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

[bantambury]

Swedish Flower Hens

Swedish Flower Hen

oh my goodness! I literarily was about to respond! I did and I saw you posted.....haha!

great minds think alike? hahaha

 

[chickengirl1193]

oh man i just took my clears out yesterday! oh well. now I'm not sure how to arrange my eggs so they can supply heat to each other. right now they are in a square kinda with the two missing directly under the fan in my 1588 maybe I should make two rows of five? or just leave them till Wednesday?

 

[MontanaDolphin]

There is

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/byc-index-of-abbreviations

What a life saver...thank you!!

 

[bantambury]

Wow! What an interesting sounding mix! Can't wait to see pics of your chicks!

that IS cool!



I set 8 of my own eggs. 7 OE mixes and one silkie.

the one thing im excited to see is how my chicks turn out from these eggs. here are the possible combinations:



Here is my possible silkie crosses:

- -
Splash Silkie X Japanese Bantam Splash Silkie X White Silkie







here is my possible OE mix crosses:

- -

OE mix X Japanese Bantam OE mix X White Silkie






What do you all think? and what would you like to see?

~Bantambury

 

[Pozees]

oh man i just took my clears out yesterday! oh well. now I'm not sure how to arrange my eggs so they can supply heat to each other. right now they are in a square kinda with the two missing directly under the fan in my 1588 maybe I should make two rows of five? or just leave them till Wednesday?

I probably wouldn't disturb them again at present. That's just me though, I try hard to stay very hands off - I only candle day 10 and day 19 when I move to the hatcher. I have had slightly better luck waiting until day 19 - often I can see a few internal pips at that point, and occasionally have an external pip. As long as I've had the hatcher running all day, 1 and 2 filled plus a medium Pyrex bowl with a clean white cloth sprayed with Oxine and soaked in preheated water in there since plugged in, the external pips have hatched. Another thing learned the hard way.

One thing I learned about me is, I need a routine; what works best for me may not work best for anyone else, and with my temp issues a few weeks ago nothing worked for a while. What I have settled on at present, is setting every Saturday (everything laid from Sunday through Saturday - if I find another egg after I set, I add it), firing up the hatcher every Thursday morning before I leave for work, and moving eggs to the hatcher Thursday evening after chores are done and my hands are washed and warm. Tuesdays I candle the eggs set 10 days earlier. The NYD eggs made me think, and write down when I had to candle and move, so I don't mess it up - not that I won't, but at least I've minimized the possibility

 

[Pozees]

that IS cool!



I set 8 of my own eggs. 7 OE mixes and one silkie.

the one thing im excited to see is how my chicks turn out from these eggs. here are the possible combinations:



Here is my possible silkie crosses:

- -
Splash Silkie X Japanese Bantam Splash Silkie X White Silkie







here is my possible OE mix crosses:

- -

OE mix X Japanese Bantam OE mix X White Silkie






What do you all think? and what would you like to see?

~Bantambury

I just saw THE most adorable Silkie cross at my friend's house - Silkie x Barred Rock - the chick is barred and crested, smooth feathered so a CL-type crest. Just beautiful.

 

[abmaddox1981]

Good morning! I did my 10 day candle last night but forgot to do a count. :/
I was sleepy. Lol. Will not candle until day 14 so I will get an updated count then. On the plus side, some of the ones I thought weren't developing showed definite growth. (They're very dark brown but last night I could see shadows jumping around) and all 9 of my silkies are looking good as well as my 4 AM/EE. Soooo ready for hatch!

 

[ronott1]

lowest it's been is mid 20's I think. It has jumped to 40's a few times when I add the water. I need to check it more often just been busy so over watering and letting it drop lower.

That sounds good!

See how they do for this hatch and adjust from there for the next hatch.

 

[bantambury]

I just saw THE most adorable Silkie cross at my friend's house - Silkie x Barred Rock - the chick is barred and crested, smooth feathered so a CL-type crest. Just beautiful.

oooh! I relly hope my silkie bred with my jap now! ive seen him mount once, but my silkie roo is ALWAYS mounting, 24'7

her egg is most likely from my silkie roo though.

 

[chickengirl1193]

I probably wouldn't disturb them again at present.  That's just me though, I try hard to stay very hands off - I only candle day 10 and day 19 when I move to the hatcher.  I have had slightly better luck waiting until day 19 - often I can see a few internal pips at that point, and occasionally have an external pip.  As long as I've had the hatcher running all day, 1 and 2 filled plus a medium Pyrex bowl with a clean white cloth sprayed with Oxine and soaked in preheated water in there since plugged in, the external pips have hatched.  Another thing learned the hard way.

One thing I learned about me is, I need a routine; what works best for me may not work best for anyone else, and with my temp issues a few weeks ago nothing worked for a while.  What I have settled on at present, is setting every Saturday (everything laid from Sunday through Saturday - if I find another egg after I set, I add it), firing up the hatcher every Thursday morning before I leave for work, and moving eggs to the hatcher Thursday evening after chores are done and my hands are washed and warm.  Tuesdays I candle the eggs set 10 days earlier.  The NYD eggs made me think, and write down when I had to candle and move, so I don't mess it up - not that I won't, but at least I've minimized the possibility

I'm like that too, i need a strict routine lol. this is my first hatch so it will lay the foundation for future hatches! one problem I have tho is us to this point the humidity in my house was 27% so I was keeping the humidity up in my bator cuz it kept dropping low. then last night it rained and melted the foot of snow we had so now my house humidity is up to 50% and my bator humidity just keeps climbing I'm not adding water now till lock down cuz my air cells still need to shrink. the weather threw me through a loop