May 2024 Hatch-A-Long

[junior67]

My may babies

 

[Honora]

My may babies

Congratulations! Gorgeous babies!

 

[Honora]

Day 20 here and 2 chicks have hatched! They are both boys. There is at least one more pip though, hopefully a girl will hatch tomorrow.

 

[junior67]

Day 20 here and 2 chicks have hatched! They are both boys. There is at least one more pip though, hopefully a girl will hatch tomorrow.

Hopefully the girls come soon!!!!!

 

[Honora]

4/6 are out now and the last 2 eggs are pipped, one on the wrong end. Looks like 3 are definitely boys. The 4th I think is a girl. I gave 2 of the chicks to a broody who has been sitting for a while and she seems to be accepting them. I’ll give her the others too if all goes well.

 

[junior67]

4/6 are out now and the last 2 eggs are pipped, one on the wrong end. Looks like 3 are definitely boys. The 4th I think is a girl. I gave 2 of the chicks to a broody who has been sitting for a while and she seems to be accepting them. I’ll give her the others too if all goes well.

I hope she does great with them and the last 2 are girls!

 

[OzarkCountryGirl]

Six so far

 

[Honora]

Well my hatch is done, all 6 eggs that made it to lockdown hatched! The last one was a wrong end pip but she hatched just fine by herself. I ended up with 3 boys and 3 girls, gave them all to my broody hen and she was thrilled with them. She has been sitting for 3 weeks even though I took the eggs out of the nest every day, so she was very determined to be a mom!

I did not really get pics before I gave them to the hen, so I will have to get some in a few days with her. Here is one pic I got of one of the boys.

 

[junior67]

Well my hatch is done, all 6 eggs that made it to lockdown hatched! The last one was a wrong end pip but she hatched just fine by herself. I ended up with 3 boys and 3 girls, gave them all to my broody hen and she was thrilled with them. She has been sitting for 3 weeks even though I took the eggs out of the nest every day, so she was very determined to be a mom!

I did not really get pics before I gave them to the hen, so I will have to get some in a few days with her. Here is one pic I got of one of the boys.
View attachment 3823461

Congrats! That is great. I have 5 broodies right now. Lol

 

[PrettyCoolChicks]

I wasn't planning on hatching more poultry this year, but one of my hens went unexpectedly broody and I happened to have some eggs (slightly older but proven to be good stock), so I gave her 7 of her "siblings" and a couple extras to sit on. First time incubating with a broody!

The first couple days she slept on her perch, so I'm not sure if all eggs will all hatch, or just be delayed, but she's been good since, and even let me candle them tonight. Most show some development, one looks ahead of the others, two look behind and may be duds, and the blue shell one is hard to tell what's going on but I think it started developing too.