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

[chicken pickin]

LOL! @roan Yup that's what happens here too. The ducks think they are chickens. But my current ducks will stir them in the right direction.

So cute. I just LOVE ducklings, even as messy as they are. I used to have ducks and miss them lots. Though I don't have plans to get back into ducks, they thought the neighbors yard were greener than ours. Im sure my neighbors didn't find it cute

 

[Aphrael]

hi good morning nice to see you again today

Good morning!

errrr afternoon...

 

[misfitmorgan]

Wow this is a quick thread 24hrs and i am 10 pages behind.

Hope everyones eggs are doing well!!! Mine seem just fine but they have only been in there for like 42hrs atm lol. i keep walking by and looking in the incubator windows and the OH is like "You do realize your not going to see anything different then then when you put them in there right?"

i tell him i am checking the thermometer and hygrometer i have in there lol 5 more days and i get to candle the chicken eggs.

 

[Aphrael]

Wow this is a quick thread 24hrs and i am 10 pages behind.

Hope everyones eggs are doing well!!! Mine seem just fine but they have only been in there for like 42hrs atm lol. i keep walking by and looking in the incubator windows and the OH is like "You do realize your not going to see anything different then then when you put them in there right?"

i tell him i am checking the thermometer and hygrometer i have in there lol 5 more days and i get to candle the chicken eggs.

That's excuse I use!

 

[misfitmorgan]

That's excuse I use!

It is a good excuse but somehow i dont think he believes me

...not even a little

 

[Canadianislupus]

whew only took all morning to get caught up haha I candled a couple of the eggs while they where in the trays still last night. I don't wanna risk hurting the embryos by picking them up till day 7...but I couldn't wait

I just had to take a peek. The eggs from my RSL ladies are too dark to see into without picking them up but the air cells are looking nice on the couple I tried. The blue/green eggs are much clearer and I could easily see the veins and little embryos...soooo cute

Somehow I'm even more eggcited now!!

 

[jbenson]

Distraction time: Go vote in the Most Handsome Rooster contest that ends at midnight tomorrow.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...st-handsome-rooster-ends-12-17-14-at-midnight

My handsome Fog is a semi-finalist!

 

[Dish chickens]

Wait, they're supposed to be stored big end down??? I thought the big end was supposed to be up!!! Well, there goes my hatch rate.

You kill me, I needed that

 

[Canadianislupus]

Distraction time: Go vote in the Most Handsome Rooster contest that ends at midnight tomorrow.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...st-handsome-rooster-ends-12-17-14-at-midnight

My handsome Fog is a semi-finalist!

Good idea haha My Chester is a finalist too!

 

[Aphrael]

It is a good excuse but somehow i dont think he believes me

...not even a little

whew only took all morning to get caught up haha I candled a couple of the eggs while they where in the trays still last night. I don't wanna risk hurting the embryos by picking them up till day 7...but I couldn't wait

I just had to take a peek. The eggs from my RSL ladies are too dark to see into without picking them up but the air cells are looking nice on the couple I tried. The blue/green eggs are much clearer and I could easily see the veins and little embryos...soooo cute

Somehow I'm even more eggcited now!!

Your blue/green eggs are EASIER to see into? My blue, green and olive eggs are a nightmare to see anything in!! Most times I can just see the air cell and can tell if something is growing inside or not and that is it.