BYC's 2026 Valentine's Day Hatch-Along

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Day 5 candling:

Only 2 of 18 eggs were obviously developing. The 2 with obvious development are my BYM bantam eggs. It's still early though so I'm not giving up hope. I'll candle again on day 7, and possibly 10 as well, before I decide if they're duds or not. I will set aside some eggs from my flock to add to the incubator if need be so I don't end up with too few chicks.

I also contacted the seller of the Cream Legbar eggs when they arrived chilled. They said to let them know how things go on day 10 and they'll send a new set for just the cost of shipping if need be.

 

[Slothinc]

Day 5 candling:

Only 2 of 18 eggs were obviously developing. The 2 with obvious development are my BYM bantam eggs. It's still early though so I'm not giving up hope. I'll candle again on day 7, and possibly 10 as well, before I decide if they're duds or not. I will set aside some eggs from my flock to add to the incubator if need be so I don't end up with too few chicks.

I also contacted the seller of the Cream Legbar eggs when they arrived chilled. They said to let them know how things go on day 10 and they'll send a new set for just the cost of shipping if need be.

I don’t want to be a negative person, but I think those eggs are not developing However, what an awesome breeder, who is willing to replace if they still have no growth at day 10. That is excellent! CCL are so cute, I really want to see some development in the next batch!

 

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I don’t want to be a negative person, but I think those eggs are not developing However, what an awesome breeder, who is willing to replace if they still have no growth at day 10. That is excellent! CCL are so cute, I really want to see some development in the next batch!

I'm thinking the same thing, especially since I saw obvious development in two of my bantam eggs. I'll still candle tomorrow and see if there's anything going on. It could be that the shell is a bit darker making the thin veins hard to see this early.

CCls were the ones I wanted to get from the start last spring, but I waited too long and they were sold out everywhere. That's why I jumped on these when I saw they were available even though I knew the weather was a problem.

 

[Debbie292d]

Day 5 candling:

Only 2 of 18 eggs were obviously developing. The 2 with obvious development are my BYM bantam eggs. It's still early though so I'm not giving up hope. I'll candle again on day 7, and possibly 10 as well, before I decide if they're duds or not. I will set aside some eggs from my flock to add to the incubator if need be so I don't end up with too few chicks.

I also contacted the seller of the Cream Legbar eggs when they arrived chilled. They said to let them know how things go on day 10 and they'll send a new set for just the cost of shipping if need be.

I saw a few hopefuls in there. Day 5 I've done a few times and it's just so much easier if we'd be more patient and wait until Day 7 lol.

 

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I saw a few hopefuls in there. Day 5 I've done a few times and it's just so much easier if we'd be more patient and wait until Day 7 lol.

I was surprised to see the blastoderm with the veins just starting to branch out on 2 of the bantam eggs . . .that's the earliest I've seen development it was pretty cool to see

 

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Day 7 Candling Set 1; 2 bantam eggs and 6 CCLs

1 Bantam egg shows obvious signs of development, the other is questionable

2 CCLs were obviously clear; the other 4 are questionable

I didn't re-candle the 2 developing bantam eggs, but I will re-candle them on day 10

My dad has an appointment later today so I'll be re-candling the other 8 CCLs after that.

 

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The nice thing during cold weather is it's easier to tell which eggs were recently laid. . .

These 6 eggs were still warm to the touch, you can't get any fresher than that . . . unless you stood there with a catcher's mitt

They will be going in the incubator if I lose too many of the CCLs when I candle the next set of 8. I have them if I need them, but I'm hoping I don't.