17th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

[TheChickenGirl16]

Oh my gosh I can participate and I didn't even know it was happening! I set my first ever hatch on 3/13! I needed to test out the process before my ordered hatching eggs arrive in mid April. So I put in 20 BYM. I currently only have 1 Roo (cream legbar) with 28 hens. So I knew going into it that fertilization rates could be lower. I did select eggs based on seeing good fertilization when cracking them. Out of the 20 I had 2 that were not fertilized and 4 that quit early on. I haven't decided if I will candle when the go into lockdown or not. Who am I kidding, I will. View attachment 4317972

Hey you!
Welcome to the slippery slope of healthy addiction!

 

[gullinkambe]

I'm in with 20 "homegrown" eggs that I set on the 24th.

They're from 4 of my own Icelandic hens, and the new rooster I got a month ago. A bit of a wild-card when it comes to how many are fertilized. I did a sneak-peek earlier today just to be sure that there were, in fact, SOME fertile ones, and it was. But Spoiler-Alert! there will not be 20/20 hatching...

The young dad, and the white in the back is hopefully one of the moms.

 

[TheChickenGirl16]

I'm in with 20 "homegrown" eggs that I set on the 24th.

They're from 4 of my own Icelandic hens, and the new rooster I got a month ago. A bit of a wild-card when it comes to how many are fertilized. I did a sneak-peek earlier today just to be sure that there were, in fact, SOME fertile ones, and it was. But Spoiler-Alert! there will not be 20/20 hatching...

The young dad, and the white in the back is hopefully one of the moms.
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Good luck!

 

[catsndogs4us]

"I'm too busy" "I can't" "I'll just hatch in spirit"

proceeds to fire up the incubator anyways

Love it! I told myself not to participate since I'm starting a classroom hatch Monday that will be a couple days too late. Then I went ahead and set some at home early just for this. I knew I bought a second incubator for good reasons, one at home one at school!!!

 

[Asha_Gail]

Love it! I told myself not to participate since I'm starting a classroom hatch Monday that will be a couple days too late. Then I went ahead and set some at home early just for this. I knew I bought a second incubator for good reasons, one at home one at school!!!

Oh thats amazing! I'm so glad people do classroom hatches still!