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

[rochelle1021]

yay! do they like each other? I wish my feed store had chicks this time of year!

me too... I'm on day 14 today... not so outstanding thought out of 24 I have 3 these were shipped eggs had a lot of detached air cells... my first time hatching and I'm so excited...can't wait for lockdown but scared and excited!

 

[chickengirl1193]

me too... I'm on day 14 today... not so outstanding thought out of 24 I have 3 these were shipped eggs had a lot of detached air cells... my first time hatching and I'm so excited...can't wait for lockdown but scared and excited!

good luck! I hope the three you do have hatch!
is it possible for the air cells to reattach?

 

[carriebain]

Y

yay! do they like each other? I wish my feed store had chicks this time of year!

yes, they do like each other. Chipmunk ( not her name) has already shown uno how to drink! Good girl!

 

[Gardeningmama]

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Absolutely!

 

[rochelle1021]

good luck! I hope the three you do have hatch!
is it possible for the air cells to reattach?

amazing some did I think 2 BC I marked them detached but now I'm hoping they do ok one is a saddle air cell so hmmm not so sure.... I followed the shipped eggs recipe. let settle 12-24 hrs, no turning fat end up in egg styrofoam egg cartons with bottoms cut out for O2 flow.... then I candled I think a little too much with an LED flashlight bright but not hot... temp was pretty steady except fir beginning when I had two incubators set up a still air old lab small incubator then my fan one came in then the egg turner got delayed... which was ok BC of the detached air cells..
did not really turn till day 3-4... now just crossing my fingers . these are bantam Cochin smooth or frizzles... I am in live with hatching eggs. do addictive

 

[MontanaDolphin]

How do you know if an air cell has detached????

 

[chickengirl1193]

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yes, they do like each other. Chipmunk ( not her name) has already shown uno how to drink! Good girl!

Okay good! that's awesome!

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Okay cuz I candled eggs on Wednesday and saw detached air cells and today they looked attached. in other eggs it looks like they moved a bit

 

[rochelle1021]

amazing some did I think 2 BC I marked them detached but now I'm hoping they do ok one is a saddle air cell so hmmm not so sure.... I followed the shipped eggs recipe. let settle 12-24 hrs, no turning fat end up in egg styrofoam egg cartons with bottoms cut out for O2 flow.... then I candled I think a little too much with an LED flashlight bright but not hot... temp was pretty steady except fir beginning when I had two incubators set up a still air old lab small incubator then my fan one came in then the egg turner got delayed... which was ok BC of the detached air cells..
did not really turn till day 3-4... now just crossing my fingers . these are bantam Cochin smooth or frizzles... I am in live with hatching eggs. do addictive

umm autocorrect much? I am in love with my new hobby.... so addictive ... omg what have I started?

 

[SallyinIndiana]

So far, if looks like I have 2 live embryos out of 9 eggs. Some were frozen and seeped. The slw eggs were infertile and I had 2 blood rings. I'm bummed. But looking forward to a chance at a drawing now

I really hope my last two live chickies make it to hatching.

I just pulled an egg for a slow leak it was quite sad as there was a started chick in it. But the chick would not have made it and sealing the leak would not work as I could not find it.
I went ahead and pulled the blood ring egg at the same time too. Now I'm left with 5 eggs that might hatch close to the first and 5 more eggs that I set a few days back.

 

[chickengirl1193]

amazing some did I think 2 BC I marked them detached but now I'm hoping they do ok one is a saddle air cell so hmmm not so sure.... I followed the shipped eggs recipe. let settle 12-24 hrs, no turning fat end up in egg styrofoam egg cartons with bottoms cut out for O2 flow.... then I candled I think a little too much with an LED flashlight bright but not hot... temp was pretty steady except fir beginning when I had two incubators set up a still air old lab small incubator then my fan one came in then the egg turner got delayed... which was ok BC of the detached air cells..
did not really turn till day 3-4... now just crossing my fingers . these are bantam Cochin smooth or frizzles... I am in live with hatching eggs. do addictive

well it sounds like you did everything right! what can you do for a saddle air cell? this is addictive...