The 8th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!!!!

[katsdar]

So, as I have said (and will say again, I bet) I am a super newbie at hatching. This is my 2nd attempt and my first only yielded 1/3. I have a Brinsea Mini Advance. APPARENTLY I CAN'T READ and the cooling option is supposed to be turned on at Day 7. I'm on Day 6 and the cooling option has been on since Day 1. It was for the 1st hatch too. Is this likely a reason why I had an early quitter and fail to pip last time?

What is the temp your running? and the humidity? I have the brinsea octgon 20 and get really great hatches with it.

 

[katsdar]

So, as I have said (and will say again, I bet) I am a super newbie at hatching. This is my 2nd attempt and my first only yielded 1/3. I have a Brinsea Mini Advance. APPARENTLY I CAN'T READ and the cooling option is supposed to be turned on at Day 7. I'm on Day 6 and the cooling option has been on since Day 1. It was for the 1st hatch too. Is this likely a reason why I had an early quitter and fail to pip last time?

https://www.brinsea.com/Manuals/MiniAdvancePlus-US.pdf


link to a PDF for your machine

 

[generaldsherman]

Can't see much in the Isbar eggs, but the Polish eggs are sure growing good!

 

[Chickenluver106]

I candles today and I am not seeing anything

 

[ChickAsThieves]

What is the temp your running? and the humidity? I have the brinsea octgon 20 and get really great hatches with it.

Temp is 99.6 steady and humidity is 50%.

 

[Krafty]

FYI I set 7 eggs from my black mottled English Orpingtons on Saturday for the hatch along

 

[Beer can]

I have tried so much trying to candle brown eggs when I candles the EE eggs I was suprised as to just how much difference there was in what you could see I saw veins forming first time and not just dark areas in the eggs I'm wondering how it is with a natural white egg now? I know the darker the worse it is I have one hen laying very dark brown eggs. I feel for the ones hatching the CMs that egg would be almost impossible to candle. I did look into an egg today while gathering them up I could see better using the sun to candle than a light

I set a polish egg last yr just so I had a white egg to candle. Is way easier to see.
J giant/ polish makes for one funky looking chick though Lol!

 

[lilwildrabbit]

If end up with a white egg I'm going to try it! I had some bantam eggs but they were too far along to see anything

 

[sjturner79]

Major question. If an egg had a saddle shaped air cell can it still hatch okay I have multiple like that becase they were shipped and I cabdeled and they are looking really good. But will they be able to make it or need assistance to hatch they are cemani hate to lose any of them.

I had 7/10 saddle cells hatch by themselves, 3 didn't make external pip within 24 hours of being heard so they got help.

 

[Cynthia12]

Eggs from one of my folks I ordered from. They are all doing great but three. They are clear..all of the others have little swimming eyeballs.


Most look like this...




Three look like this.




Not bad at all.