February 2023 hatch-a-long

[Kikilu]

My day 11 check in showed everyone looking good but one EE. I’m pegging it as a potential quitter at this point even tho I can hardly see a thing. When I turn it I see some shadowing, no veining so I’m thinking it’s all yolk. Not confident on it tho so will leave longer and see.

For some reason I realllllly want the houdan and it was never a breed I considered. After looking into it I’m quite excited about it.

Houdan egg development in picture

 

[FeatherProfessor]

There's an app for that - its called HatchKeeper, and it was developed by a member here!

Where can we find it?? I just searched the App Store and came up with nothing

 

[coffeeaddict]

Where can we find it?? I just searched the App Store and came up with nothing

I found it here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/hatchkeeper/. I could not find a version for iOS, but there is a mac download at the link.

 

[LhickenChicken]

I found it here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/hatchkeeper/. I could not find a version for iOS, but there is a mac download at the link.

Very helpful! I will probably use it too!

 

[coffeeaddict]

It's wonderful to see how well most of the hatches are doing so far. Some seriously adorable pics.

I candled my day 6 mystery farm eggs and it looked like a hearbeat (throbbing movement). No idea what I was seeing.... but at least there was movement.... Except for the blackhole egg. Can't see a thing on that one.

Main batch eggs go into lockdown on Tuesday. The local eggs look dark - full of chick. Can hardly see anything other than the air cell. Shipped eggs are still alive, but not as "filled" as the local eggs.

 

[junior67]

I am still waiting on my last 2 eggs. This is the latest I have ever had any hatch. One has a pip. I checked to be sure it was still alive and was peeping away. One has no internal or external pip but I swear I still see movement, but starting to lose hope for that one with nothing and I am almost at day 21.5

I think I have only lost 2 total after lockdown in my 4 hatches last year and 2 this year, before this one..... Thinking I may lose 2 this one makes me sad. . But trying to just focus on the 8 that have hatched and 1 pipped.

 

[junior67]

This chick has the coolest coloring. Hard to get a good pic of it but I tried. The one on the right when looking at the pics

 

[Tonyroo]

This chick has the coolest coloring. Hard to get a good pic of it but I tried. The one on the right when looking at the pics

Are you hatching eggs every month? I could've sworn you did hatches in Nov. and Dec.

 

[junior67]

Are you hatching eggs every month? I could've sworn you did hatches in Nov. and Dec.

Lol. I have yes. I am hatching for a guy that lives in my town. He brings me his eggs and I hatch them for him then he picks up the chicks.

March I will be hatching shipped eggs and hopefully some of my own for myself.

 

[junior67]

Pipped egg is finally zipping!!!!