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

[littlenessie]

Well after an earthquake, power outage, incubator dying and a snow storm....I have a baby Ancona duckling!!!! She looks like she is mostly white right now so I think her name will be Vanilla Bean

The incubator has a blue light so she looks blueish...
Thank you guys for all of your help!! I don't know if she would be here without this site

 

[prizepete]

Well after an earthquake, power outage, incubator dying and a snow storm....I have a baby Ancona duckling!!!! She looks like she is mostly white right now so I think her name will be Vanilla Bean

The incubator has a blue light so she looks blueish...
Thank you guys for all of your help!! I don't know if she would be here without this site

Adorable! congradulations! I LOVE the name vanilla bean!

 

[KYTinpusher]

Well after an earthquake, power outage, incubator dying and a snow storm....I have a baby Ancona duckling!!!! She looks like she is mostly white right now so I think her name will be Vanilla Bean

The incubator has a blue light so she looks blueish...
Thank you guys for all of your help!! I don't know if she would be here without this site

Congratulations!

 

[shahtir101]

Well after an earthquake, power outage, incubator dying and a snow storm....I have a baby Ancona duckling!!!! She looks like she is mostly white right now so I think her name will be Vanilla Bean

The incubator has a blue light so she looks blueish...
Thank you guys for all of your help!! I don't know if she would be here without this site

Yay! Congrats

 

[cree57i]

Can't Ovate, but I agree... KYT is in my top 5 on BYC...

A Isbar pullet 1st egg laid yesterday from KYT eggs hatched in May. Her hatch mate is sitting on the nest right now!!! Pretty green eggs! Walli has done more for this breed in the US than anyone I know of. IMO She deserves Isbar Guru status!

 

[KYTinpusher]

Congratulations! Beautiful egg!

 

[Saris]

Here are some pictures from yesterday! All my surviving eggies.

 

[Pensmaster]

Well after an earthquake, power outage, incubator dying and a snow storm....I have a baby Ancona duckling!!!! She looks like she is mostly white right now so I think her name will be Vanilla Bean

The incubator has a blue light so she looks blueish...
Thank you guys for all of your help!! I don't know if she would be here without this site

Lucky Ducky

 

[ronott1]

A Isbar pullet 1st egg laid yesterday from KYT eggs hatched in May. Her hatch mate is sitting on the nest right now!!! Pretty green eggs! Walli has done more for this breed in the US than anyone I know of. IMO She deserves Isbar Guru status!

Go nominate @KYTinpusher for a badge!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/812597/byc-recognition-awards-educator-friend-spirit-greeter

 

[BullChick]

Awwwwe!   You think of me as your inspiration. A good influence. A mentor.

Absolutely
The room I have the incubator in is occupied by my daughter who is visiting us this weekend or I'd go candle again.
Yes I instructed her to NOT touch the power button.

Kick her out! She left the nest!

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Ok today is day 7 of my chicken eggs out of the 29 set 6 were duds. So my roos are doing there jobs!! But i dont have the candeling pics like u all get. i dont see movement or vein. Just a larger lump in the eggs and not much in the air sac. But its really hard to see through my eggs. There really thick. Think my girls are eating to many oyster shells lol.

Good for the roos!

It is a sign of a healthy flock when the shells are good and hard.

 
I'm curious - how long do people spend looking at an egg while candling?  I've looked for development - but never really spent much time watching for movement or heartbeats...

I candle from the top. The eggs get a quick time of light. If the egg looks iffy, then I will pick it up and have a closer look.

It is hard to spend a lot of time on each egg when you have a lot of eggs set. 

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Excuses, excuses! Candle them all! Candle them well! Candle them often!