4th Annual BYC NYD Hatch-a-long

[Miss Molly]

Betta and molly do you also have it so your invisable? Just curious if you do or if your on your phone so it dosnt show up or whatever  I was wondering if I show up as normal  when Im on my phone ?

I'm not sure. I'm on my iPad ... FYI, I LOVE my iPad ..money well spent

 

[RavenWood]

Shelley, I have the same stuff in mine...I don't notice a smell at this point...I know a lot of people use it but I am not 100% sure about fumes and possible damage to the chicks..can you let me know what people tell you in case I miss the answer and if it is bad I will pull mine out.

I can smell it coming out of my vent hole! I'll let you know, but if it is having an effect it will likely be after hatch time that I can tell ya.

I really need to move my incubator out of my bedroom.

LOL Ya think?

I had put that rubber matting in my hatcher while I was warming it up and getting it ready for lockdown. I noticed it smelled a little, but my real concern was that it was affecting the humidity because it blocked the water wells so much. I ended up taking it out and I'm hatching on the 1/4" hardware cloth. At least I hope I'm hatching - I had three pips when I went to bed last night, and I have three pips this morning. No progress. Thank goodness for Sally Sunshine's post about not panicking and not touching anything as long as they have air to breathe - it is so-o-o tempting to go in and hurry things along.

Hmm, mine has lots of holes in it and doesn't seem to be affecting the humidity - I'm holding steady at 62-63% which is right where I want it ... I think! If you close up on this pic, you can see all the air holes and I do have sponge underneath in the tray too.

Good Morning! Trying to read all the posts from last evening, congratulations to everybody who have chicks and/or pipping eggs. Mine are stubbornly silent, if they don't get a move on I won't have a chick even close to midnight!

Mine too. Hubby swears he heard a cheep this morning, but stood with my head pressed up for a half hour and heard nothing.

We always hatch with the rubber shelf liner in each hatching drawer. It stabilizes the eggs and keeps the new hatchlings from splaying on slick wire. Those using styrofoam bators can compensate any humidity issues by using sponges and containers of water ONTOP of the wires.

Ok good - at least I'm not the only one who thought it was a good idea.

'Twas the night before hatching
And all through the bator
Not a peep, not a pip
Not a zip... Maybe later??

LOL I love this - perfectly fits. May I borrow it?

Good Morning, I am having the opposite problem it seems compared to many people..I added water and my humidity is ridiculously high. It currently reads 73%. Does anyone know a way I can get it down?

I was going to say to open your vet, but a further post indicates you did.

No pips still, so I did a quick candling. I only see movement in 2 of them. 2 of them still have a bit of space, and the other 2 have more than a bit of space left. I'm wondering if high humidity can cause this? I raised the humidity this hatch because last hatch I had many die from too low of humidity and I admit I never took out the air cell chart. oh and I have 6 eggs left in there, 2 of them are too dark to see in.

Aren't they in lockdown? How can you candle them if the are in lockdown? Opening the bator is a no no

I have a question.... How do you tell if they have internally pipped?? I can't tell squat by peeking through the window of my incubator...

You can hear them peeping. They can't peep until they are in the air cell.

here's a bad cellphone pic of one of my early hatchers.. I'll get better pics later!

Very cute nekkid peep!

i think i know why nobody wanted to come out last night..

heres the new peeps, the white on is super tiny!

Aww More cute fuzzy peeps! I wonder what mine will look like?

I use that too.The smell was very strong at first.I thought the same thing. After its washed that smell goes away or it did on mine.

I did wash it first, but perhaps the heat inside has exacerbated the aroma. Crossing fingers it won't harm them. I'd never forgive myself

We are still waiting for some action on this end. I keep chatting up my lovebird in the hopes that his incessant noise will draw the lil buggers out. Crossing fingers. I wanna peep by midnight! Of course hubby has made New Years Eve plans for us ....

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Invisible is a PPM feature/benefit...when on an ipad or iphone you show up in the member list as normal (UNLESS) you have PPM and selected the invisible mode

 

[SilkieSensation]

OK, I'm officially down to 3 eggs left out of 33. My daughter just pitched the last of the duds & quitters over the hill. Oh well, at least if I get the "Worst Hatch Rate" award I'll have "something" out of all of this.

3 lonely little Coturnix Quail eggs are all that's left in there & they aren't even rocking. I think they are behind due to the move & low temps. The only chick to hatch from my Christmas babies was 3 days late. I really hope the quail aren't that far behind as well.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

First gosling hatched for the NYD hatch a long
White Sebastopol ........ already sold and new mom is anxiously awaiting more to hatch.



look like another will be out late tonight and another tomorrow

 

[MrsMoonCat]

Good morning everyone! Looking forward to a day full of chick pictures.

 

[gabrielle1976]

Oh my gosh that baby is so cute. What kind of goose will it grow up to be

 

[gabrielle1976]

These are the babies from yesterday 8/9 buttons hatched yesterday ( the last one hatched befor I got up this morning) and 1/2 cortunix eggs ( the second hasnt done anything yet) 1 pip in a pretty percarious spot in the serama eggs as of this morning.

 

[caj1985]

First gosling hatched for the NYD hatch a long




look like another will be out late tonight and another tomorrow

Gorgeous!!!! What kind is he?

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

First gosling hatched for the NYD hatch a long




look like another will be out late tonight and another tomorrow

Above is a Sebastopol gosling who came from white parents (sebbies who will be white are hatched with some color that vanishes when real feathers grow in)


below is one of our White Sebastopol breeding geese