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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: meebh on February 13, 2011, 08:29:07 am

Title: exciting times ahead
Post by: meebh on February 13, 2011, 08:29:07 am

Hi 
Just wanted to share with everyone the news that one of our black minorca's has laid her first egg, gorgeous large white one!!!  :chook: :chook: :chook: :chook:

We also set our incubator last week and out of 25 eggs 15 seem to have sparked, so am very pleased that we seem to have over 50% fertility!!! 

Despite the foul rainy weather today I can feel a spring in my step  ;D

Title: Re: exciting times ahead
Post by: Hermit on February 13, 2011, 08:37:27 am

Great stuff, hope all the chicks hatch ok.

Title: Re: exciting times ahead
Post by: tazbabe on February 13, 2011, 08:59:32 am

yay! that first egg is so special!

Title: Re: exciting times ahead
Post by: BlueDaisy on February 13, 2011, 07:41:57 pm

It does seem that spring is in the air!
Despite the rubbush weather! ;D

Title: Re: exciting times ahead
Post by: northfifeduckling on February 14, 2011, 05:32:28 pm

congratulations!  ;D
we also had a nice surpise - a very small egg after one of the youngsters was in the nesting box - I was certain she would still turn into a boy  ;D

Title: Re: exciting times ahead
Post by: meebh on February 14, 2011, 06:44:39 pm

We now have 20 fertile eggs out of 25!!  Some were a bit more difficult to candle initially as they are auracana eggs with very dark thick shells.....so we are now at 80% fertility  ;D

We are very proud as this is the first time we have ever incubated and although we have had hens for 2 years now still have a long way to go before we can call ourselves anything but beginners.

As Hermit says 'I do hope they all hatch'......  :wave: