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

[blackgoat]

i hope i see veins when i get home...veins can be seen on day 5/6 right?

crossing my fingers for you!

 

[bantambury]

Is it time for another random post contest?

if youd like

 

[LemonMeringue]

I might have more to do with the bloom being washed off of store eggs. Home eggs still hat that coating.

Oh maybe! I will bring that fact to her attention. It did take about maybe half the thickness of the shell off. We should poke at it and get some pictures.

 

[bamadude]

If i dont win something im gonna start a riot in my trailer park

 

[misfitmorgan]

If i dont win something im gonna start a riot in my trailer park

Luckily your trailer park is no where near my house......
i shall watch for you on the news, please wear red so we know it is you.

 

[houdiniduck]

Ok so your Homegrown eggs under a Broody compared to my shipped eggs in a bator. Maybe i should start a thread for it?

I am unfamiliar with the workings of these things. I am a newbie. hahahaha If you think you should make a thread, by all means. This is also my ducks first ever egg laying and brood.

 

[Amberjem]

If i dont win something im gonna start a riot in my trailer park

you've won several good laughs and many a smile

 

[shlac]

Candled and tossed 4 very clear non-starters. Pretty high fertility for this time of year and chilly weather. There were a few I wasn't entirely sure on, but I left them. I always pencil sketch the air sac edge onto the shell so I can be sure they are progressing correctly next time I candle. Anyone else do that?

that leaves 38 eggs in the bator and only 6 chicks spoken for out of this first hatch. . DH is being quite the enabler. He keep telling me to set more eggs. I had to remind him that the turner is full. I told him that to continuous hatch I'd need a dedicated hatcher. Now he wants to make one. Pretty sure that will end up being this weekend's project so I can get it up and running and test how well it holds humidity and temp. If it holds well, I might hatch port of my HAL eggs in there - not all of them though - just in case.

I'm thinking of of taking a a big thick styro cooler like they use to ship fish to pet stores and a 150 watt rough service bulb and some hardware cloth to make the thing. I kinda want to get a dollar store photo frame to make a window in the top cause I just gotta be able to see what is going on during hatching. Pretty sure I can make it for next to free with mostly stuff we already have. Anyone got any good tips who have built one?

I use a 60 watt bulb.

 

[carcar80]

The cool down cycle can be different times each day.

Yep, I did miss replying to your post!

Sweet. Thanks!

 

[darkbluespace]

Hey! That was my wife! Leave her alone, she has a condition!

You all are killing me...