BYC's 16th Annual New Year's Day Hatch-Along—2025

[ronott1]

It's that time again! Every year, members from all over the world set eggs with the goal of hatching out hundreds of cute little chicks on New Year's Day. If you are new to hatching, this is an excellent opportunity to receive a lot of help, tips, and advice. Join in the fun at BYC's 16th Annual New Year's Day Hatch-Along in 2025!

Set Chicken eggs on Saturday, December 11th at Noon (whatever time zone you are in). Other poultry will be sooner or later depending on incubation time. Other poultry set dates are listed in the spoiler below & the picture above:

Spoiler: Set Dates - Click to Open

Type of Egg	Days to Hatch	Set Dates
Emu	49 - 55	November 7th - 13th
Muscovy duck	35	November 27th
Goose	28 - 32	November 30th - 4th
Pheasant	22 - 29	December 3rd - 10
Mallard (derived) duck, goose,	28	December 4th
Turkey, Guinea, Peafowl	28	December 4th
Call duck and other bantam ducks	26	December 6th
Bobwhite quail	23	December 9th
Chickens	21	December 11th
Seramas other small bantams	19 - 21	December 11th - 13th
Pigeons	17 - 19	December 13th - 15th
Coturnix quail	18	December 14th
Doves	14 - 16	December 16th - 18th
Button quail	16	December 16th

To join the hatch-along, simply post in this thread that you wish to enter, and we will add you! Set dates for each type of domestic fowl are listed above in the spoiler.

This is our main chat thread for the hatch-along, where you can find anything from new friends and awesome incubation help, to the most detailed educational discussions possible, and how could we forget the laughter and fun!

This post of the hatch-along will be updated as we move along with all the important information you will need, but if you find yourself with a question, just post it on the thread, everyone is helpful!

If you end up not setting any eggs, please let us know! It makes it easier for our record-keeping and we don't have to try to track you down!

Places to find hatching eggs:​

• Chicken Hatching Eggs
• The NEW Crazy 24hr AUCTION thread
• Just In Time Hatching Egg AUCTION and BIN Thread

Incubation, Hatching, & Baby Chick Forums​

• Incubating & Hatching Eggs
• Raising Baby Chicks

Educational hatching articles:​

• The Beginner's Guide to Incubation
• Incubation Humidity
• Development of a Chicken Embryo Day by Day
• Candling Pics Progression Through Incubation Of Chicken Eggs
• Incubating And Hatching Muscovy Eggs
• Egg failure to hatch - Diagnosing incubation problems
• Guide to Assisted Hatching for All Poultry
• How To Incubate Hatch Eggs Using The Dry Incubation Method
• Fixing Curled Toes With Tape - Picture Tutorial and Video

New Year's Day Hatch-Along Contests are listed in post #2​

All of the contests are held in separate threads. To enter each contest, you must visit each contest thread, read the rules, and enter the contest. Check back here often, as we will be adding more contests!

 

[ronott1]

Contests coming soon!

 

[ronott1]

I hope everyone had a nice Thanks Giving!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Definitely can't hatch anything here, but looking forward to seeing those that can hatch.

 

[Themellowyellows]

Cant wait to see peoples hatches!

 

[ronott1]

It will be fun to see the new babies!

 

[generaldsherman]

I'll watch. Too many weird laws on chickens in my new hometown. I'm trying to get my brother-in-law to hatch some for new years, but I'd have to track down some eggs to send him. Nobody here has any for sale on the forums that I've seen so far

 

[ronott1]

I'll watch. Too many weird laws on chickens in my new hometown. I'm trying to get my brother-in-law to hatch some for new years, but I'd have to track down some eggs to send him. Nobody here has any for sale on the forums that I've seen so far

I hope you get the laws sorted out! In my Area, each city has different ordinances.

 

[Debbie292d]

This is about a month too early for me. I wouldn't be able to peddle the chicks for about 6-8 weeks when spring is closer. But it'll be cool to see everyone else's!

 

[Slothinc]

This is about a month too early for me. I wouldn't be able to peddle the chicks for about 6-8 weeks when spring is closer. But it'll be cool to see everyone else's!

Debbie, you could hatch some to raise up and have coop ready pullets right when people start wanting chickens for spring Really though, I just want to have more people hatching in the winter with me because I don’t want to be the only crazy person