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

[gilchicken]

If you go to the hatch chart link, and put in Dec. 9(add a day because the eggs were set after noon on the 8th) you get:

Start Date: 12/9/2014

 

Date	Day	Turn 1	Turn 2	Turn 3	Temp,Humid	Notes
12/09/2014	1				100.5°F, 55%
12/10/2014	2				100.5°F, 55%
12/11/2014	3				100.5°F, 55%
12/12/2014	4				100.5°F, 55%
12/13/2014	5				100.5°F, 55%
12/14/2014	6				100.5°F, 55%
12/15/2014	7				100.5°F, 55%
12/16/2014	8				100.5°F, 55%
12/17/2014	9				100.5°F, 55%
12/18/2014	10				100.5°F, 55%
12/19/2014	11				100.5°F, 55%
12/20/2014	12				100.5°F, 55%
12/21/2014	13				100.5°F, 55%
12/22/2014	14				100.5°F, 55%
12/23/2014	15				100.5°F, 55%
12/24/2014	16				100.5°F, 55%
12/25/2014	17				100.5°F, 55%
12/26/2014	18	Do not turn	Do not turn	Do not turn	99.7°F, 80%
12/27/2014	19	Do not turn	Do not turn	Do not turn	99.7°F, 80%
12/28/2014	20	Do not turn	Do not turn	Do not turn	99.7°F, 80%
12/29/2014	21	Do not turn	Do not turn	Do not turn	99.7°F, 80%

Tomorrow is day 21. Do you hear cheeping yet?

nothing yet.. That's why I am going crazy. . I read that by now there should be external pipping. . And hearing chirping. . But NOTHING! .. I JUST NEED TO CHILL LIKE bamadude said!.. Just chill! ..

Right!

I candled before lockdown and all 14 eggs looked good. . So I just need to chill! ..

BUT I CAN'T! . I WORRY! .. LOL

 

[ronott1]

nothing yet.. That's why I am going crazy. . I read that by now there should be external pipping. . And hearing chirping. . But NOTHING! .. I JUST NEED TO CHILL LIKE bamadude said!.. Just chill! ..

Right!

I candled before lockdown and all 14 eggs looked good. . So I just need to chill! ..

BUT I CAN'T! . I WORRY! .. LOL

Welcome to the obsession!

Depending on the breed and temperature during incubation, they will pip and hatch at different rates. Nothing is exact with hatching. It is very nerve wracking....

 

[Amberjem]

nothing is exact with hatching!?

 

[darkbluespace]

One of my HAL eggs is quivering!! No internal pip, I have a feeling it will pip the wrong end. My Serama chicks love to do that! I'm gonna keep an eye on it. So excited to have these birds I was coveting for quite a while.

 

[Cynthia12]

Welcome to the obsession!

Depending on the breed and temperature during incubation, they will pip and hatch at different rates. Nothing is exact with hatching. It is very nerve wracking....

So true. Makes you wonder why all the .. here's how ya do it books, sites, and threads. Those little chicks will come according to just what you said here. Breed, and temps. Different rate of hatching. Of course, basic information is important to those that have not ever hatched before, but they catch on...if they catch..."the bug." Obsession bug. Practice makes perfect? Well, one of those things.

 

[FreeRanging Hen]

I won't be able to catch up completely from where I left off pre-Xmas.
So merry Xmas, congratulations and all the other greetings (or condolences) that may apply to you all
I hope everyone is well and happy?

It seems my daughter has caught the bug. She asked me the other day if she could incubate and hatch some chicks too.

Candled last night, saw 12 happy wriggling little peeps in the eggs, which were put in lockdown alongside a questionable egg while a couple stinkers and quitters were pulled out.

Happy with my 12/maybe 13 that have made it through to lockdown... Much better than my last shipped lot of eggs. Let's just hope they make it through to hatching

We have a reeeeaaaally hot day predicted for tomorrow, so I have everything crossed that the incubator will behave and I can keep it cool enough.
I lost the last lot to temperature spikes and don't want to experience that again...... Of all the days that had to finally feel like our usual summers, it HAD to be during lockdown didn't it!?
Murphey can shove his law you-know-where...

 

[Amberjem]

One of my HAL eggs is quivering!! No internal pip, I have a feeling it will pip the wrong end. My Serama chicks love to do that! I'm gonna keep an eye on it. So excited to have these birds I was coveting for quite a while.

 

[ChickyChickens]

Im SOOO extremely excited!!! I have been watching the bator...and one of the eggs MOVED!!!

 

[carcar80]

EVERYBODY STAY CALM

People. Bamadude has become the voice of reason here.


Let that sink in a minute.

 

[NotAFarm]

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