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

[Jessimom]

3 little NN's.

Yay!!! and ewwwwwww....I really, really don't like naked necks.....

I have to confess something... this morning I took my 4 week old chicks and moved them outside so that I can clean out the brooder for the HAL chicks. I promised my other half that I wouldn't set any more eggs for awhile, but when I collected them this morning there was a really perfect EE egg and... and... I WROTE THE DATE ON IT AND I PUT IT IN AN EGG CARTON AIR CELL UP AND I'M GOING TO SET MORE EGGS AND GET IN TROUBLE AND I DON'T CAAAAAAAAAAARE!

SET ALL THE EGGS!

I've lost my mind is what I'm trying to say. I never thought I'd grow up to be a completely insane chicken lady, but here I am, killing it.

 

[Happy Chooks]

I have to confess something... this morning I took my 4 week old chicks and moved them outside so that I can clean out the brooder for the HAL chicks. I promised my other half that I wouldn't set any more eggs for awhile, but when I collected them this morning there was a really perfect EE egg and... and... I WROTE THE DATE ON IT AND I PUT IT IN AN EGG CARTON AIR CELL UP AND I'M GOING TO SET MORE EGGS AND GET IN TROUBLE AND I DON'T CAAAAAAAAAAARE!

SET ALL THE EGGS!

I've lost my mind is what I'm trying to say. I never thought I'd grow up to be a completely insane chicken lady, but here I am, killing it.

Welcome to the hatching addiction!

Quote: If your hygrometer is calibrated, that should be fine. I usually run mine between 55-65%.

 

[lilwildrabbit]

I have it calibrated also have 3 more around each side

 

[ChickAsThieves]

I have it calibrated also have 3 more around each side

That's a serious commitment to proper humidity!

 

[ronott1]

I will be setting the Pita Pinta eggs in the Brinsea. I have a humidity pump so I change the setting to 65% and am done!

The other incubator is a Genesis 1588. I will have to add water to the tray and hope it gets up to 65%. It is a bit more fiddly for shue!

 

[lilwildrabbit]

That's a serious commitment to proper humidity! 

Well my last hatch was a dud and I have some equipment already for my dyi incubator so I said why not I can't hurt!!

 

[Jessimom]

I will be setting the Pita Pinta eggs in the Brinsea. I have a humidity pump so I change the setting to 65% and am done!

The other incubator is a Genesis 1588. I will have to add water to the tray and hope it gets up to 65%. It is a bit more fiddly for shue!

It's funny, the table I have my Brinsea on is NOT QUITE level. And when I set mine for 65% with the humidity pump, it LEAKS. The pump runs constantly and I have a flooded table and a puddle on the floor. I use a level to check the bator before I up the humidity now.

 

[crazyhatlady]

Put mine into lockdown this morning and just peeked at them. Sorry for bad picture lots of reflection . I adjusted the contrast.
Bantam egg piping.

 

[crazyhatlady]

My 11 year old is going to be ecstatic when she gets home from school. The bantams are hers .

 

[kidykat]

My first batch of 8 that made it to lockdown has started early. They wee due tomorrow evening. 1 barnyard hatched at 8:40am. 3 more were pipped and 2 of those are now zipping(1 polish & 1 barnyard). 6 more go to lockdown tomorrow but I might just do it tonight given the earlyness of these.