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

[houdiniduck]

LOL glad you said that i have mentally wondered about this whole egg hatching business interrupting breakfasts lol like eh they didnt hatch darn I coulda had one delicious omelette

I have faith in my eggs they are gonna be beaautiful chickies! (hows that for positive vibes

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I know these babies would be adorable, I just have to get them to hatch! The duck already interrupted my duck egg breakfasts. Luckily I am getting enough eggs that breakfast isn't in jeopardy, yet.

 

[Amberjem]

what kinda chicken eggs you trying to hatch?

hmm there should be a most unique thing thats hatched for the HAL

 

[houdiniduck]

what kinda chicken eggs you trying to hatch?

hmm there should be a most unique thing thats hatched for the HAL

I am trying to hatch barnyard mix. our rooster is a buff orpington over buff orpington girls, a white amerucana (sp?) a speckled sussex and a regular amerucana. I am excited to see what a speckled sussex/buff orpington looks like.

 

[hennible]

     I am clearly not on here enough..... so I must ask..... seriously? LOL

Lol

 

[ronott1]

With a water bottle of water. Just a mist on them.

The eggs need to be dry before closing the incubator--bacteria can build up.

Yes.
Adding, you want to mist the duck eggs when you open the bator, they need more moisture..that will help keep the humidity up..only thing is..didn't you say you had chick eggs in there too? If so, really make it a light light mist.

Misting the eggs makes the air cells grow faster--evaporation does that.

 

[Amberjem]

The eggs need to be dry before closing the incubator--bacteria can build up.

Misting the eggs makes the air cells grow faster--evaporation does that.

now I am confused.. I thought the increased humidity had a potential for drowning the eggs? I had imagined that ment the water filled up in the air sac area?

 

[Kaylish]

What exactly is the air sac? The dark spot in this pic

Yes. As the chick grows it will become the lighter space in the egg.

what kinda chicken eggs you trying to hatch?

hmm there should be a most unique thing thats hatched for the HAL  

Most unique type of bird or most unique mix?

 

[Amberjem]

Yes. As the chick grows it will become the lighter space in the egg.
Most unique type of bird or most unique mix?

what kind of egg like snake, or chicken or ostrich or whatever....could be based on mix or even maybe a super rare type of chicken or something just whatever peeps might think is the most Unique thing to hatch for the hatch along

 

[Book]

Ducks take a week longer to hatch.

Check the first post for details.

Oh I know, we have been hatching for years now, I just can't remember if the eggs were this dark inside on week three!

 

[cree57i]

So when i saw others were peaking and candling i had to do it too! Most of my eggs have a lot bigger dark spot at the top than i think they are supposed to. Is this a blood ring or is my humidity too high? I filled one channel in my eco 20 with water when i read marans eggs needed higher humidity but maybe im overdoing it?