12th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

[BullChick]

I’m using it!

 

[DucksAreBest]

Today is "Lockdown" for my duck eggs!

 

[Chickeria]

I clearly see air cells in my EE eggs but they are so dense it's hard to see anything else. The blue coloring goes all through the shell and not just a coating on the outside. I'm doing the same as you, daily sniff test... don't want stinky eggs in the bator. Other than that it's a wait and see.. 7 days to go... Where's my paper bag?

I wouldn't mind a paper bag, too
Reading of pipping, wiggling eggs, hatching and seeing all the amazing and cute pictures and videos on here plays kind of a role with that, too, lol.
Sniff-question: Do you sniff every single egg or do you sniff the air in the incubator?

 

[CSolis]

I wouldn't mind a paper bag, too
Reading of pipping, wiggling eggs, hatching and seeing all the amazing and cute pictures and videos on here plays kind of a role with that, too, lol.
Sniff-question: Do you sniff every single egg or do you sniff the air in the incubator?

I'm only sniffing EE eggs, all the others I can actually tell what's going on now.

 

[Chickeria]

I'm only sniffing EE eggs, all the others I can actually tell what's going on now.

Ok thank you I wish I could sniff the eggs in question directly but the automatic turner is screwed to a connection to both of the shelves and you have to fiddle around with door open, so currently I just sniff the air but I plan to 'examine' every egg in question closely on day 18.

 

[BesideStillWaters]

I'm so stoked... Checked the eggs in the bator this morning... there is definitely growth in Henrietta's 2 eggs (CM x BSL), then I still can't see squat in EE eggs, so I'll just wait them out.. BUT! I hatched two of Henrietta's eggs last year, one was this loverly guy (pic below, my one winged wonder) and he's in with my BCM pullet... Those are the 6 eggs I'm most anxious about, because it will be his test. I want so badly to see what he's producing with the BCM.View attachment 2588752

He's beautiful! He has one wing? May I ask what happened to the other?

 

[BesideStillWaters]

The very last Polkie (Silkie/Polish Cross) just hatched! Ended up being a 3 night long staggered hatch but a 100% hatch!

Now, it's time for lots of coffee. Lol

YAY congrats!!

 

[CSolis]

Just checked Henrietta's last two eggs by Charlie Sheen... I see those liddle legs moving around in there.. Brings a tear to my eye.

 

[BesideStillWaters]

I do that too!! I even heard peeping a few nights ago. The worst is hatch day and when you first put chicks outside. A wild bird makes a sound, and you go running!

YES definitely!

 

[BesideStillWaters]

I have probably done about 20 hatches at this point and in every case but one, the first chick to hatch was a cockerel.

My first hatched last year (and the first time ever hatching with an incubator) was also a rooster. I promised whoever hatched first, I would keep unless it was a mean rooster. And he's a darling!