11th Annual Easter Hatch a Long 2020

[casportpony]

Thanks so much for doing this!

You're welcome!

And thanks to all of you for being so patient with me while I try to figure out the best way to do this spreadsheet.

 

[kelseyk]

Detached air cell hatching is dicey! You need to watch for where the chick pips. Hopefully it will make the air cell and be ok

Luckily the cracked one had an air cell that was just fine. It is just growing different than the rest of my eggs. The rest of my eggs, the veining seems to be centered more on the side of the egg while the cracked one is centered directly over the air cell. I just haven't had one develop like that before.

 

[pennyJo1960]

You're welcome!

And thanks to all of you for being so patient with me while I try to figure out the best way to do this spreadsheet.

Really nice job there took some work nice Job!

 

[kelseyk]

I've heard letting them hatch in an egg carton, point down is good for detached cells.

That is what I was planning to do with mine, but 5 of the 6 were clear and the 6th one had a blood ring. Not sure how to hatch my cracked/patched one though. I am incubating it air cell up in an egg carton. Thinking I may put it on it's side for hatch though.

 

[ronott1]

Luckily the cracked one had an air cell that was just fine. It is just growing different than the rest of my eggs. The rest of my eggs, the veining seems to be centered more on the side of the egg while the cracked one is centered directly over the air cell. I just haven't had one develop like that before.

What did you seal the cracks with? I do not remember

 

[kelseyk]

What did you seal the cracks with? I do not remember

Plain white candle wax.

 

[ronott1]

Plain white candle wax.

I hope it works!

It is good to see development

 

[Mariposa Hills]

This is a list of people that said they were *not* setting eggs or *maybe* they were setting eggs. If you are on this list and you did set eggs, and would like to be included in the EHAL, please send me a message. https://www.backyardchickens.com/conversations/add
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@Love my chickens 25
@Mariposa Hills
@mlm Mike
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@owlbaby
@penny1960
@Perris
@Queenchicken
@RainForestBird
@ronott1
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@Shorty22366
@sunny_bellyboo
@Thebossbaby
@Trisseh
@UluLaté
@Vantic
@velocityoflove
@Velvet Sparrow
@Wickedchicken6
@wolfinator
@WVTeach

Hello All you Chicken Folks, I started my chicks a day later. I started with 44 eggs. I am down 5 for sure after candling. I have 8 Canadian Bresse, 7 Bresse x Meran, 5 Bresse x Bard Rock, 2 silkies, 12 Blue Bardrock x Meran. We shall see how it goes .
Does anyone have any tricks for cancelling dark Meran eggs?
Good luck to everyone,

 

[ANightPerson]

Hello All you Chicken Folks, I started my chicks a day later. I started with 44 eggs. I am down 5 for sure after candling. I have 8 Canadian Bresse, 7 Bresse x Meran, 5 Bresse x Bard Rock, 2 silkies, 12 Blue Bardrock x Meran. We shall see how it goes .
Does anyone have any tricks for cancelling dark Meran eggs?
Good luck to everyone,

I haven't candled Maran eggs before, but I'd assume that you should candle them with a very bright light in a pitch black room. If that doesn't get you anything, then you probably just gotta space out the eggs and hope for the best. If they're spaced, then there's less of a chance of dead eggs infecting the eggs around them. I always space them when I have room in the incubator, then put them all together for hatch.

You could use a stethoscope or a pinard horn to listen for life in the days leading up to hatch. I always listen to eggs that don't hatch anyways to make sure that they're dead.

 

[Queenchicken]

This is a list of people that said they were *not* setting eggs or *maybe* they were setting eggs. If you are on this list and you did set eggs, and would like to be included in the EHAL, please send me a message. https://www.backyardchickens.com/conversations/add
@2Chic
@AltonaAcres
@aSoftsilkie
@Bobw59
@Brahmachicken240
@brygal5
@CindyinSD
@Duck mommy 2019
@elizabethu42
@Faraday40
@Fur-N-Fowl
@Happy Chooks
@hlsmart79
@Huntb
@Jessi81
@julie winters
@karenerwin
@Kessel23
@Lemon88
@lericson
@lisaparsons
@Love my chickens 25
@Mariposa Hills
@mlm Mike
@mtsloan
@oldhenlikesdogs
@owlbaby
@penny1960
@Perris
@Queenchicken
@RainForestBird
@ronott1
@ShannonsChimkens
@Shorty22366
@sunny_bellyboo
@Thebossbaby
@Trisseh
@UluLaté
@Vantic
@velocityoflove
@Velvet Sparrow
@Wickedchicken6
@wolfinator
@WVTeach

I did set eggs