Today we received 4 Golden Campine fertile eggs.
Tomorrow I'm off to pick up another few eggs to put under our wonderful broody hens.
In just 22 days (or around) we'll have a ton of little chicks running around our property again.
I can't wait!
Here's what we're aiming to get:
Golden Campine
Blue leghorn
Rhode Island Red
Araucana (she will lay beautiful blue eggs!)
We're getting 3 eggs of each so hopefully we'll get at least one girl of each breed.
And I'd really like some of these....buff laced wyandottes....
But we'd need to swap out for something. So I might have to double check wih the kids before I head off in the morning.
Exciting times!!!
ohhhhhh how exciting!!!
chicks!!!!!!
Posted by: mandyb | September 19, 2012 at 07:47 PM
OK maybe this is a dumb question but how can the eggs eventually hatch once they have gone cold? Well I presume they got cold after being in the shipping box?
Posted by: Raewyn A | September 20, 2012 at 03:17 AM
Except you don't want those babies to be roosters like some of the photos aye ;-). My broody is sitting on seven orpy eggs - been there two days, so will be due about the same time as your lot.
Posted by: Trace | September 20, 2012 at 06:38 AM
Rae, the eggs dont start developing until they 'set'. In nature a mother hen will lay an egg a day in the same spot but will get up off the nest each time until she feels like there are enough for her to sit on. When she does the eggs 'set' and the chicks start to develop. Its 21 days from setting til the chicks come. I knew none of this til we started hatching too!
(Answering for T because she is on the road LOL)
Posted by: Vicky | September 20, 2012 at 09:17 AM
how exciting. I love chooks, unfortunately I only have ornamental ones
Posted by: DonnaH | September 20, 2012 at 08:25 PM