12th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

[Cynthia12]

Well here's a few photos of the first 3 hatchlings...the other photos won't load. The rest of the photos were supposed to be of a better view of my brooder setup, a photo of my newest hatchling, and a photo of 1 out of 8 or so other pips
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Aww....aww again.

 

[Cynthia12]

I originally stayed out of this HAL and in the other one because I missed the setting day by one or two days. Well I decided early in the process to run .1c+ and see what would happen. Here we are with 6 pipped the night before Easter.

Should have joined..one or two days was ok!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Lockdown has begun. Technically hit 19 days at midnight. 41 eggs set, 39 made it to lockdown with about 6 questionable but could be late hatchers. They passed the sniff test and if they did quit they did so in the last day or two. Marked them and will keep a eye on them. The 2 I did toss were Marans from my favorite hen Daisy. Both Double yolks that did not start developing. I could wake up to external pips tomorrow as 2 of them are already starting to slightly wiggle.

 

[Cynthia12]

Why?

 

[Cynthia12]

She's stubborn. I take her out, she goes back in.. throughout the day. Oh well, she'll be too big for it dome day.

 

[Honora]

Day 22 here, no pips. I have a feeling nothing will hatch. I’m not sure what went wrong with this hatch but something clearly did. Half the eggs quit early on & out of 7 eggs that made it to lockdown none have hatched. Oh well, I will try again & hope to have a good hatch next time like I had in February.
On the plus side, one of the eggs the broody kicked out of the nest is alive! If it hatches I will give it back to her.

 

[Pyxis]

Sadly the baby emu won't be hatching. I checked on the egg and it didn't seem to be breathing any longer. The chick was malpositioned and unable to breathe, so it passed away.

However I do have four quail chicks hatched.

 

[ehlehnaaah]

i think i’m super late to officially join, but i basically unofficially had a hatch a long! set my eggs under my broody silkie on 3/14/21, and hatched 4/3/21. Dad was a silver laced chocolate orpington and mom is a ameracauna/australorp EE. 2 black boys and one chocolate baby girl! so happy! posting pics of bio parents and babies. will post pics of babies with adoptive mama soon if anyone wants to see.

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mom (black hen)

babies!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

i think i’m super late to officially join, but i basically unofficially had a hatch a long! set my eggs under my broody silkie on 3/14/21, and hatched 4/3/21. Dad was a silver laced chocolate orpington and mom is a ameracauna/australorp EE. 2 black boys and one chocolate baby girl! so happy! posting pics of bio parents and babies. will post pics of babies with adoptive mama soon if anyone wants to see.

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mom (black hen)
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babies!
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Cute chicks! Would love to see photos with their silkie broody mama!

 

[chicken1234]

Last four of my mystery ducks hatched between 9pm last night and the last at 4am today. Didn't get much sleep! I'm really pleased, my first duck hatch and 7/7 made it. I am thinking they are a pekin, runner, cayuga clan. I am in love though Letting them dry some more then over to the brooder. Wishing everyone a lovely Easter.