April 2020 Hatch-A-Long! All are welcome!

[jmathe]

Good Morning! I have been reading along all month but now I have a question. We are on Day22. I don't even have a pip : (. We candled on Day 15 and took out the nonfertile eggs. I candled a few yesterday and they definitely are fuller eggs. The brown shells makes things so difficult to make out. What is the latest hatch you've ever had? I don't want to throw the babies out with the bathwater.

 

[beth1004]

Alright, I haven’t been able to post much for this hatch. Today is day 21 under my broody. Overnight the 3 ee eggs hatched, pics to follow. I have 1 silkie egg that has started to zip. If it doesn’t hatch soon, should I put some coconut oil on it to prevent shrink wrapping. One other egg has pipped and the last 2 nothing is visible yet.

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

I woke up to two chicks! All other eggs are pipped.

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

Chick #3 is out! I can't wait for them to dry so I can see what they are. It's so hard to tell when they're wet and I'm still not familiar with the breed. If I had to guess I'd say 1 roo and 2 pullets.

 

[Taylorenee]

BABIESSS

 

[Miniru]

Help needed
We are on day 24. Two chicks hatched late day 22 early day 23..I have one that pipped early day 23 but hadn't progressed so began helping. Here is the photo. Is it ok? Is there anymore I can do? Also I have one that hasn't pipped but I can hear cheeping inside?? What should I do??

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

My list of keepers just keep growing I need to thin my other grow outs a bit to make room. Always a bitter sweet part of the process. They're only 9 weeks but I'm attached already. At least I'm done hatching so I can start crunching the numbers and figure out next year's layers. I do this based on egg color. So I have as colorful an egg basket as possible.

Current birds:
3 laying hens
9-9 week old pullets
2-9 week old roos
3-2 week old Silkies
2-2 week old Showgirl
6- 1 week old ducklings
5 (likely 6)- just hatched Legbars

Good thing chicks are so popular right now. Maybe I'll sell some instead of giving them away like I usually do.

A pic of my February hatch a long chicks helping in the garden.

 

[Luckyleaf]

My day-old chicks seem to constantly be fighting each other. Pecking at each other's faces and legs. Is this because there are only two of them? Not sure what to do...

 

[eastereggerlady]

Little baby hatched out of a speckled brown egg this morning

 

[FortCluck]

Good Morning! I have been reading along all month but now I have a question. We are on Day22. I don't even have a pip : (. We candled on Day 15 and took out the nonfertile eggs. I candled a few yesterday and they definitely are fuller eggs. The brown shells makes things so difficult to make out. What is the latest hatch you've ever had? I don't want to throw the babies out with the bathwater.

Did you candle them to see if you actually saw a movement?

I usually don't wait any longer than 48 hours after day 21. Then I start doing egg topsies.