Mabels 1st Hatch...

Remember Mable my 1st broody of the season...
the eggs she was sittin on started hatchin yesterday & my bator eggs started hatchin too, but thats another post :)

One of my cousins oldest daughter. They came down yesterday to hang out, they have 3 lil kids who really enjoyed their selves here, chasing/feedin the animals & just being about the run all over the yard ... she wants a farm when shes grows up. She helped me collect the eggs yesterday too, they loved all the baby chickies hatching & porchop :)

We did a fire in the pit last night & watched the Supermoon come up!

Bator & Broody...

Update on bator hatch:

Candled last night & had to take out 8 infertile eggs. Then there was 34 & I put 5 of them under my 1st broody of the season, Mable. So theres 29 in the bator now, due March 20

(shes been sittin on fake eggs all weekend)

They all had to come over to see what I was doin, lol

Info On May Hatches...

Its gonna be a busy hatchin month!

BO Broody #1 due May 13 (5 eggs)

*** Eggs in the bator due May 17
(I only have 6 eggs in for me and 10 in for customer)

BO Broody #2 due May 20 (2 eggs)

BO Broody #3 due May 29 (2 eggs)

*** Some of my readers wanted to know about my bator and hatching techniques...
Lets see I have a circulated air Hova - Bator model 1583. I really like this lil bator, it has 2 lil windows for me to peek into all the time. All I have to do is collect my eggs, add water to the water tray, let the bator run for about a day to get the temperature were is suppose to be, add the eggs and wait about 21 days. I usually need to add warm water 1 -2 times a week. I have the automatic egg turner, thank goodness or I know I would forget to turn the eggs 3 times a day! On day 18 you do lockdown... remove the eggs from the egg turner, add water to water tray, put eggs back in bator, shut lid and DO NOT OPEN til hatch is over! (now I have had to open the bator after chicks have started hatching to help a chick out of its shell, but I try to wait til the last minute, you just have to use your own judgment and the more hatches you do the better you will learn what works for you.)