14th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

[Jester57]

OMG, the outcome I was least expecting happened, and all five hatched! It’s hard to get a good picture of all five of them though, it’s a small incubator, so they’re all pretty much bunched together. Right now I’m just waiting for them to dry out so I can put them in their brooder. The older ones are definitely ready to get out.

 

[JennyHeidewald]

I’m glad you lil upside down bantam made it out ok

Oops, sorry, I didn't write that with all the info, the bantam I mentioned that hatched was not the backwards one, it was just my first one out. Little backwards is still in there chilling.

 

[Bigandlittles]

3 hatched today. I can't believe how they keep pecking each other so soon...even during the last poor chicks hatch. They seem fine but I'd like to take them out but I have 6 left (some pipped some not). They seem hungry. I'll see how things are tomorrow.

They will be ok without food or water for 24-48 hours if need be. Opening incubator with some of them pipped can be harmful I think.

 

[Canadian Wind]

Opening incubator with some of them pipped can be harmful I think.

I do this all the time...

 

[JennyHeidewald]

Right after I signed off the internet last night #20 hatched ( around 10:15?), and then an hour later the full sibling to Headstart hatched. And I found another pipped. But that was all that happened, and I did get a bit of sleep. I went to bed around 3:30 am, set my alarm for 4 to check on them, but turned the alarm off closed my eyes "for a second" and slept to almost 6. Everything was the same as what it was.
Stats: Three Hatched
Three Pipped
Four still working on growing
Day 21 started for me at 7:30 PM yesterday.
one of the pippers made a pretty big hole and it likes to peep. I can see it's little beak now and again and it is still doing the chewing motions that mean it's absorbing the yolk.

I am distracting the hatched ones with food so they stop trying to eat each others toes and beaks.

 

[Dinoroar]

Oops, sorry, I didn't write that with all the info, the bantam I mentioned that hatched was not the backwards one, it was just my first one out. Little backwards is still in there chilling.

Sorry I misread it. For what it’s worth my backwards peeper made it out with no apparent trouble. Hope yours does the same!

 

[JennyHeidewald]

I do this all the time...

I'm pretty bad about this too, I really did try to leave the chickies in there, but one had an eggshell stuck to her eye. I wanted to check the status of the bigger eggs, and I got the humidity back up quickly.

 

[JennyHeidewald]

Sorry I misread it. For what it’s worth my backwards peeper made it out with no apparent trouble. Hope yours does the same!

Yay! That is great news! I'm crossing my fingers for mine.

 

[Canadian Wind]

Yay! That is great news! I'm crossing my fingers for mine.

SAME!

 

[5 Points Wingfeather]

Got a second pipped. Does this look like it did it in the air sac or not