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Post by admin on Feb 10, 2009 5:40:58 GMT 8
Please place your guesses here. Guesses can be made right up until the hatch date or when chicks start to hatch whichever the soonest. Background of eggs set About January 28 I had a broody sitting on eggs in a nesting box. I'm not sure when she actually went broody, possibly a day earlier or maybe even two days. Other hens squeezed in and laid more eggs over the next couple of days and on February 3 I moved the hen with ten eggs into a hatching pen. So if she started sitting on January 26 the first could start hatching around Feb 17 and some could go as late as Feb 24. That could be good for some wild guessing. They are gold laced wyandottes same father and pool of mothers as those in the first competition. Hatch is monitored by Mikemurphy. Number of eggs set is "10" Please state what date you think they will hatch If more than 1 person guesses the correct number of chicks hatched , then the hatch dates are considered. If the correct number and dates are not guessed, it will then go to the closest guess in the same sequence. Good luck everybody
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Post by plink on Feb 10, 2009 6:17:37 GMT 8
hatch starts on feb 19 to feb 20, 7 hatches
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Post by Cluck N Waddle on Feb 10, 2009 6:24:25 GMT 8
Hatch to start Feb 17 Number of chickies: 6
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Post by lakelands on Feb 10, 2009 10:52:40 GMT 8
Hatch start date 18th Feb number of chickies hatched 5
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Post by fluffychook on Feb 10, 2009 11:20:50 GMT 8
Because of the heat I will have the hatch start on 16th Feb and go over 3 days. Hatching 8 chicks.
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Post by aliahna on Feb 10, 2009 12:13:35 GMT 8
Hatch from 18th-21st of Feb Number hatched: 7
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Post by horses7 on Feb 10, 2009 17:30:59 GMT 8
Hatch to start 16th and finish 20th and I am going to be positive and for 9 chickadees hatching. Good to see you having a go too aliahna
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Post by mikemurphy on Feb 11, 2009 8:08:15 GMT 8
I went out and spoke to the hen. Told her aliahna has put in an entry and asked her to be nice to her because she's new. She winked back at me but I'm not sure what that means. Also told her what fluffy said about the heat and she laughed. Heat? We live at Walpole! Warm maybe. Mind you, she said the competition thing is putting a lot of heat on all the chooks taking part. All is going well.
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Post by fluffychook on Feb 11, 2009 9:04:02 GMT 8
She sent me an email Mike and told me the wink means she will have a word with the chicks, but you know children, they can be very contrary.
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Post by Duck Diva on Feb 15, 2009 7:23:21 GMT 8
I will say 18th -21 Feb 6 hatch Good Luck
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Post by horses7 on Feb 17, 2009 12:45:31 GMT 8
Any action yet mike?
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Post by fluffychook on Feb 17, 2009 13:09:43 GMT 8
Mike is this payback for not being on the computer with quicker updates on my last hatch....lol
Come on Micky boy, where are you.
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Post by plink on Feb 17, 2009 13:31:19 GMT 8
We are an impatient lot aren't we? Just let us know when it happens "Micky boy", i use the name in jest
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Post by lakelands on Feb 17, 2009 15:12:50 GMT 8
Come on Uncle Mikey where are all waiting with bated breath
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Post by lakelands on Feb 18, 2009 7:57:17 GMT 8
I wonder what's happenned to Mike hope verything is alright???
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