BYC's 2025 Spooktacular Halloween Hatch-Along

[redinator]

If I do all 50 I could do some as a dry hatch and some traditional and see which yields better results. Where's a good thread/article on dry hatching? Anytime I search "dry hatch" i get all results with the words dry and or hatch

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

If I do all 50 I could do some as a dry hatch and some traditional and see which yields better results. Where's a good thread/article on dry hatching? Anytime I search "dry hatch" i get all results with the words dry and or hatch

Do it for science.

 

[redinator]

Should change the name of this site to Chicken Enablers Unite

 

[muddy75]

The real questions how many do I set? I have exactly 50 eggs, lol

 

[redinator]

It's looking that way. I candled them last night to check for cracks and they're all perfect

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I've always found it interesting that people on this site look at an egg, and have to ask themselves "Breakfast, or should I hatch it?"

 

[redinator]

I've always found it interesting that people on this site look at an egg, and have to ask themselves "Breakfast, or should I hatch it?"

I'll never unsee this

 

[Poultrybonkers]

I won’t have enough eggs collected for a Halloween hatch I only have 4 and saving for at least a dozen

 

[redinator]

To join the hatch-along, simply post in this thread that you wish to enter and we will add you!

I'm in!

My hatch may be a bit different than most since I'm putting 5 new incubators through their paces with a few eggs in each.

When I candle on day 10 I'll consolidate the 'keepers' into one incubator, then set a few more in the unoccupied incubators. My goal is 30 viable chicks when all is said and done (I have 52 eggs), but I'll have a bit of a staggered hatch.

This is only my third hatch and my last two didn't yield great results so I'm trying a dry-hatch for the first time. Wish me luck!

All weighed, dated and sorted

I'll also be posting more of the 'data collection' on which incubator is/isn't working properly in my own thread (in the signature) for future use.

 

[redinator]

I won’t have enough eggs collected for a Halloween hatch I only have 4 and saving for at least a dozen

Wanna borrow some, lol