February/Valentine's Day Hatch A Long 2021!

[The Cave]

OMG i was just happy to have 8! EIGHT! pips early today...DAY 20, after not being able to see much thru shells.

Hatch is scheduled LOL for tomorrow...
but 6 lil darlins are already out!
2 surprise dark chicks popped out of shells suddenly when we were watching 2 blonde Basque Chicks vamp all over the Incubator with Bobo, a Cream Legbar girl. All 6 are Peepin n sleepin tonight.

Lord knows what will happen tomorrow. I thought 11 possibly viable after shipping and survivin an unknown 'bator, wildly mismatched temp/humidity gagues, and my rookiedom.
6/8 are out - of Pippers so far. 1 for sure is female.

One Blue Marans has a good pip for air but has not been able to bust out yet. A BCM is motionless next to her. Same with a Gold Deathlayer who was first to pip. I meant her to live among us for a long time. So still for hours today, the others may help in all their activity. IDK. It was a lot for not being hatch day yet!

Dont forget fluffy photos for us, baby photos are the best!

 

[PDXJULES]

If ther

Me!! I have some on day 4 that are due to hatch around the 20th. My goal for this hatch was to fill up the space in my bantam coop, as I only have 2 seramas and a silkie currently... I feel like they get cold and my serama roo could definitely use more ladies his own size... as well as deflecting attention off my only serama pullet

In my incubator I have 15 assorted bantam eggs that I ordered from Meyer as well as 6 of my own serama eggs. AND my serama pullet happened to go broody the same day I set the eggs, so I went ahead and gave her back 4 that were in the incubator and she added 2 on top of that. I had a really bad experience with my first shipped egg hatch (from a diff person.. 2/9 hatched) so I set more eggs that I would need. I’m slightly worried that (fingers crossed most hatch) I’ll have too many chicks, though there are people around who would probably take some. I don’t know what breeds the Meyer eggs are, specifically, but I do know there are a few bantam EE.. I’m excited to see what comes out!
good luck to everyone

if there are are codes - and egg colors visible - a breed code list is on the Meyer website. Shell colors can really help!

 

[PDXJULES]

Dont forget fluffy photos for us, baby photos are the best!

Dont forget fluffy photos for us, baby photos are the best!

I'll try to get pics and vids on my First Hatch thread in the Incubating section. The one we ae on now is an old thread - and most
Hatch Along folks will stick to the 2021 February thread now - I'm summary updating .there an posting more detain in my own thread - still under that forum topic.

 

[allebasi4]

If ther

if there are are codes - and egg colors visible - a breed code list is on the Meyer website. Shell colors can really help!

Unfortunately they all have the same stamp! I was expecting maybe a list of what they included since all the stamps say “EGBAS” but they didn’t. I did find a post from them with the different possible chicks and what they look like.
they’re all pretty much cream/white except for the 3 blue Easter eggers. Here’s a pic of when they came!

 

[gimmie birdies]

I am 4 days off from Valentine's day.

 

[JoJoM]

All 6 of my lockdowns hatched! I still have two in there fluffing up. They’re both yellow or gold. I know I shouldn’t have but I did take the others out as they fluffed. It was my first time so next time I think I’ll be able to be more patient. They are possibly Cochin, Australorp, Buff Orpington chicks. The farm I got them also had EE’s running around. They’re cute, they hatched, I’m very happy!! Thanks for the advice and support.

 

[Trisseh]

Well I was hoping to be a little closer to Sunday on these last eggs but they had other ideas! 2 out already, 1 pipped and should be out by tomorrow, and that’s a wrap on this batch! Then a brief hiatus until April when my shipped eggs arrive.

 

[Rysktal]

First pip!

 

[gimmie birdies]

I have a list some where of Meyers eggs.

 

[Rysktal]

First pip!
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I realized they have pipped in the wrong end!