12th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

[casportpony]

Yes

How many?

 

[CluckNDoodle]

A little bit early lockdown over here because some of the development is looking pretty far along. I still can't believe all 22 eggs are viable and made it to lockdown!

 

[Kiki]

What do you do with all those quail?

Eat them.

 

[DucksAreBest]

I have 9 egg in the incubator and today is day 20. My neighbors (including me) had a power outage today for 3+ hours. So, I covered my incubator with several blankets. Also, I boiled some water on a gas stove, poured the water in two jars and put them in the incubator. I left a small portion open for air ventilation. My question is - Will the eggs survive? @MGG @JaeG @BullChick @WVduckchick @CluckNDoodle @ronott1 and everyone else.

 

[ronott1]

I have 9 egg in the incubator and today is day 20. My neighbors (including me) had a power outage today for 3+ hours. So, I covered my incubator with several blankets. Also, I boiled some water on a gas stove, poured the water in two jars and put them in the incubator. I left a small portion open for air ventilation. My question is - Will the eggs survive? @MGG @JaeG @BullChick @WVduckchick @CluckNDoodle and everyone else.

They should be fine!

 

[JaeG]

I have 9 egg in the incubator and today is day 20. My neighbors (including me) had a power outage today for 3+ hours. So, I covered my incubator with several blankets. Also, I boiled some water on a gas stove, poured the water in two jars and put them in the incubator. I left a small portion open for air ventilation. My question is - Will the eggs survive? @MGG @JaeG @BullChick @WVduckchick @CluckNDoodle @ronott1 and everyone else.

They should be fine - it takes a long time for the core temperature of the egg to fall enough to kill the chick/duckling and by day 20 they are generating a bit of heat for themselves as well.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I have 9 egg in the incubator and today is day 20. My neighbors (including me) had a power outage today for 3+ hours. So, I covered my incubator with several blankets. Also, I boiled some water on a gas stove, poured the water in two jars and put them in the incubator. I left a small portion open for air ventilation. My question is - Will the eggs survive? @MGG @JaeG @BullChick @WVduckchick @CluckNDoodle @ronott1 and everyone else.

Probably, especially with them being so far along in incubation. If you have losses I would imagine they will be minimal but expect a slightly delayed hatch.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I have 9 egg in the incubator and today is day 20. My neighbors (including me) had a power outage today for 3+ hours. So, I covered my incubator with several blankets. Also, I boiled some water on a gas stove, poured the water in two jars and put them in the incubator. I left a small portion open for air ventilation. My question is - Will the eggs survive? @MGG @JaeG @BullChick @WVduckchick @CluckNDoodle @ronott1 and everyone else.

If it makes you feel better, I had a hen abandon eggs in 40-degree weather for many hours before I found them completely cold to the touch and while I did lose some there were survivors even in those temps.

 

[DucksAreBest]

They should be fine!

They should be fine - it takes a long time for the core temperature of the egg to fall enough to kill the chick/duckling and by day 20 they are generating a bit of heat for themselves as well.

Probably, especially with them being so far along in incubation. If you have losses I would imagine they will be minimal but expect a slightly delayed hatch.

Thank you everyone so much! It makes me feel way better that they will survive!

 

[CluckNDoodle]

It's day 10 for the Marans and Ameraucanas!! I can't wait to candle them tonight! Hopefully I will be able to decide how many clears I have with the Marans now, lol, I've been seriously questioning some of them but it's hard to say when you're candling rocks.