I got a head start this year with getting my pairs penned up early. Because of that, I finally was able to hatch three goslings from my Annette Roundtree female that I purchased three years ago. That female, Leah, has a habit of going broody earlier than the other females. I have a lovely lavender (silver on the color calculator) that I think may be a male that I am keeping, and a couple of blues.
Here are my numbers so far:
Hatch A: 8 eggs, 4 fertile, 2 hatched
Hatch B: 18 eggs, 7 fertile, 2 hatched, but 1 died
Hatch C: 21 eggs, 8 fertile, 1 hatched
Hatch D: 18 eggs, 4 fertile, 0 hatched
Hatch E: 20 eggs, 3 fertile, 1 hatched
Hatch F: 18 eggs, 4 fertile, 2 hatched
Hatch G: 13 eggs, 9 fertile, 0 hatched.... fertility rate finally went up but hatching rate is still low
Hatch H: 15 eggs, 12 fertile, 5 hatched... so far. There is still one alive, but has not yet hatched.
Hatch I: 16 eggs, 13 fertile... 8 still going
Hatch J: 13 eggs, 11 fertile... 11 still going
Hatch K: 10 eggs, 7 fertile... 7 still going
That's it for hatches for 2023. I also hatched out 19 Black East Indie ducklings and BEI/Call Duck mixes that I am selling locally. And I hatched a few chicken eggs from my mixed flock to replenish my females for next year. Lots of babies here at the Kelly Farm!
Here are my numbers so far:
Hatch A: 8 eggs, 4 fertile, 2 hatched
Hatch B: 18 eggs, 7 fertile, 2 hatched, but 1 died
Hatch C: 21 eggs, 8 fertile, 1 hatched
Hatch D: 18 eggs, 4 fertile, 0 hatched
Hatch E: 20 eggs, 3 fertile, 1 hatched
Hatch F: 18 eggs, 4 fertile, 2 hatched
Hatch G: 13 eggs, 9 fertile, 0 hatched.... fertility rate finally went up but hatching rate is still low
Hatch H: 15 eggs, 12 fertile, 5 hatched... so far. There is still one alive, but has not yet hatched.
Hatch I: 16 eggs, 13 fertile... 8 still going
Hatch J: 13 eggs, 11 fertile... 11 still going
Hatch K: 10 eggs, 7 fertile... 7 still going
That's it for hatches for 2023. I also hatched out 19 Black East Indie ducklings and BEI/Call Duck mixes that I am selling locally. And I hatched a few chicken eggs from my mixed flock to replenish my females for next year. Lots of babies here at the Kelly Farm!