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Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 11 10:05 am Post subject:

Tavascarow wrote:

Just candled 58 eggs due to hatch 23/7.
Mixed lot of Light Sussex, Cuckoo Marans, Buff Sussex, Welsummers, Ixworth & Salmon Faveroles.
Couldn't get enough light penetration through the Marans & Welsummers to be sure but of the 36 lighter coloured eggs I've only one clear so looking good so far.

45 hatched, all bought in eggs, the cuckoo marans failed completely so someone's cock is firing blanks & one looks like it might be a mongrel but I'm not complaining as they where cheaper to buy than free range eggs in the supermarket.

SandraR

Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 2346
Location: Devon

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 11 11:03 am Post subject:
Fantastic My last hatch of the year hatched on Friday - Exchqeuer Leghorns. Set 13 all fertile at a week. The hen broke 1 a couple of days later. 10 hatched. The 2 that didn't were covered in yolk from the broken one. On the same day the first pullet from this years hatches came into lay at 18/19 weeks - a Barnvelder

Woodburner

Joined: 28 Apr 2006
Posts: 2904
Location: Essex

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 11 2:53 pm Post subject:
Contrary to expectations, (new thermomenter also reads high - I'm wondering if he actually sent me the same one back!) and we've had two powercuts, so turning up the temp a tad hasn't really helped, but I've actually had four hatch from this last batch. There are two that I definitely want to keep (out of eight altogether) and possibly another two for Chez.

Di Howes

Joined: 20 May 2006
Posts: 140
Location: Near Yeovil, Somerset

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 11 4:51 pm Post subject:
We have a broody sitting on 6 eggs. They were due (21 days) Sunday. They were candled and showed chicks in every egg. Just started typing this as worrying that nothing has happened when granddaughter phoned to say one egg is cracked and she can hear cheeping (probably a bit of imagination here) so would seem that something is on the way!! Di

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 11 4:52 pm Post subject:

Di Howes wrote:

We have a broody sitting on 6 eggs. They were due (21 days) Sunday. They were candled and showed chicks in every egg.

Just started typing this as worrying that nothing has happened when granddaughter phoned to say one egg is cracked and she can hear cheeping (probably a bit of imagination here) so would seem that something is on the way!!

Di

Di: if an egg has cracked I'd be surprised if she COULDN'T hear cheeping!

alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 12918
Location: North Devon

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 11 6:08 pm Post subject:
We can usually hear cheeping a couple of days before hatching, if you really listen out for it.

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 11 7:25 pm Post subject:
I still get frustrated that they aren't all OUT of the egg by the end of day 21, rather than just starting to hatch

bulworthy project

Joined: 27 Jun 2011
Posts: 188
Location: Rackenford, Devon

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 11 4:08 pm Post subject:
We have two broody hens and as of today 2 chicks. The hens keep swapping nestboxes with each other. Is this normal?

Bodger

Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 13524

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 11 7:37 pm Post subject:
Nobody wants to be left with an ugly egg.

Di Howes

Joined: 20 May 2006
Posts: 140
Location: Near Yeovil, Somerset

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 11 9:10 am Post subject:
Well its now day 25 and 2 chicks are hatched and out in the run with Mum. Should we now assume that the rest wont hatch? The 2 chicks were hatched yesterday and the day before.

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 11 9:19 am Post subject:
Have you tried candling the rest?

Di Howes

Joined: 20 May 2006
Posts: 140
Location: Near Yeovil, Somerset

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 11 3:57 pm Post subject:
They were candled about a week ago and all had chicks in them. However Mum has been out in the run for most of the morning with her 2 chicks so I think the other eggs would be cold by now. What do you experts think?

pookie

Joined: 01 Aug 2006
Posts: 4984
Location: Mid-Wales

Posted: Tue Aug 02, 11 2:46 pm Post subject:

Di Howes wrote:

They were candled about a week ago and all had chicks in them. However Mum has been out in the run for most of the morning with her 2 chicks so I think the other eggs would be cold by now. What do you experts think?

ooh! how did they get on Di?

I came home after weekend to an incy full of chicks...... and 7 out of 8 legbars were girls!!

Di Howes

Joined: 20 May 2006
Posts: 140
Location: Near Yeovil, Somerset

Posted: Tue Aug 02, 11 5:26 pm Post subject:
Well, we ended up with just the 2 chicks. When the other eggs were cracked 1 had a fully formed chick inside but it just hadn't hatched for some reason. The others were smelly!! Mum and chicks doing well and at least if they are both cockerels it won't matter as I can have one with my hens and daughter will keep the other with hers. Di

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Tue Aug 02, 11 7:09 pm Post subject:
VERY upset today - we put a dozen day olds under a broody last night. She seemed to accept them; but this morning she'd killed all but three of them. Including the only one out of a dozen salmon faverolles that I had bought in at an exorbitant price to get some new blood.

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