12th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

[ronott1]

It’s nice to know that chicks can be hatched in a room below 70F. My power bill was twice as expensive last month, keeping the incubator room at 80F. My cat loved it though

The important thing is to keep the temperature stable in the room. Incubators do not do well with fast changes in temperature.

 

[ronott1]

I just got my 11th year. Wow, where does the time go?

Congratulations!

 

[CSolis]

Here's the answer to two questions: a) how many chicks fit in a coffee can, and b) wing tip color. I was asking if this tot would be lavender.

 

[WindyLookout]

My eggs due before easter i got 4 ameraucana out of 2 dozen eggs bought...very dispointing. But this has been the weirdest hatch ever, my easter egger eggs that were due easter ......only started hatching the night before last and it seems they are not done hatching. One early this morning and 2 on the way out. All very weird. So I'm still waiting and so far both thta are out are healthy.

Can't get over it...3 more out and still some peeps. This is so weird.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Internal pip noted around 10 pm last night.

 

[ronott1]

Love reading the updates and seeing all the pictures! Congrats on everybodies babies!
And I'm so sorry for everyone dealing with problems and/or loosing little ones

I'm grateful I could participate, this was my first hatch.
Yesterday (day 26) I turned the incubator off and took out the last two eggs...

From the 35 eggs I set 23 did hatch (sent a pm yesterday).

From my 15 shipped bantam Silkie eggs 12 babies hatched.
One egg had been not fertilized, one quit unfortunately around day 6 and the last egg Iooked good when it went into lockdown but unfortunately the baby never pipped. After several days without any sign of life and I opened the egg. The baby was fully developed and I couldn't make out any malformations or defects. This baby never pipped internally so I assume this little one unfortunately died on day 19 or 20

From my friend's 20 bantam Brahma x Deutsches Buschhuhn-mixes eggs 11 babies hatched.
5 eggs were not fertilized. One perhaps quit unfortunately the first days of development (mini grey point in the yolk). One unfortunately quit around day 7. One looked good when it went into lockdown but then nothing happened. After waiting several days there was still no sign of life and I opened the egg. The little one inside was notably small but well feathered - comparing with pictures I think he/she unfortunately died on day 18
One pipped externally and I discovered this in the evening of day 21. In the morning of day 22 there was no progress and I examined it closely. I could see the little beak in the external pipped hole and when gently touching it I immediatley knew the baby inside unfortunately was dead, because it was stiff I opened the egg, the little one still did have part of the yolk sac outside and there was a lot of yellowish stuff inside the egg. This baby was so close...I don't know what happened. I will start a thread with pictures and hope for opinions on what possibly happened.

Congratulations on a good first hatch!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I had to throw away 8 eggs on the 6th day. Not a single of my shipped aracauna eggs developed so much as a vein. Absolutely nothing. Very disappointing as I paid $80 for the eggs.
But then since I had room in the incubator, I added a few more of my own eggs on day 6. They hatched yesterday and I got one really interesting baby out of it. Most of my Ayam Cemani mix babies are solid black, black fluff with pink skin, or platinum fluff with black skin or platinum with pink skin. The platinum ones might have a few black spots on their feathers. But last night I got a black chick with dark skin and a platinum face. I really wonder how it will feather out. In my experience so far, a chick with platinum feathers will be off white and a chick with black will stay black. Will this one be black with a white face? I’m excited.

Sorry about your shipped eggs. Believe me I know how you feel.
Your own chicks are just gorgeous, great photos!

 

[CSolis]

I feel so fortunate that 11 of my 12 eggs hatched. I had one early quitter but was hard to detect since it was a blue egg.

 

[casportpony]

@AgnesGray
@AmesHillFarm
@Anne02
@awesomeayams
@beth1004
@BlueBaby
@CaramelKittey
@carsenann
@cfremder
@cherrynberry
@ChickenCanoe
@chickenfarmergal
@ChickenLeg
@cmom
@Corbdee
@Croco Rico
@Di's Ladys
@Don 27
@Draconias
@Eggs by Happy Chickens
@elizabethu42
@gimmie birdies
@goldbean
@HappyDuckie
@Janj76
@Katiewshrum
@kelseyk
@Kiki
@LynnaePB
@Misfit_Chick
@Misfits Farm 92
@muddy75
@Parront
@pipdzipdnreadytogo
@Poultrybonkers
@RebeccaBoyd
@RedneckAccountant
@Reiki Rooster
@sekeyslaks
@The Cottages
@ValerieLovesChickens
@Verna Y
@Wickedchicken6
@WindyLookout

Please let us know how many of your eggs hatched.

 

[Kiki]

@AgnesGray
@AmesHillFarm
@Anne02
@awesomeayams
@beth1004
@BlueBaby
@CaramelKittey
@carsenann
@cfremder
@cherrynberry
@ChickenCanoe
@chickenfarmergal
@ChickenLeg
@cmom
@Corbdee
@Croco Rico
@Di's Ladys
@Don 27
@Draconias
@Eggs by Happy Chickens
@elizabethu42
@gimmie birdies
@goldbean
@HappyDuckie
@Janj76
@Katiewshrum
@kelseyk
@Kiki
@LynnaePB
@Misfit_Chick
@Misfits Farm 92
@muddy75
@Parront
@pipdzipdnreadytogo
@Poultrybonkers
@RebeccaBoyd
@RedneckAccountant
@Reiki Rooster
@sekeyslaks
@The Cottages
@ValerieLovesChickens
@Verna Y
@Wickedchicken6
@WindyLookout

Please let us know how many of your eggs hatched.

My hatch is not done yet.