BYC's 15th Annual New Year's Day Hatch-Along—2024

[Finnie]

I have an early hatcher. It pipped early on the 30th, but hadn’t made any progress by bedtime. Out and dry this morning. There is also a second pip.

 

[Finnie]

Oh, I guess I never came back to update after I candled at one week. All 5 of the frizzled Tolbunt Polish were clear, and one BYM was clear. The other 4 got locked down on Friday.

 

[casportpony]

I have an early hatcher. It pipped early on the 30th, but hadn’t made any progress by bedtime. Out and dry this morning. There is also a second pip.

Congrats!

Oh, I guess I never came back to update after I candled at one week. All 5 of the frizzled Tolbunt Polish were clear, and one BYM was clear. The other 4 got locked down on Friday.

Sorry about the clears. Congrats on the others.

 

[Finnie]

Thanks. 2nd one has started zipping!

 

[casportpony]

Thanks. 2nd one has started zipping!

 

[Finnie]

Update- 2 hatched yesterday (1 assisted)
1 dead in shell
1 pipped underneath and I thought it was drowned, but then it cheeped! So still in incubator and hope it hatches.

 

[casportpony]

Congrats!

 

[gimmie birdies]

If you want to throw my hat into the ring, or toss it out all together, it is up to you guys. I didn't think they would hatch on NYD so I didn't enter earlier...
I had a broody hen and picked up a doz eggs from a feed store. We ate 6 eggs and...
I gave a hen 3 eggs.

and I put 3 in an incubator just in case.

The hen got bored after a couple days, and only one was developing. So I took the developing egg and put it in with the incubator eggs, they were a couple days ahead since the hen that sat on the eggs was not attentive. The egg from the hen eventually quit.
These 3 kept going...

On lockdown when candled, I saw the dark one quit but the other 2 kept going...
Below are the shells

And the chicks
The blue shelled one on top.

 

[Finnie]

The 3rd one hatched!

 

[Poultrybonkers]

My hatchrate was awful this year 4/9