Mollie333 Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 What is everyone hatching/ plan to hatch this year? I've hatched mostly Pekins, but a few crosses. 4 Weeks Old 1 Black mottled Pekin (boy) 1 Black mottled Frizzle Pekin (boy) 1 Colombian Pekin (boy) 1 SL Wyandotte x Pekin (boy) 1 Gold Partridge Frizzle Pekin (girl) 16 Days Old 1 Mottled Pekin 1 Black Pekin 1 Blue Pekin 1 Blue Frizzle Polish x Pekin 1 Not-Sure Pekin 5 Days Old 1 Black Pekin 2 Lavender 1 Lemon 2 Blue Splash (but they look a bit darker..) And also have a Polish x Pekin (i think) hatch today. One more egg to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicken bark Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 You are right lots of Pekins! This is my first year of hatching anything. Nearly 6 weeks old 2 Silver Laced Wyandotte (1 girl, 1 boy) 1 Very dark blue/black Pekin (girl) 1 Creamy/buff/salmon Pekin (boy) There were 2 Lav Pekins and 1 Blue Pekin in this hatch that were all boys 2 week old 5 Lemon Millefleur Sabelpoots 2 Pyle Dutch bantams 3 Salmon Faverolles (think 1 girl and 2 boys but not certain yet) 24 Pekin eggs in the incubator set on Wednesday I have also purchased 3 Pyle Dutch (now 3 weeks old), a pair of Pyle Dutch now 8 weeks old and a pair of Porcelain sabelpoots now 8 weeks old. I'm not sure how quite this chicken maths adds up as I lost two of my layers at the beginning of the year so I got 3 more layers and then started on this hatching! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 I hatched some Sablepoots & Silkies early in February then decided to leave the rest for my broodies. They've taken forever to go broody! It's day 6 now for some bantam Wyandottes, a couple of Pekins, LF salmon Faverolles and LF blue partridge Brahmas. The eggs are in the incy but Bridget will be taking charge of a good chunk of them tomorrow night. I'm hoping Tiger will agree to take the bantam eggs. Bridget & Francesca usually go broody together but Francesca hasn't come into lay yet this year so she'll end up going it alone when she does go broody, I'll probably give her more Brahmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollie333 Posted May 21, 2011 Author Share Posted May 21, 2011 I do love Pekins. I have had 6 go broody.. They wont stop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckmum6 Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 I have 3 chicks now 5.5wks, Dad is a pencilled laced Wyandotte mums are a Partridge Pekin (at total suprize), Silver laced Dottie and a Pencilled laced Dottie (I think)! What do you think they are? I think 2 boys and a girl or all boys No 1 : No 2 : No 3 : This one got it's feathers first and has a longer tail - but smaller wattle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atsw Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Both my hatches this year have been Pekins. 5/5 over Easter Weekend. Mum is a gold partridge pekin, Dad is a black/gold frizzle. Then last weekend the second lot hatched, just 2/6 this time. Different Mum, same Dad. Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 I've hatched just over 180 chicks so far this year Nearly all are bantams Barred Wyandotte Chocolate barred Wyandotte Silver laced Orpington Chocolate Orpington Black Wyandotte Chocolate Wyandotte White Wyandotte Silver laced Wyandotte Silver pencilled Wyandotte Silver blue pencilled Wyandotte Lavender Pekin Large fowl cross breeds for the table I am hoping for some nice show birds from that lot! There are about 30 more to hatch then the inccys will be swiitched off till December as anything hatched later than now wont be ready for the autumn shows I will probably set a couple of batches under broodies though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 17 weeks old 1 columbine hybrid cross (boy) has a date with the oven next weekend 2 buff laced Wyandotte crosses (1 boy 1 girl) 2 speckled sussex crosses both (girls I think) 1 welsummer x copper black maran cross (possibley a girl) 3 weeks old 2 cream legbar crosses (1 boy 1 girl) indoors 2 barnbar crosses (1 boy 1 girl) with a broody 1 welsummer x copper black maran cross (unsexed) with a broody dad to all of them is a TNN I've also got a speckled sussex that is broody that I'll put eggs under sometime this weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 I have 3 chicks now 5.5wks, Dad is a pencilled laced Wyandotte mums are a Partridge Pekin (at total suprize), Silver laced Dottie and a Pencilled laced Dottie (I think)! What do you think they are? I think 2 boys and a girl or all boys My money would be on girl - boy - probably girl I've only had one broody so far, which has thwarted my plans! So I have just seven bantam chicks aged two weeks which are: 3 x Silver Sussex x Cuckoo Marans (one boy, two girls I think) 4 x Mulberry Blues (at least one girl but I'm not sure about the other three yet). Latest update here If my strangely unbroody Sylv goes broody in the next two weeks, I'd like to hatch some Silver Sussex and RIR bantams, but if not, I'll wait patiently until next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poachedegg Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Wow - such a lot of hatcing! Do you keep them all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brambles Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 4 x 4 week old sl Wyandotte bantams. No idea whether boys or girls, no combs yet. Will try to take pics to post next week. They'll go back up to my friends smallholding in a few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatsCube Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Now stand at 26 eggs set 7 days ago. 19 in incu and 7 under broody pekin. All pekins, buff, lemon, lav, lav mottled, white, gold partridge and a mixed lot, some frizzles, some silkies crosses. I love pekins! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollie333 Posted May 22, 2011 Author Share Posted May 22, 2011 I have 3 chicks now 5.5wks, Dad is a pencilled laced Wyandotte mums are a Partridge Pekin (at total suprize), Silver laced Dottie and a Pencilled laced Dottie (I think)! What do you think they are? I think 2 boys and a girl or all boys ? Girl - Boy - Possibly girl, but them wattles look red. My Pekin cross is a lot bigger in his wattles, but he's only 4 wks! I'll post a pic when i have one. Wow - such a lot of hatcing! Do you keep them all? Nope, the girls i will sell, and the boys, i have a few homes lined up. I've hatched just over 180 chicks so far this year I will probably set a couple of batches under broodies though Awww, i love watching the broody hens take care of the chicks, so cute. Good luck on hatching everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy kc Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 This year I have hatched silkies in blue, black, gold, partridge and white. Cream legbars. Cochins. Bantam lavender araucana and have 52 eggs in the incubator more of the above as well as some millefluer pekins and silver laced wyandottes. Hoping to hatch some cukoo silkies later in the year (if my hen starts to lay). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
