a busy couple of days, but I have the results of my hatch. The last lavender orpington never made it, not a single pip. They are great looking birds so I was disappointed but oh well. Out of the 22 from meyer hatchery, 20 went into lockdown.
7 out of 8 Welsummers hatched
6 out of 7 Easter Eggers hatched
Blue andalusian hatched
Rhode Island Red hatched
Buff Orpington hatched
Black Australorp hatched
The random egg did not hatch unfortunately, so I will never know what it was. I consider myself very lucky indeed as this was my first attempt at incubating eggs. The rate from meyer was 77%, I don't know why their eggs ended up so much better than a couple of the non hatchery suppliers I bought from, packaging seemed less commercial but pretty solid (hatchery sent in foam holder, others individually wrapped eggs). I purchased some eggs semi-locally from alchemist farms a couple weeks back (4 hours away from me) and they and some quail eggs from stromberg's are due to hatch this sunday.
Various hatched chicks in incubator awaiting their siblings
Group picture after being transferred into temp brooder
Here they are as of this morning (tuesday 11/20) 2 1/2 days after hatch. They all seem healthy so far!
7 out of 8 Welsummers hatched
6 out of 7 Easter Eggers hatched
Blue andalusian hatched
Rhode Island Red hatched
Buff Orpington hatched
Black Australorp hatched
The random egg did not hatch unfortunately, so I will never know what it was. I consider myself very lucky indeed as this was my first attempt at incubating eggs. The rate from meyer was 77%, I don't know why their eggs ended up so much better than a couple of the non hatchery suppliers I bought from, packaging seemed less commercial but pretty solid (hatchery sent in foam holder, others individually wrapped eggs). I purchased some eggs semi-locally from alchemist farms a couple weeks back (4 hours away from me) and they and some quail eggs from stromberg's are due to hatch this sunday.
Various hatched chicks in incubator awaiting their siblings
Group picture after being transferred into temp brooder
Here they are as of this morning (tuesday 11/20) 2 1/2 days after hatch. They all seem healthy so far!
