first hatchings this year

[decoying mad]

well with all this warm weather alot of my hens have gone broody so i decided to build my hen numbers up.

 

first broody was sat on 12 eggs and hatched 10 off so was pleased with that

 

second one is only a small hen so put 6 under her and got 4 chicks off them so not bad

 

and ive just put 14 eggs under a big hen so hoping for a good return from them

 

all the eggs are mixed varieties from other poultry keepers so should have a good mix of breeds

 

[bullet boy]

Nice looking Chicks.

[left & right]

Good stuff

[proTOM1]

[demonwolf444]

Used to be a chicken man, you have what looks to be a wellsummer ( the brown and yellow one ) there or it could be a cream legbar female but if memory serves me they are black and yellow with similar markings, however i let my carefully managed stock go to pot and ended up with about 30 crows. horrible black things that deserved the name and laid rediculously small eggs. Spent the last few weeks rounding up and scaling down and re-penning! Nothing like the cheep cheep of chicks after waiting for weeks!

[wy111]

Just got my first Guinea fowl hatched and in brooder, now waiting 3 days for my Turkey and Pheasant eggs to go into hatcher, then the fun begins It's been a first time for me, built my own 250 egg incubator and separate hatcher, should have done it years ago

200 of my own pheasant eggs and bought my Reeves, White and Turkey eggs on line but 1 Turkey, had like, a small punch crack in the shell, normally they are thrown away, but as the inner membrane had not been punctured, after washing, sealed with silicon sealer Anyway, it candled fertile ok after 7 days, so, maybe nowt lost Just call me a tight "hairy person"

[highseas]

Just got my first Guinea fowl hatched and in brooder, now waiting 3 days for my Turkey and Pheasant eggs to go into hatcher, then the fun begins It's been a first time for me, built my own 250 egg incubator and separate hatcher, should have done it years ago

200 of my own pheasant eggs and bought my Reeves, White and Turkey eggs on line but 1 Turkey, had like, a small punch crack in the shell, normally they are thrown away, but as the inner membrane had not been punctured, after washing, sealed with silicon sealer Anyway, it candled fertile ok after 7 days, so, maybe nowt lost Just call me a tight "hairy person"

hey ive hatched eggs that have dings in them like you say, most people just throw them away or eat them

[The Duncan]

Just got my first Guinea fowl hatched and in brooder, now waiting 3 days for my Turkey and Pheasant eggs to go into hatcher, then the fun begins It's been a first time for me, built my own 250 egg incubator and separate hatcher, should have done it years ago

200 of my own pheasant eggs and bought my Reeves, White and Turkey eggs on line but 1 Turkey, had like, a small punch crack in the shell, normally they are thrown away, but as the inner membrane had not been punctured, after washing, sealed with silicon sealer Anyway, it candled fertile ok after 7 days, so, maybe nowt lost Just call me a tight "hairy person"

You tight hairy person!

Edited April 29, 2011 by The Duncan