Mahonri's 3rd Annual, BYC Easter Hatch-a-long! - Page 937

Originally Posted by superchemicalgirl 

Congrats to everyone with pips and chicks. To everyone who doesnt... patience. They're not due until TOMORROW.

 

Many will start having pips and chicks today. I usually hatch a day early. I woke up to one pip - it's a green egg, I think it's a Mr Heinz but honestly can't recall.

 

Originally Posted by superchemicalgirl 

Marans of some sort. Either cuckoo or splash over black EE.

 

 

Originally Posted by Jessshan8 

  Here is the definition of irony and chance. Of the two batches of eggs I received from the swaps one being ducks the other being LF mix  were numbered. 1 through 12, the duck eggs being labeled duck on each egg, and of course my own which I had placed no markings at all. So out of 42 eggs I initially set in the bator the first chick to hatch was from the egg  numbered #1!!!!!!!! No kidding, the other part of the irony is the first egg to pip was a duck egg and then followed shortly by 6 other eggs pipping none of those has really started zipping yet. The one that hatched I had not noticed even pipping let alone zipping. Now I have a healthy little light yellow chick making all kids of noise singing the others out of their shells. Pretty cool if you ask me. Just thought I would share that with you guys/gals.

Originally Posted by Mahonri 

I feel so badly about all of the unpipped eggs.  I hate this feeling. I suppose I should just be happy for the ones that have pipped and hatch.

 

21 out. 3 pipped... but I don't give much hope for one of them.

 

I finally got ONE Peachick Ameraucana to hatch.  ONE.

Originally Posted by Papa Brooder 

Update on the SFH who pipped at the wrong end. After much deliberation, I decided to leave it alone.  Then unbeknownst to me, my wife took a wooden skewer and pushed it over on her own accord... which is pretty amazing because she is not into the "chicken thing" that I do.  Ha! ...that is until hatch time comes along.   Well after a full 24 hours and still very little progress, I couldn't help myself (13 other chicks had already hatched), I decided to intervene against my better judgement.  With the same skewer, I helped break the shell away.  Took me almost 40 minutes due to a very difficult angle and I was terrified of poking that poor little chick.  finally I helped the zipping and the chick popped out... didnt look so great for about 20 minutes but now has fluffed and looks fantastic.  So thankful. The other one that pipped at the wrong end even lower made it out without any trouble sometime this morn.  YAY!

 

So far: (I think, they are moving around so crazy, I'm not quite sure....) this is what has hatched.

2 Cream legbars

3 Swedish Flower Hens

3 Silver Hamburgs

4 Ameraucanas

3 Blue Laced Red Wyandottes

 

There are 4 more pipped: 2 BLRW, 2 SFH

 

Oh man, I am sheepishly so ready to say, "you all told me so!" about the hatch.  I was so discouraged for naught.  Resilient little guys just like you all said.  Thanks!

And hang in there for the rest of you still waiting. This is hatch day for me as I set early.

Originally Posted by ragerkid2 

I have two moving around!!!!! I hope they hatch. I can't believe Iv actually got this far. That they have got this far. Ah!!! I'm sooooo excited. I caught myself talking to the eggs. Encouraging them to do as their siblings are. I'm crazy, I know.

Originally Posted by LeasureChix 

I had taken my 2 office chickens out to the front yard for a day in the "sun".  I noticed it had started to rain so I went out to grab them (silkies don't do great in the rain).  When I got them settled back in the office, I decided to take a peek at my Easter eggs in the hatcher.  Oh my gosh!  I have 2 chicks already!  1 of my own LF Cochins and a silkie or sizzle.  Several other pips too.  I have gone from chicks starting at least 24 hours late, to having perfect on time chicks... now they want to hatch way early.  Back to the drawing board.

Originally Posted by kathyinmo 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I found a page with a bunch of smilies HERE.  

I found a Mahonri there, too..........

 

 

 

Originally Posted by smm429 

 

My Silly Barred Rock Hen...she loves our bikes!

Originally Posted by Cynthia12 

LOL..I got that call, did you?  This will be my last call until fall.  No more after these last three different ones I have in.

 

  My total is horrible.  I feel horrible.  I haven't had this bad a hatch for a very long time.  Oh, there was one, where I didn't get any, but there were only 6 eggs, not 20!  

 

 5 Araucanas

 

 1 Wheaten Ameraucana...............REALLY?

 

  I'm not feeling too great right now.  At least I am getting some Exchequers to hatch, may get the whole 5 that went into lock down...with...all the others!  

 

 So many dead babies in eggs, haven't seen that before.  I finally got my first stinky bomb egg.  Now that was an experience.  I can now say I can relate when someone shares that sweet moment. 

 

 Good luck everyone..will get pictures up when they are fluffed.  For some reason, they are sticky, and there was this gooy stuff in the eggs.  I'm surprised any hatched.  The one Ameraucana that was zipping, stopped, died.  Gooy stuff in there..it drowned. My humidity was only up to 66 at the highest.    This is just too sad.  All those babies making it that far, just to die.  One of the Araucanas had a missing eye.  One had a crossed beak, but not that bad. I knew they were hard to hatch, but goodness. 

 

Originally Posted by Papa Brooder 

Oh, I did have one question I forgot to ask.  I know I have seen some posts on here about it... but how do you decided when to take the fluffy chicks out and put them in the brooder?  My first to hatch who hatched last night is such a little pest.  Always pecking at the poor little chicks trying to zip and trying to eat everything in sight.  my humidity is up to 72 with all the recent hatches.  Is it ok to pull the dry ones out quickly or should I wait until morning?

 

Originally Posted by The Chickeneer 

They do this to us on purpose.....happens to me every time I hatch. They don't pop out till your not there to see it. You get used to it after a while  Darn things.....but there so irresistable!!!