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

[ronott1]

Increased humidity to 65% and set my eggs in modified cardboard egg cartons. My eggs were shipped from CastleRock, Colorado & North Carolina so I have saddle shaped & detached crazy looking aircells. A few are rocking! R-com says 60-70%? Seventeen going into lockdown, the last Bielefelder egg didn't make it. Hope I get to see them hatch out.

Good luck!

I am so sorry it's taken me so long .....I was working late last night. I usually hatch shipped eggs...and their air cells can be kind of wonky due to being rattled during the shipping process. So they can take on a saddle shape. Sometimes when the air cell moves to too much and looks jiggly by day 18 I use a carton to keep the air cell up so the chick know where to position itsself. Let me know if I can help you out anymore!!!!

Great help!

 

[venymae]

My egg cheeped!!! Think I might get an early bird from my porous egg.

 

[shahtir101]

My egg cheeped!!! Think I might get an early bird from my porous egg.

Yes! That is funny because I got an early hatche from a pourous egg. Is that normal?

 

[gimmie birdies]

I had to go to Spokane for a couple days emergency, and I thought I lost all my eggs, because my house got cold, but I hatched one. the eggs due later next month are still going strong.

 

[LocalYokel]

Ok back from work and down from attic unit has been leveled and water seems to be going to condensate lines correctly now. Sometimes things happen for a reason. While in attic I noticed the smell of a gas leak. Small but still a leak so back to the barn grab more tools and crawl back into attic. I'm getting to old for this. Cleaned the filters while I was there as well.
How's the cows doing?

Well the three teat cow is giving over 2 gallons each milking.
Not bad for 3 teats.

 

[LocalYokel]

Locking down my 5 HAL Serama eggs in the mind reader bator!

I also have 8 others developing in the R-com due Jan. 9th.

:yiipchick

Good luck!
I want to see the mind reader

 

[LocalYokel]

I think that was only my 2nd dropped developing, so not too bad... just suckz cuz it was the most spot on looking one...

Besides, that still wasn't as bad as yesterday... lost an entire bantam coop and our Sulmtaler coop was blown over... :/

I'm sorry
If I lost my birds I'd be heartbroken

 

[RubyNala97]

I can't believe everyone is already having pips and zips and chicks!! Very, very exciting!! I'm sorry I have not been on much. I didn't realize how hard it would be to do a hatch along this time of year. With kids home, holidays, family visiting. It's been nuts! But things are slowing down, just in time for hatch!! My eggs have drawn down, I might get an internal pip tonight or even an external one. Should definitely have pips by morning! I locked down 8 out of 13 eggs! Some are pullet eggs, so . These are my first eggs from my backyard that I'm hatching myself!

 

[daxigait]

I have two little quail!!!

yeah! Let's see if this works :yiipchick
Though I like yours better I don't know how to get it.

 

[Pensmaster]

Well the three teat cow is giving over 2 gallons each milking.
Not bad for 3 teats.

Heck a good