11th Annual Easter Hatch a Long 2020

[Faraday40]

My eggs were set too early to be included in this year's HAL count. They just finished hatching yesterday and my little serama decided to adopt all of them.


I don't think she fully realized what she was getting into .....

 

[CluckNDoodle]

My eggs were set too early to be included in this year's HAL count. They just finished hatching yesterday and my little serama decided to adopt all of them.


I don't think she fully realized what she was getting into .....

That's the best!!!

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

Good luck!

Thankyou!

What is this rooster's name by the way? I feel like I need to know because I call him something different every time we talk about your stop-drop-and-roll rooster. lol

He’s got a really fitting name...Cupid

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Thankyou!



He’s got a really fitting name...Cupid

LOL! And here I thought Cupid had good aim.

 

[casportpony]

My eggs were set too early to be included in this year's HAL count. They just finished hatching yesterday and my little serama decided to adopt all of them.


I don't think she fully realized what she was getting into .....

Congrats! Be sure to enter this contest!
Contest #7: Broodies and their Babies

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

LOL! And here I thought Cupid had good aim.

I named him too soon!

 

[catsndogs4us]

Day 12 here and I had to remove some. After careful candling I was quite confident in cracking them open and yes still just eggs nothing started at all. Fertility is low I guess too early in the season for my northern chickens also our flock is aging with the majority going into their 4th and 5th laying season. There are still some in the incubator though....Should they hatch they will surely get Easter themed names.

Jodi, 4 human kids, 4 dogs, 6 cats, 4 rabbits, 2 lizards, 9 ducks and 41 chickens (and counting!)

 

[kelseyk]

Some of the chicks hatched!! View attachment 2072544View attachment 2072545View attachment 2072547

They are soooo adorable!! I love baby silkies! I can't wait till ours hatch!

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

So I decided to candle the eggs I’ve storing that haven’t been incubated at all. When candling there I just saw straight through them, can’t see the outline of the yolk.

When I candled my 80 hours incubated eggs, I saw the yolks in them (no veins though). Maybe the fact that I seen those yolks is actually promising?

Or have you guys found that the yolk becomes more visible as they’re incubated anyways regardless of if they are fertilised or not?

Since I'm a meddler here are a few pics of early incubation. These are my EHAL duck eggs at approximately 36 hours, 48 hours and 4 days of incubation. The difference between 36 and 48 hours of incubation are dramatic.

I started some Crested Cream Legbar eggs earlier this week. I could tell 6/7 were definitely fertile after about 6 hours. I would never purge eggs this early because it's not a definitive yes or no. It's yes or maybe. They've been incubating now for 48 hours. I'll take a pic and add it once it's dark.

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

Since I'm a meddler here are a few pics of early incubation. These are my EHAL duck eggs at approximately 36 hours, 48 hours and 4 days of incubation. The difference between 36 and 48 hours of incubation are dramatic.

I started some Crested Cream Legbar eggs earlier this week. I could tell 6/7 were definitely fertile after about 6 hours. I would never purge eggs this early because it's not a definitive yes or no. It's yes or maybe. They've been incubating now for 48 hours. I'll take a pic and add it once it's dark.

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Glad yours are fertile!

I know with mine that if I see nothing on day 4 they’re definitely infertile