7th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2016 Hatch-A-Long

[ronott1]

That's fine, so long as the ones that were set on time still count

Yes, they count.

Make sure you space the hatch dates though. It is rough when they are too close together. A week apart works for me.

 

[Ravynscroft]

I candled (yeah, a big surprise. I know!) and one I saw veining and movement. The second I finally saw veins and the third I made out movement.
Those duck eggs... I want to set them so I can have ducklings sooner, but I MUST wait a few more days to get more. I just hope that the fertile one wasn't the only fertile! Doesn't make sense, but neither does the lack of fertility in the ten I had set.

Same thing happened to me with my first large set of Call eggs... and half of the second set... this time of year the boys are not as active sometimes... but bet you're good now... once mine turned up fertile, I've gotten 3 sets going from them, lol...

 

[ronott1]

I candled tonight...I was bad....I did find a seeping egg. It was one of the Whole Foods fertile eggs. It is out of there!

There are a lot of eggs with veins so far too. I am very impressed with the fertility once again this year.

 

[Cynthia12]

I am sorry to hear that Cuz!

Are you setting more?

Wait! What? Cuz?

 

[Cynthia12]

EVERY SINGLE EGG IS GROWING!!!!!!!!

. 4 AC and 2 AC hybrids!!!!

So happy for you!

 

[Cynthia12]

Can I still join? I set the eggs on the 11th like everyone else.

 

[Cynthia12]

I candled tonight...I was bad....I did find a seeping egg. It was one of the Whole Foods fertile eggs. It is out of there!

There are a lot of eggs with veins so far too. I am very impressed with the fertility once again this year.

Good thing you candled. I have already candled, and had to toss quite a few clears, and a blood ring. Down to 8, started with 18. She told me she was bringing more than I asked for .. just in case. She wasn't sure if they were all fertile. They weren't. That's ok, now if these will just stay going.

Man, I need to have a family member bring me some eggs from up north. There are a couple of our kids that live up by a Trader Joe's. I need some!

 

[Cynthia12]

Had to get photos of my Golden in the snow, framed the one where she is looking back at me.
This is my third Golden,and they all loved putting their noses into the snow.

I love this girl! Missy.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

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I agree completely about the blue eggs and yes, it has to be nicely developed to see things. I don't think I'll candle after 7 days because I can't tell anything anyway. Two blue eggs were much easier to see into.

It was nice.

 

[Cynthia12]

Yes, some of those darker blue eggs are hard to see into, just like the OE's and Marans. I usually can see at the bottom though, once they fill up with a chick, you can find one little spot of clear, watch it, and see if you see movement. If it is still questionable..don't toss it! I thought for sure that one of my OE eggs was a no go. I could see this dark dark area along a part of the bottom, thought it might be a blood spot. I just couldn't toss it though, because I couldn't be sure. Well, that egg was the second one to hatch! Nice big pretty blue girl.