4th Annual BYC NYD Hatch-a-long

[mommaclucker]

You should let your eggs sit with pointy end down for 24 hours before putting them in the incubator, especially for shipped eggs. This allows any detached air cells to settle. Once you place them in the incubator, do not turn them for at least 24 hours. This allows not only the air cell to settle but the embryo to begin to form & properly attach to the yolk with it's network of veins. If you aren't using a turner you can even set your eggs up in cartons with the bottoms cut out of each cell to help with air cell stability. Simply tilt the tray side to side or end to end instead of turning the eggs. Side to side allows for the most change of angle.

I let the eggs sit over night and then will put them in the incubator the next evening but start turning them the next morning. I thought I had done a lot of research the first hatch was a teaching lesson for my little ones at least that was what I told my husband lol there are just so many different methods and opionions on what to do it can get pretty confusing so since these air cells are already very large and funky should I increase the humidity or maybe move them to the still air and increase the humidity for just those 2 once the barred rock hatch in the next day or so Thanks for all the advice

 

[mamawolf544]

I have 2 BIN's for the NYD hatch
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/726678/nyd-naked-neck-hatching-eggs-15

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/726679/nyd-tx-a-m-quail-hatching-eggs-50

Getting closer

 

[delisha]

Quote:
Mr. Heintz..have mine been sent out? I purchased them from you a few weeks ago.

 

[mrheinz77]

Button stuck

 

[mrheinz77]

Woops

 

[Blarneyeggs]

Mr. Heintz..have mine been sent out?  I purchased them from you a few weeks ago.

I may be speaking out of turn, but I think he is telling people who are participating in the swap to check their PMs to see to whom they are to send eggs.

Any eggs purchased for setting on the 11th aren't supposed to be mailed until next week....so don't panic (there will be plenty of time and reason for that later on in the hatch), I'm sure your eggs will be on their way next week!

 

[cluckitall]

I must be doing this NYD hatch right -- I have to build another incubator!!!

 

[mstricer]

I have 19 eggs so far, 7 Button Quail, 3 or 4 Duck eggs, and the rest are from the chickens, who are all together right now. I plan to collect eggs up until Tuesday morning, then set my first batch of eggs. Then I'll save up eggs until the NYD hatch! Woopie!

~ Aspen

I've also been collecting every d'Uccle egg I can get right now. I have eggs coming on the seventh.

quick question for everyone I have some lavendar orpington eggs on day 14 two of them have some really strange air cells they have large dips in them. Ive been using the dry method humidity has been in the 30s. I also had some barred rock eggs in there the air cells are fine on them. I just moved them to my still air for lock down the chicks seem to be developing fine will this keep them from hatching? I tried to get a picture but I couldnt get one good enough to show the dip in the air cell

That happened to me with Blue Cooper Marans, last week. I only got 1 out of 10. You can always tell if the box was kind of smashed, if the box even has a dent on it you can count that not many will hatch.

[Edit] Scratch that idea, their chickens are on winter strike too. grrrrrrrrrrrrr

Mine were too, but turned out that not they were still molting, they are laying again

I'm getting very excited about the NYD hatch a long!

My turkey eggs are on their way, got my incubator all cleaned and sanitized and ready to go back to work.

I'm gonna assume that the humidity for turkey eggs is the same as chicken?

I would be afraid to do turkeys this time of the year, we are in Ohio and it was hard enough to keep them alive in the spring.

Quote: Make sure your chickens are not free ranging in the area, or it will be eaten, they love styrofoam

OMG We were on page 46 last time I was here a couple days ago ... now we are on 96? Holy cow. Am I the only person who works full-time?! LOL

No I am always at least 6 pages behind and I'm on LOA for an injury to my hip and still don't keep up.

Good morning everyone!!!!!!!!! Its going to be a beautiful day today here. A awesome high of 63.

I'm not complaining either, here in Ohio we will be in the 50's till wednesday.

Quote: I don't what happened I must not have posted. Here is my Zoe and Austin (our pit mix) we have another dog but he's stupid and doesn't like Zoe and wants to attack her. We have been unable to get them together, because (1) I don't want her to learn that behavior and (2) I think she would hurt him since he is a wuss.

 

[CluckyCharms]

beautiful dogs!

 

[cluckitall]

Oooh! What eggs did you get THOSE out of??? I want some!!