Here is a representative sampling of teh babies.
CCL x Bresse
BCM & Lavender marans
Mystery chick from a blue egg (EE cross?) and male Opal Legbar
Partridge Opringtons
Female Rhodebars
For some reason I'm not getting notifications here anymore.
Of my clutch 1, I just had a 100% hatch rate. Had to make 3 assists.
Clutch 2 (D9) is down to 5 definitely alive eggs and 1 probably not. Again, everything is developing except the marans, which are what I keep pulling out.
Today's my D20 (set around noon). I heard chirping last night and I woke up to 3 external pips!
Of my second clutch, I pulled out two clear marans eggs (one BBS, one lav) last night, on their D6. I have two more suspected clears, but I'll wait a little longer.
One upside of my containment set...
The eggs in the retainer are only on D5. Once the hatch is over, I'm going to put them back in the auto-turner. The unenclosed ones in front are the ones that will hatch on Friday.
Here's the final set-up! Clutch one (D18) are the numbered eggs; clutch two (D5) are the lettered eggs in the retainer.
(Details here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/tis-time-for-a-march-2020-hatch-a-long.1347109/post-22267051)
Your set up is significantly fancier than mine! I only have the one incubator (an Incuview) in my bedroom, and one permanent brooder (built out of old ikea parts) in my sunroom, so everyone gets incubated, hatched, and brooded together. I also build a small temporary brooder out of a cardboard...
Also I don't think I mentioned because a good number of you are participating in the March HAL too, but I'm lurking here because I am doing an unexpected staggered hatch. For those who aren't on that thread, I had a variety of eggs come (mostly BBSCM, partridge orps, olive eggers, and some local...