BYC's 2026 Valentine's Day Hatch-Along

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My replacement Cream Legbar eggs are on the way, UPS 2nd Day Air . . . those bantam eggs need to hatch SOON!

 

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Today is officially day 21 for the 4 bantam eggs. No pips, no wiggles, no peeps . I'm starting to think the movement I saw on day 18 was from shadows when I was moving the light around to get a better angle. The replacement CCLs arrive tomorrow so I'll give them until then.

 

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I wasn't delusional! Two are piping

 

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Day 10 Large eggs from my own flock

Lots of wiggles, 1 quitter, 1 questionable, 1 with a slight crack

 

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I'm also dying to candle that double yolker in the next batch of eggs. They're only at day 5 though and the darker eggs will be hard to see anything this early . . .so I'm waiting until Friday day 7. . . very impatiently lol

 

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I'm also dying to candle that double yolker in the next batch of eggs. They're only at day 5 though and the darker eggs will be hard to see anything this early . . .so I'm waiting until Friday day 7. . . very impatiently lol

Lol I never wait anymore. But instead of pulling them out, I just take the top off my incubator, use a tiny, strong flashlight, and candle them right where they sit. This lets me candle them on day 3 without moving them, and pretty reliably I can see which ones are developing. I usually give them until day 4 or 5 until removing the clears - occasionally I have one that I couldn’t tell on day 3, but I can see it by day 4 or 5!

 

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Lol I never wait anymore. But instead of pulling them out, I just take the top off my incubator, use a tiny, strong flashlight, and candle them right where they sit. This lets me candle them on day 3 without moving them, and pretty reliably I can see which ones are developing. I usually give them until day 4 or 5 until removing the clears - occasionally I have one that I couldn’t tell on day 3, but I can see it by day 4 or 5!

My bedroom isn't dark enough most of the day so I have to take them to the bathroom when I candle.

 

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My bedroom isn't dark enough most of the day so I have to take them to the bathroom when I candle.

Oh gotcha. I only candle at night so it is dark enough that I can see okay.