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

[Amberjem]

I have an over achiever!

 

[domesticzoo]

Ha, that's cute, lucky it has buddies.

My baby sort of does..all of the others aren't afraid of it any more, and are laying up by the wire. Hope I get a buddy for this loner tomorrow. ron, didn't know that the EE's hatch early, those others best get on the ball then!

Hay! This is my baby! It came from a white egg.

 

[JW12]

I just checked .... We have 4 more that have externally pipped!

 

[Amberjem]

I just checked .... We have 4 more that have externally pipped!

how did you check?

 

[JW12]

how did you check?

I looked through the window on the bator with a flash light

 

[bamadude]

I looked through the window on the bator with a flash light

thats a hefty fine

 

[blackgoat]

Well dang!

Congrats! Mine are taking their sweet time. They are going with the hurry up and wait mantra.

They are waiting to be the first chick of 2015

 

[domesticzoo]

thats a hefty fine

Oh my! It was just for me to put more moisture in the bator! I have 3 possible 4 peeping. So excited! Prayers that the silkie eggs hatch!

 

[blackgoat]

it's going to be back and forth between the computer and the incubator.

I left for like an hour, made eggnog, and now I'm 50 posts behind!

 

[LemonMeringue]

I am seriously going to DIE from WAITING! UGH!!!

I wrapped up 4 eggs out of the incubator and quickly took them out to my broody in the barn that has been pining for chicks for about 5 or 6 weeks now. She had a couple of eggs that were good that I traded her for the eggs from the incubator. I gave those 2 eggs she had to her neighbor broody friend (musical egg game). They are the sweetest gentle broody girls. If I can get this to work successfully she will be a happy, happy girl! And that will be less babies in our brooder, which would be another bonus. You can call me crazy for this nonsense, but that's my middle name, so.......

My humidity wasn't going higher than about 40% earlier today. I have water in the bottom and I added a sponge in a small container this evening. I'm hoping it will creep up as the evening goes by. Its at about 43% now.

I'm putting my bet on the bantam Lav Am/cochin mix egg to hatch first. Don't ask me why......