BYC's 2026 Valentine's Day Hatch-Along

[gimmie birdies]

I think I will wait till Easter, unless some one else says different. I only want to hatch from my birds if I can.

 

[Slothinc]

I think I will wait till Easter, unless some one else says different. I only want to hatch from my birds if I can.

I have heard that the bullseye degrades after you incubate. So I am not sure if those could have been fertilized eggs or not! I think development doesn’t start until the eggs have been warmed for 24 hours. So if they were 1.5 days old, it might only be 12 hours worth of development and I am not sure what that looks like

 

[redinator]

I have heard that the bullseye degrades after you incubate. So I am not sure if those could have been fertilized eggs or not! I think development doesn’t start until the eggs have been warmed for 24 hours. So if they were 1.5 days old, it might only be 12 hours worth of development and I am not sure what that looks like

This seems like an interesting project . . . I'm just not sure how you'd go about getting the data . .

 

[Debbie292d]

I opened test eggs before the set date. All were clear but below are LO. I don't see bullseye so much, but the top one is dark where the white dot should be,
View attachment 4287366the second you can see the white dot abd a tiny red line under...these were 1.5 days in.View attachment 4287367
Feed back?

If they didn't progress beyond being just a yoke, I'd go with they were infertile, as it doesn't appear anything happened.

Oh, wait, before the set date? Well, I don't see any bullseyes on these. They look like some of mine right now lol. When I set, there'll be probably 5 dozen, and I'll hope that half are good as some may have froze too.

 

[gimmie birdies]

This was why I set them. Same egg.

 

[redinator]

My Cream Legbar eggs finally shipped

 

[Debbie292d]

This was why I set them. Same egg.
View attachment 4287493

That sure looks fertile to me!

 

[Slothinc]

I did another quick candle last night and have 12 “for sure” growing. I will do a final one tonight and discard the clears and then add some more eggs (hopefully from the fertilized moms) and then just see what we end up with.

 

[redinator]

This was why I set them. Same egg.
View attachment 4287493

That would get me to pull out the incubator . . .

 

[redinator]

Day 13 - Notes for myself:
6 of 6 BO's developing on Day 10
3 of 5 LA's developing on Day 10; 2 were obviously clear and tossed
2 of 4 BTRs developing on Day 11; 2 were questionable but kept
2 of 5 CPs developing on Day 11; 1 cracked and clear; 2 were questionable but kept

14+ Cream legbar eggs due to arrive Jan 27th, 4 days.