6th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2015 Hatch-A-Long

[chicken pickin]

Question for all the dark egg hatchers. I have never been successful at candling BCM eggs. Does anyone here just weigh them instead of candling?

I have never weighed mine but I have had great success using a small LED flash light. You cant see everything in detail but most times enough to see if they are developing.

 

[ChickyChickens]

I have to go away from home for 2 weeks, luckily i have got an egg-sitter!!

 

[ronott1]

Next question lol I'm going to hatch in a carton this time. How do you doctor it up or do you just leave it as it is. The part that the eggs set in that is.

I cut the top points in half and leave the bottom alone. The eggs are tilted back a bit when set.

 

[carcar80]

I have never weighed mine but I have had great success using a small LED flash light. You cant see everything in detail but most times enough to see if they are developing.

Agreed. I've only been able to tell whether the clear space was getting smaller/being filled with chick, and sometimes at the end can see movement near the sac.

 

[Sueg4332]

In reading the post I think everyone needs a chick fix for our addiction I hatched these December 4th. They are half NN of unknown pedigree. By a gold brahma roo. Only got five or 6 NN But all chicks are either yellow or chipmonk colored. She lay a nice brown egg and lots of them. Shes Buff colored.\












Do you think they are sex linked in any way. Hoping They all have feathered legs like the brahmas tooo

 

[Cynthia12]

 

[Joyryder]

I do the same thing!

I will need to remember to turn on the cool down cycle on day 8 though. Even that is automatic.

I have never heard of a Day 8 cool down cycle - would you please explain this?
Thank you

 

[ChickyChickens]

In reading the post I think everyone needs a chick fix for our addiction I hatched these December 4th. They are half NN of unknown pedigree. By a gold brahma roo. Only got five or 6 NN But all chicks are either yellow or chipmonk colored. She lay a nice brown egg and lots of them. Shes Buff colored.\












Do you think they are sex linked in any way. Hoping They all have feathered legs like the brahmas tooo

Awww, that is just SOOOO adorable!!!

 

[Sueg4332]

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I asked that ^ earlier. Does anyone know the answer?

These are the official candling days. You will be looking for air cells to be a similar percentage of the egg on those days. Humidity is adjusted based on development.

should candle and draw circles were the air cells are? then take pictures of a few and post them. I might remember to candle then. Many and times I lost time of how long eggs have been in the bator remembering only when chicks are peeping in the rocking turner. I am so bad.

 

[Cynthia12]

DH always = Dear Husband for me.

Those NN's are darling!