12th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

[Josip]

So my Black shiny boy with copper on him x bcm pullet will throw all black copper babies.. Hatching in 4 days.

I do belive gentic is more then black and WHITE but we Will se if this was right its fun anyway

 

[JaeG]

Watch for liquid in the pip and clean it if you see it.

Air cells usually draw down making a lot of room for pipping

I'll keep a close eye on that one. It's still alive and still in the same position but hasn't progressed any further.

Another egg that hadn't even been internally pipped when I went to bed last night has already externally pipped (7am when I checked on them) so that was a surprise.

 

[ronott1]

I'll keep a close eye on that one. It's still alive and still in the same position but hasn't progressed any further.

Another egg that hadn't even been internally pipped when I went to bed last night has already externally pipped (7am when I checked on them) so that was a surprise.

They do hatch that way sometimes! Often the first to pip is no the first to hatch

 

[JaeG]

I do belive gentic is more then black and WHITE but we Will se if this was right its fun anyway

You might get some fun surprises. I recently hatched some cross breed bantams and we have some gorgeous birds that have come from that.

 

[LynnaePB]

I'll keep a close eye on that one. It's still alive and still in the same position but hasn't progressed any further.

Another egg that hadn't even been internally pipped when I went to bed last night has already externally pipped (7am when I checked on them) so that was a surprise.

If you're worried about it you could always make a small safety hole for that one just in case. That way if it's in a position that hinders external pipping (like a foot behind the head) it won't suffocate. I've had a lot of shipped silkie eggs where the babies managed an internal pip but were incorrectly positioned and couldn't externally pip. I know you mentioned it has the possibility of being vaulted. I'm not sure if vaults contributed but many of the malpositioned silkies were vaulted.

Good luck and congratulations on the first external pip!!!

 

[BesideStillWaters]

No last year i had all perfect , perfect humidity temp, no power faild, perfectly stored..And this time I have eggs from fridge , i take them to my student room started incubating them for 9 days then..moved incubator 1 hour driveing to home.. haha so i hope that Will not cause this problem or anye other am little bit woried beacause i made really big mess with this 10 eggs but somehow they are all still alive when i Candle them

I'm sure the one hour was fine! Our electricity was off for several hours. So glad they are still alive!

 

[JaeG]

If you're worried about it you could always make a small safety hole for that one just in case. That way if it's in a position that hinders external pipping (like a foot behind the head) it won't suffocate. I've had a lot of shipped silkie eggs where the babies managed an internal pip but were incorrectly positioned and couldn't externally pip. I know you mentioned it has the possibility of being vaulted. I'm not sure if vaults contributed but many of the malpositioned silkies were vaulted.

Good luck and congratulations on the first external pip!!!

I was thinking about doing that because it must be coming up 24 hours since it pipped internally. I'll go do that now.

 

[spartacus_63]

25 eggs in lockdown, all developing and active. The average weight loss is right on target at 11%. Humidity is just under 60%.

I expect the Easter weekend socer tryouts to be a huge success!

 

[Araucana Nest]

Day 21 and the Welsummers have started to hatch . Typically they are large and slow to get going. Never seem to be in a hurry. One of the cockerels hatched last week took 2 days to sleep off the hatch .

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

Okay, now that I am extra worried I went ahead and took them to a dark room to candle them for pictures early (and managed not to drop them, phew). First egg is on day 13 and second egg is on day 11.

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Those look find to me for day 11-13. Just mark the cells and check again next week. They're doing great.