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

[juliasflock]

I’ve been trying to keep busy, but for some reason this lockdown is moving slower than molasses on a cold day. I’m halfway through day 19. Last hatch I had a chick peeping and had my first external pip right around this time.

However, this hatch I rotated the eggs each day to a different spot in the incubator, so I’m assuming my early egg last hatch was due to a warm spot and not moving them around.

 

[BluebirdHomestead]

Gah! Stopped getting notifications and got way behind again! Hope everyone has been having awesome hatches.
I have 2 incuviews full of eggs right now. Due on the 27th and 28th. Set almost 30 of my own eggs and only had 3 clears. Pretty excited by that. Can’t wait for the first babies from my flock.
Got 18 eggs in exchange for 3 Marans cockerels from my March hatch from a breeder friend. A few are either Cream Legbars or Cream Legbars x Isbar. We will find out at hatch on those. Also got 4 eggs that are a hybrid that lays pink eggs. I have one of the hens and her eggs make me gasp every time so I’m super excited about those. Also a couple BBS Marans and BBS Ameraucanas.
On another note, kinda hating my incuviews right now. I can not get the temp down no matter how low I adjust the settings to. It’s hovering around 99.9 on my trusted thermometers and I have the darn incuviews set to 96.5° so I’m a little annoyed by that.

@CluckNDoodle @FortCluck Remember Flip from my march hatch? The chick that was stuck on its back? Look how big “she” is!! Comb says pullet but still not sure.

 

[FortCluck]

Gah! Stopped getting notifications and got way behind again! Hope everyone has been having awesome hatches.
I have 2 incuviews full of eggs right now. Due on the 27th and 28th. Set almost 30 of my own eggs and only had 3 clears. Pretty excited by that. Can’t wait for the first babies from my flock.
Got 18 eggs in exchange for 3 Marans cockerels from my March hatch from a breeder friend. A few are either Cream Legbars or Cream Legbars x Isbar. We will find out at hatch on those. Also got 4 eggs that are a hybrid that lays pink eggs. I have one of the hens and her eggs make me gasp every time so I’m super excited about those. Also a couple BBS Marans and BBS Ameraucanas.
On another note, kinda hating my incuviews right now. I can not get the temp down no matter how low I adjust the settings to. It’s hovering around 99.9 on my trusted thermometers and I have the darn incuviews set to 96.5° so I’m a little annoyed by that.

@CluckNDoodle @FortCluck Remember Flip from my march hatch? The chick that was stuck on its back? Look how big “she” is!! Comb says pullet but still not sure. View attachment 2088609View attachment 2088610

Eeeekkk love her!!!

 

[LulusLayers]

As far as them gaining weight that seems very odd to me. I haven't made a habit of weighing my eggs but when I did they all steadily lost weight. Could you have written down the wrong initial weight or something off on your scale? I know you can change the weight measurements on my scale, maybe you accidentally bumped that and it's actually on a different unit of measurement?

I am going to check again on Friday (day 14), I figured there had to be an error somewhere.

 

[LulusLayers]

Are any of your thermometers calibrated? You may want to calibrate a meat thermometer to check against any digital ones before relying on the others just to be sure.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...incubator-thermometers-and-hygrometers.73634/

I used 2 meat thermometers and one mechanic's diagnostic tool (idk what the actual name of it is, but it has a million probes).

 

[ASteelman]

Another cute pic for y'all. I'm so excited to have a splash ameraucana.

 

[BuckeyeFoodie]

Hi! I'm popping in over here because I have 11 eggs (Ayam Cemani, big Cochin, and the first Silkie eggs from my grey pen this year) that went into lockdown last the last night. I'll probably link a hatch-cam on Weds, or at the first external pip, whichever comes first!

I also have a second April clutch going - 2 AC, 1 Cochin, 2 Phoenix-cross, and 10 Silkie that have all made it past day 5, due to hatch the 29th.

Oh, and if anyone out there knows Silkie color genetics better than me, Grey+Splash=????

 

[CindyinSD]

Hello there- I'm late to the party!! I set my 48 eggs on Good Friday evening (April 11). So I think I am on day 2. Am I too late to join? Is there a MAY thread??

Sounds like you might be April or you may be May. Why not join both threads?

 

[CindyinSD]

Gah! Stopped getting notifications and got way behind again! Hope everyone has been having awesome hatches.
I have 2 incuviews full of eggs right now. Due on the 27th and 28th. Set almost 30 of my own eggs and only had 3 clears. Pretty excited by that. Can’t wait for the first babies from my flock.
Got 18 eggs in exchange for 3 Marans cockerels from my March hatch from a breeder friend. A few are either Cream Legbars or Cream Legbars x Isbar. We will find out at hatch on those. Also got 4 eggs that are a hybrid that lays pink eggs. I have one of the hens and her eggs make me gasp every time so I’m super excited about those. Also a couple BBS Marans and BBS Ameraucanas.
On another note, kinda hating my incuviews right now. I can not get the temp down no matter how low I adjust the settings to. It’s hovering around 99.9 on my trusted thermometers and I have the darn incuviews set to 96.5° so I’m a little annoyed by that.

@CluckNDoodle @FortCluck Remember Flip from my march hatch? The chick that was stuck on its back? Look how big “she” is!! Comb says pullet but still not sure. View attachment 2088609View attachment 2088610

Do you have the room temp set correctly? If your room is 70-75° and your incubator is still set at 65-70°, that'll really throw you off.

 

[Minky]

hey guys. I joined both April and May because its April- but I'm due in May

I just checked my eggs, and the last row seems room temp and the top two rows seem very warm, almost hot. Can those styrofoam incubators (mine is a little giant with egg turner and forced air) and yes I double and triple checked the temp, -can they heat unevenly?
I figured it was the lid (because the heater is off-centre on the lid) so I rotated the lid 180 degrees.. man I hope this isn't a bust.....