4th Annual BYC NYD Hatch-a-long

[madamwlf]

thanks, i did it and everything went great! little guy/girl was ready to come out!

Great to hear!

 

[cluck-cluck]

This is my first time with them. I'm worried because so many people have said they're usually the first to hatch.

I think they're very sensitive to the temperature. So if you had your incubator running at 99 instead of 99.5, that will make them take a bit longer, if you have it running at 100, which is what I think mine ran at) they'll hatch early. Do you see any activity? BTW, that's real actual temps, not necessarily what the thermometer read out was

 

[tadpole98]

i think 15 is all we are gonna get
nobody is pipping or moving or anything, and when i went to put more water in nobody peeped at me.
this kills me, because last night when i went to remove chicks/egg shells one of the eggs peeped at me. that means its probably dead

 

[gabrielle1976]

Too many hatched to count. Ill start pulling them out soon as my kids are distracted lol

PIctures Of trays full of fuzzies please please please

 

[gabrielle1976]

i think 15 is all we are gonna get
nobody is pipping or moving or anything, and when i went to put more water in nobody peeped at me.
this kills me, because last night when i went to remove chicks/egg shells one of the eggs peeped at me. that means its probably dead

Give them time hatching is hard work

 

[tadpole98]

Quote: i am giving them till day 25

 

[MarineCorpFarmr]

PIctures Of trays full of fuzzies please please please

lol they are in 5 diff trays in the hatcher and the bator. Ill see if i can condense them down for a good pic

 

[TMNfarm]

I HAVE ONE ZIPPING!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[msladyhawke]

X2. I have both the 20 and the 50 and LOVE them. My 10 little babies are snuggled under the ecoglow right now. Love that I never have to use a heat lamp and that their current 'brooder' is my large cat/dog crate - perfect for chicks unless you have to hang a big honking heat lamp. Plus, no fire hazard and uses less energy. Oh, and chicks sleep at night and don't panic when it gets dark!

NICE! Looking forward to having one.

 

[tadpole98]

I HAVE ONE ZIPPING!!!!!!!!!!!!