5th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2014 Hatch-A-Long

[chicken pickin]

Two have moved to the brooder.

Awww so sweet.
I saw your EE hen you just recently posted on the EE thread and she is so pretty are any of these her chicks?

 

[msladyhawke]

Two have moved to the brooder.

ADORABLE!!!!

 

[FeyRaine]

Pictures!

I moved the chicks to the Brooder. The last egg is alive!

These are Crele Penedesenca and Cream Legbar crosses and lay Olive to Dark brown eggs. If the Auto Sexing is working(it looks like it is!) then the darker chicks without the chipmunk pattern will be pullets. I am reserving judgement until tomorrow for that though. It looks like I have at least two boys and the rest girls.

Ron, These CL cross; the pullets are non-chipmonk?? (opposite of the pure autosexing where the crisp chipmonk pattern = female) I'm curious b/c I've got a CL x (over a Sexlink or a Del hen, not sure who's egg) & while it isn't all fluffed yet there appears to be no chipmonk & no spot (in pure CL spot=boy, most of the time, although the chipmonk pattern is more important if one has both) anyway, mine today looks a lot like the front lower right in your last pic. actually. I have one I kept from Sept who was chipmonk & now is difficult to tell from some pure CL pullets a month older.

I'm not that clear on how the CL autosex works for sexlink crosses...any idea if I can sex my mutt chick by look (& yes I will post a photo when I have one, after there is fluff)

 

[chicken pickin]

So I've just candled my 1st ever batch at day 5 and I can't see anything is this normal? Oh dear

and our eggs are set in their side in the incubator so do I candle them sideways too I've been doing them upright is this wrong?

help needed thanks

What color are the eggs? If they are light like white cream or very light brown you should start to see some veining by day 5. Darker colors like dark browns blues greens and olives are a little tougher to see into and may take longer. Having the eggs on there sides is just fine(remember they need an odd number of turns each day 3-5 is good). Candling them upright is good. I like to shine my light through the top of the egg into the air cell.

 

[ronott1]

Two have moved to the brooder.

Too Cute!

 

[Myfourladies]

the membrane is brown. how long should i wait?

If he his still alive assist now. Read the article and then read it again..... it helps alot. =)

Praying!

 

[chickengirl1193]

I just helped my marans egg a bit. It had pipped at the wrong end and was making no progess and getting quiet. I took the shell off the membrane, wrapped it in a warm/wet paper towel and put it back in the bator. Going to give it a couple more hours, if nothing I will start taking the membrane off too.  

maybe ill do that. how long do.they have if they shrink wrapped? It's still peeping

 

[kara1015]

Awww so sweet.
I saw your EE hen you just recently posted on the EE thread and she is so pretty are any of these her chicks?

These aren't... but I have another batch due 1/12 with several of hers and her sister's. @chickengirl1193 had a few of their eggs hatch though, I'm looking forward to her sharing some pics of the chicks!

 

[chickengirl1193]

If he his still alive assist now. Read the article and then read it again..... it helps alot. =)   Praying!

okay maybe I'll just moisten it and see what's going on. it's a wrong end one

 

[kara1015]

maybe ill do that. how long do.they have if they shrink wrapped? It's still peeping

I would probably start taking the shell off.... be careful not to break the membrane, it will bleed. Read the article posted above. Good luck!