4th Annual BYC NYD Hatch-a-long

[mstricer]

Quote: Congrats Sally

 

[tadpole98]

THIS IS KILLING ME!!!
i must know if its a double- should i take it out for a second and see if two peep? then if so help it?

 

[mstricer]

Okay everyone I got to go, my bottom is numb, my head is numb, my eyes hurt and my fingers are freezing. No the secret post has not been done. I will be back in the AM I've been on here longer then anyone should ever be looking at a computer, and half of what I'm typing isn't making sense to me. I need sleep. (I skipped my nap to be with my friends) It's been a great day. I have 4 d'Uccles pipping and 1 Olive egger.

 

[SleepyOwl]

No pips yet in my one remaining egg, but I did pick up three silkies today! I got them to be friends with our lone egg if it hatches, or just make us feel better if it doesn't.

They are so tiny and cute! They just hatched yesterday.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: Congrats Sally
Thank you!!! OMG
I AM SCREAMING IN JOY!!!! OMG OMG OMG
I NEED MORE DUCK EGGS!!!! YES YES YES

SERIOUSLY FREAKING COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[nothingbutbirds]

i have six chicks hatched and two piping!!!!!!!"""=-O :-D :-O guess they didnt get the memo that they were supposed to hatch tommorow

 

[SleepyOwl]

Okay everyone I got to go, my bottom is numb, my head is numb, my eyes hurt and my fingers are freezing. No the secret post has not been done. I will be back in the AM I've been on here longer then anyone should ever be looking at a computer, and half of what I'm typing isn't making sense to me. I need sleep. (I skipped my nap to be with my friends) It's been a great day. I have 4 d'Uccles pipping and 1 Olive egger.

Get a good night's sleep!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote:

BREATHE!
That’s right, take a deep breath, calm your nerves and RELAX!
There is no rush to get a chick out of the shell!


"The developing embryo has lived in this shell for well over 3 weeks.
It has survived off of the contents of the egg for that entire time. The only thing it has absorbed from the outside is Oxygen. As long as the chick is getting Oxygen, there is nothing urgent. Too many people feel the need to rush in and pull a chick out of a place that has served it well for 3-4 weeks. There should be no rush to get a chick out of the shell if it can breathe. As long as it has access to air through the pip, it can sit there all day, even after the blood vessels recede. It's not going to starve. It has plenty of yolk. It's not going to dehydrate, unless you get impatient and begin removing shell before it's time to do so causing bleeding or too much exposure to outside air." http://www.avianresources.com/Nursery_Mgt.htm​

 

[nothingbutbirds]

No pips yet in my one remaining egg, but I did pick up three silkies today!  I got them to be friends with our lone egg if it hatches, or just make us feel better if it doesn't.   They are so tiny and cute!   They just hatched yesterday.

nothing better than a baby silkie to love. Good for you!!!!

 

[countrystarfarm]

We just had two hatch! They were just pipped when I got home from work at seven.