MARCH Hatch-A-Long 2015: Please Read the First Post to JOIN the H-A-L

[ochochicas]

Such cute chicks!

Today is only day 14 for me. I candled all the eggs. Everyone looks perfect except for half of the legbar eggs. No surprise there! These eggs are so hard to hatch. I pulled two that had quit and marked quite a few others to candle again right before lockdown.

Fortunately the non-legbar eggs are on auto-pilot and I don't have to worry about them.

 

[mymilliefleur]

I have 6 pips this morning that I can see! Including one of my wheaten maran X easter egger eggs, which I was pretty sure wouldn't hatch. I'll keep you posted on their progress.

 

[DUCKOBSESSED]

Update pic on my two from my march hatch. Two weeks old now. Doing great!


Hope everyone's hatches go good!

 

[mymilliefleur]

One chick is out! 12 more pips.

 

[uzisuzuki]

Well. Today was day 21 & so far I've got nothing. No pips, no egg movement. I did hear 1 chirp but that's it. I'm wondering if I did something wrong (even though I'm using a Brinsea) or if I should have waited until my hens were at least a year old. Still, I'll be keeping them in there until at least Wednesday & hope I didn't lose my entire clutch of eggs.

 

[DUCKOBSESSED]

Give the time. Some hatch late. Good luck!

 

[drott3]

5 fuzzies out and a few more pips.

 

[ochochicas]

Well. Today was day 21 & so far I've got nothing. No pips, no egg movement. I did hear 1 chirp but that's it. I'm wondering if I did something wrong (even though I'm using a Brinsea) or if I should have waited until my hens were at least a year old. Still, I'll be keeping them in there until at least Wednesday & hope I didn't lose my entire clutch of eggs.

Give them another day or two. If your temp was just a little off they make take longer to hatch.

I have hatched lots of eggs from my young hens and even some pullet eggs as well. As long as the eggs are fertile I don't think it matter is the hen is over a year old or not.

 

[paris_r]

Well. Today was day 21 & so far I've got nothing. No pips, no egg movement. I did hear 1 chirp but that's it. I'm wondering if I did something wrong (even though I'm using a Brinsea) or if I should have waited until my hens were at least a year old. Still, I'll be keeping them in there until at least Wednesday & hope I didn't lose my entire clutch of eggs.

i have 8 month old silkies that were very fertile! if you have a strong flashlight you can cup your hand with it on one end and the egg on the other and get pretty good results. just look for even a shadow moving. i can see internal pips and have use it to rescue out some.

 

[mtchickengal]

Well. Today was day 21 & so far I've got nothing. No pips, no egg movement. I did hear 1 chirp but that's it. I'm wondering if I did something wrong (even though I'm using a Brinsea) or if I should have waited until my hens were at least a year old. Still, I'll be keeping them in there until at least Wednesday & hope I didn't lose my entire clutch of eggs.

I had some hatch day 21, 22, 23, & 24.....and my incubator is a LG with fan & turner. I think (& sincerely hope) that they are just a day or 2 behind. I also had a few eggs from my girls that are less than a year old that hatched and are doing well still this week. I week old. Last weekend was a minimal sleep time for those 4 days. I was up every 1-2 hrs checking eggs. Hang in there!