12th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

I heard a little cheep under my broody! When she gets up I'll snap a pic

 

[sayga]

We have another pip -- *edit* on the wrong side of the egg... should we assist? Again, any information you can give is welcome!

--goldbean's daughters

I’ve got one pipping on the wrong end too. Since it’s still early, I’m waiting.

 

[JaeG]

I think once this hatch is over and I get a new incubator I'm going to try hatching Muscovy eggs. I hope I like them better than mallard derived ducks... Which I don't like at all and still end up with them.

I love our Muscovy. I especially like how quiet and friendly they are.

 

[BullChick]

I think once this hatch is over and I get a new incubator I'm going to try hatching Muscovy eggs. I hope I like them better than mallard derived ducks... Which I don't like at all and still end up with them.

They have claws!!!

 

[Razadia]

I love our Muscovy. I especially like how quiet and friendly they are.

I'm hoping I can get them to be friendly. I've had a lot of mallard derived ducks over the years and I could never get them there. They're friendly as ducklings, but once they get to breeding age they want nothing to do with me.

They have claws!!!

I'll take that over getting slapped for the millionth time.

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

I was doing this hatch for our homeschool co-op. Things were getting rather bleak with so many quitters and 6/7 having hatched by yesterday.

Fortunately for me the last egg got it done! Hatched exactly 45 minutes into a 2 hours meeting. I was super excited for the kids when it started zipping. External pip to zip was only about 5 hours.

 

[AusHen]

My quail have started hatching. I think over half are out so far

 

[Parront]

They have claws!!!

All duck feet are gross! Look where they live. The eggs and meat are very nice, though!

 

[Mafloyd21]

My only two hatched yesterday

 

[Mafloyd21]

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My only two hatched yesterday

But I have had 19 ducks hatch since March 15th so I don’t feel that bad about just these two on this hatch.