16th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

[gimmie birdies]

I set 12. 9 made it to lockdown, 1 or 2 may have had more fluid than I wanted at lockdown, but I kept them. Day 19 for me.

 

[SheaLoner]

Lockdown. Only about half made it. 1 hens, completely infertile. 1 some infertile, but most made it a max of 5-6 days. And my BCMs definitely donot have a big enough air cell.

 

[Chad Oftedal]

I had no activity going on at all. No chriping, no rocking, etc. I went into work for the afternoon, came home and this is what I had...

First one ever! This day 20 for me, two other eggs that I can see have pipped so far.

 

[Nomadicus]

35 off 36 Crested Cream Legbar eggs are going in to lockdown in the morning. Only one egg was not developing for hatching.

 

[Chad Oftedal]

Up to 5 of 8 eggs hatched. I even got a video of my fifth one!

For the data/monitoring folks, thought this was really interesting in what was caught on my SensorPush. You can see when each one hatched.

 

[gimmie birdies]

I looked at my dates, some how 1/2 way through, I miscounted, and got one day ahead of myself. My eggs just started day 19.

 

[catsndogs4us]

Lockdown for my classroom hatch!

 

[SB907]

5 of 6 call duck eggs made it to lockdown - all are very active at this point but no pips yet. Hopefully won't have to assist but I am keeping a very close eye on them.

 

[CabritaChicks]

Lockdown time! Six precious eggs made a 3,600-mile journey—one turned out to be infertile, and the remaining five are now in the hands of fate. Among them: 2 White Leghorns, 1 Easter Egger, 1 Olive Egger, and 1 Copper Marans. Whatever makes it will be spoiled rotten!

On a spontaneous whim, I also decided to incubate three mystery eggs—some sort of jungle fowl mix (your guess is as good as mine). They went in on the 5th, and I’ll be hand-turning them in an old-school DIY incubator. Believe it or not, that crusty aquarium has welcomed everything from finch chicks to baby parrots into the world.

 

[SourRoses]

Last night I moved the hen that was hatching eggs for Easter (Freckles) into the XXL dog cage brooder... well as I picked her up to move in the dark, there was cheeping, and out pops a chick from under her leg in the new spot. Then I saw 3 more chicks in her old nest. What? They're due on Sat! Maybe I lost track of the days...

One Lavender Mottled I'm so excited about!

Meanwhile, the incubator is cheeping. No pips yet. I know I set it a day later, we were so busy. Plan to stick them under Freckles. I must say Freckles is the nicest broody, I can lift her wing and stuff chicks under without her trying to eat me.