15th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

[Canadian Wind]

New incubator is supposed to arrive Wed or Thur as well as the hatching eggs!



Thank goodness for being poor and receiving refunds from taxes!

 

[Antiocheggers]

So just to make sure I understand the chick's need to hatch on the 30th of March ? If so I'm in !

 

[Rawnwyd]

I am firing up my new incubator to see if the temps hold. I am setting 8+ eggs from my meat chickens to test it out before I spend money on shipped eggs. I have a Red Ranger roo and a Silver Birchen something with feathered feet but large and not a Cochin. He was a bonus chick from Murray McMurray. The hens are a Black Cochin, a Red Ranger, a Deleware Broiler.

 

[JennyHeidewald]

Um, so do eggs set 2/25-29/24 count?
My mom left eggs under my Extra Angry Broody (this one is pint sized, but will try to rip your hand off). By the time she told me, it was too late. When I was able to check them, there were a bunch more eggs in there, and they are in different development days.

Next time I notice this hen going broody, I will just take her with me. She is at my place and she is sitting OK in a small cat carrier on the eggs. I keep it covered with a towel and have her out a few times a day.

My mom is the one who was saying, "That's going to be a lot of chickens" when I was telling her I wanted to get 4 CCLs and then hatch some chicks and maybe get some others I've wanted.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I set a few turkey eggs yesterday but I'll be setting chicken and scaled quail on Friday too so I'll wait till then to give a total count

 

[TRALALARA1]

Does it count if I set my eggs early? I bought lavender and buff Orpington eggs to hatch and since I’m not sure of the date they were layed I went ahead and set them yesterday. I will be selling them the week before Easter. Except for the ones that I keep for myself, of course. Does that still qualify as the Easter hatch?

 

[NorthwoodsChick]

Getting closer.

Quick question though. I will pick up my eggs on Friday evening. ( they’ll be collected during this week by the breeder)
It’s a one hour drive back from the farm, so do you all think letting them rest for just 16 hours before setting will be ok?

 

[Egg Snatcher]

Well I had to set some of my eggs yesterday bc they were getting older but I will still have eggs to set on March 9th.

 

[Sekmet]

I set three goose eggs at the last minute yesterday so fingers crossed. I also have a new incubator arriving Tuesday so I'll be ready to set some eggs from my girls on the 9th

 

[casportpony]

Hello All! We are back again this year, hatching at 3 different Senior Living Facilities in Wisconsin. This year we will set 60 eggs on the 10th of March to hatch on Easter morning.( We do this so the visitors for our residents can partipate with thier loved ones) they are a barnyard mix EE's and others...

Awesome! Please be sure to report how many hatch. If everyone reports their hatch numbers, we can do a "guess how many hatched" contest.