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

[Saris]

I have 4 pips so far. Not much action otherwise.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

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So for fish and livestock. Interesting!

 

[prizepete]

Just checked the eggs before I go to bed...And LOOK...!


Wish he would have waited for the others!
Now I have to move these guys out of the baby brooder.....tomorrow..

that chick looks just like my singleton frizzle did... let me see if I have pics...

 

[prizepete]

 

[Ravynscroft]

Just checked the eggs before I go to bed...And LOOK...! Wish he would have waited for the others! Now I have to move these guys out of the baby brooder.....tomorrow..

Proof that the bator does more than read minds!

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Congratulations to everyone having chickies!

That's awesome!

I went into lockdown (ok...the "no-turning" phase for me) yesterday with 13 eggs for the NYE HAL. Had a few non starters and some quitters. Took one sneaky egg out the evening prior to lockdown when I candled and saw it was a quitter. Here's the eggs tonight...



So far no pips, zips or hatching. But I did hear peeping tonight

when I opened up the bator to turn the blue O eggs (due to hatch Jan 17th)

Exciting to hear the peeping!

And I'm glad that these chicks are alive after my failed Christmas hatch.

I wasn't sure what to expect after the small temp spike. I dropped the temperature ever so slightly a few days ago and opened the large holes in the bator like I had it before. Tonight I took out the dampened paper towels and instead I'm trying 4 plastic pudding cups to my stationary rack for humidity. So far it's holding at 61% humidity and hopefully it's less to maintain and the chicks can't drown if they surprise hatch on me. (I also like the reusable/throwaway aspect of the cups.)

I can add more racks with more cups if needed.

Best of luck to everyone...hope everyone's hatch is great!!!

 

[generaldsherman]

After reading previous posts, I decided to put all the eggs I collected the week before Dec 11th into my homemade incubator, knowing some might not be fertile and some wouldn't make it to hatching day.  I candled on day 15 and 38 of 38 all moving and had same size air cells.  I'm nervous about hatching day, sounds like things can go wrong, but I optimistically hoping for lots of chicks!    

So first hatch, lock down is today, and we are leaving for Westport.  I am taking my incubator with us, nothing like RV ing with 38 eggs and hopefully coming home with chicks. My husband, thinks I may have lost my mind, but he is a sport and going along with my somewhat crazy idea.  

We are traveling a day early, so that I can use that time frame window removing the turner and placing into lock down, its only an hour and a half.  I have an inverter to keep the heat consistent while we drive, and foam for a smooth transit. They won't even know they have been moved.   As soon as we arrive, they will go into lock down, so by late afternoon, during the mean time, just keeping everything as close as it has been, temp and humidity and steady.  Hopefully not a too far fetched plan, but I really want to watch them hatch!  We have a generator if we lose power, and backup "stuff".  I feel like I am packing for childbirth.      

Lock down question, is there a position that you set the egg, or just lay them on their sides?  Do I lay them on "something" towel or just the screen?

I am setting up a 24 hr time-lapse GoPro to capture the hatching, hopefully it will go smoothly and I'll be able to share. If not, next time, I'll stay at home with my eggs.  Wish me luck... oh and again, just lay them on the screen?  

Going to recommend egg cartons inside the bator while traveling. I think that's why I lost so many of mine, they were vwarm but had a few sudden stops and rolled around the bator

 

[Saris]

We have a zipper!

 

[Ravynscroft]

4 Calls externally pipped, 6 more internally pipped... more adorable poop machines are on the way!

 

[Pensmaster]

Dog woke me up. Two chicks pipping and must have spooked her. Marans and one shipped. Going back to bed.