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

[Roan]

Hatch rate is determined by the percentage you had successfully hatch. So if 2 people have a 100% hatch rate, for example, but 1 hatched 30 and one hatched 10, the one who hatched 30 would win.

You missed it too. lol The second prize for best hatch rate is a 2014 BYC Calendar?

 

[ronott1]

Hatch rate is determined by the percentage you had successfully hatch. So if 2 people have a 100% hatch rate, for example, but 1 hatched 30 and one hatched 10, the one who hatched 30 would win.

Yes!

In the past, those setting small batches were not allowed to compete. That did not seem fair to me but I wanted to make sure that there was some credit given to those that hatch big amounts of eggs.

 

[ronott1]

You missed it too. lol The second prize for best hatch rate is a 2014 BYC Calendar?

Thanks!

I fixed it.

 

[Roan]

Yes!

In the past, those setting small batches were not allowed to compete. That did not seem fair to me but I wanted to make sure that there was some credit given to those that hatch big amounts of eggs.

I agree completely! I will hopefully be hatching 24 eggs compared to the dozens upon dozens of eggs set by others. But I'm sure the second prize should be a 2015 BYC Calendar instead of a 2014 BYC Calendar, right?

 

[Roan]

Thanks!

I fixed it.

No problem! I check the post a lot and don't know how many times I've read that and not realized the year until I was reading it to my niece on the phone and it struck me. lol

 

[chicken pickin]

Wow, beautiful! Are those dark olive eggs?

Yes they are!

The hen is a Marans x Ameraucana(Olive Egger) and those Olive Eggs are fertilized by a Cream Legbar

 

[Roan]

Some of my eggs are fairly dirty and have a bit of fecal matter on them.

I know I've read that you shouldn't clean hatching eggs since it will remove the bloom but what should I do about these eggs?

One of my hens prefers to lay on the coop floor (we use the deep litter method so if we don't catch her eggs soon enough, they usually end up partly buried so they get pretty dirty. Should I try to hatch those eggs or clean them or leave them as are?

If I should clean them, is there a bloom substitute? I've heard of using mineral oil as a substitute for the bloom but I don't have any. So would vegetable oil or olive oil work?

 

[hennible]

My last hatch ( only hatch ) I had 2 that I washed both did fine until hatch day... Only one made it out... But I think that had less to do with washing and more to do with a toddler who opened the bator...

 

[Nomibear]

Look at these beautiful eggs I got from chicken pickins today Thank you!

Are those eggs Pink?

 

[ronott1]

Some of my eggs are fairly dirty and have a bit of fecal matter on them.

I know I've read that you shouldn't clean hatching eggs since it will remove the bloom but what should I do about these eggs?

One of my hens prefers to lay on the coop floor (we use the deep litter method so if we don't catch her eggs soon enough, they usually end up partly buried so they get pretty dirty. Should I try to hatch those eggs or clean them or leave them as are?

If I should clean them, is there a bloom substitute? I've heard of using mineral oil as a substitute for the bloom but I don't have any. So would vegetable oil or olive oil work?

I do wash dirty eggs--Use a weak bleach solution and tepid water. I have used Mana pro egg wash too. It has hatching egg instructions on the bottle.

One person was able to hatch MG free chicks from an MB flock by dipping the eggs in an iodine solution.

The eggs hatched fine!