13th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

[weddlefarm]

Just a glimpse of some the 31 that have hatched we have more still hatching woke up to 9 in the incubators this morning

 

[AgnesGray]

Yikes!

I hope you can get a delivery quickly.

Thanks! They assured us we're on the list and can always burn wood if it gets too chilly. So far so good!

 

[3KillerBs]

14 moved to the brooder. They've found the warm spot under the lamp and in half an hour I'll go back out in the rain again to tuck some under the brooder plate to make sure they know it's warm under there too.

 

[3KillerBs]

And half an hour later they've found the brooder plate and are cuddled in a pile half in and half out.

 

[craxyjaxy424]

Our final count is five hatched babies, all bantams. We had 3 not fertile, 1 early quitter and a later quitter. Better than last year for me so I'm happy! The bigger chicks in the picture are ones my husband just brought home from Tractor Supply 2 days before these hatched.

 

[kurby22]

my Brahma chicks

SOO cute!!

 

[kurby22]

I checked the two eggs I'm waiting on and I could hear them cheeping still and moving around, so I am hopeful today will be the day! I'm getting very impatient

 

[The Cottages]

Hello All!
It was a ruff hatch this year... We set a total of 56 eggs.. 20 in one, 18 each in 2 others. One of the incubators went cold on day 6, so I split the incubator with 20 in it Never tried transferring eggs before, and out of that batch only 2 of 9 hatched. 6 of 10 hatched in one, and 12 of 18 hatched in the other.. only 20 chicks from 56 set. We have always averaged 80 to 90 percent hatch rate... Oh well... Our residents still enjoyed the process.. Cheers!

 

[Josip]

We do gender guessing and gave names

 

[AgnesGray]

We do gender guessing and gave names

Love the names! How is Prudence's eye going? Are the weak chicks improving?