Mahonri's 3rd Annual, BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[dsqard]

Beautiful! I love the speckled (turkey?) egg!

Yes they are Bourbon Red turkey eggs. These are coming from a hen that I hatched last year from lotsapaints. She sent six eggs, and all six hatched. I had to put one hen down because she had hurt her leg and the chickens were just attacking her (I gave her weeks to recover, she never did and as she got worse, so did the chickens) We lost one tom to a coyote. Had one for Thanksgiving and one for Christmas. Saved the pair to hatch some more. They taste WONDERFUL and the hen is probably my most favorite of all the birds out there. I think she is in love with me LOL

 

[CALI CHICK]

I just signed up for the Hatch-A-Long yesterday!

I'm super excited to join everyone. I must confess that I feel like either the luckiest or most blessed person in the world.

1-I'm so thankful for a great husband who must love me a bunch to put up with all my hobbies! I BEGGED for a Cricut machine at Christmas. He gladly bought me one...but, I haven't used it for 3 months. When I asked if I could take it back and get an incubator instead, he said, "Sure, you can do whatever you want!". Up to now I've been using borrowed incubators. I ordered a Circulating Air Hova Bator on Sunday which should get here next week.

In the meantime, I can add more eggs to the still-air bator I'm using until the new one arrives.

2-Also, I found local Blue/Black/Splash Silkie eggs.

I've bought baby silkie chicks from this breeder before, but didn't realize that she sold fertile eggs too. I'm really happy to be able to start my little flock of silkies with such beautiful parent birds. BTW-she has ribbons and awards to prove their quality.

Hoping to get some good genetics.

I can't wait to start this Easter Hatch-A-Long. It is so fun to have hatch buddies....especially some of you more experienced hatchers!

-Cali​

 

[Arielle]

Stacking is a No-No?

THe instructions for my incubator specifically says no stacking. Like everyone else, I throw the instructions out . . . but then I use an LG.

 

[dsqard]

Like everyone else, I throw the instructions out . . . but then I use an LG.

I didn't read the cleaning instructions on my Brinsea real close and submerged it. That one is a no-no. Water gets between the two layers of plastic and gets into the foam they use as insulation on the bottom part (knew better than to submerge the top with the electrical stuff in it) I had to take it apart, clean and dry out the foam and put it all back together. Some rules you gotta follow. BTW, I suspect that the directions probably say no stacking too but I KNOW I didn't read that part.

ETA - everyone talking about tetris stacking of eggs reminded me of daisychick. She was the master at it last year. Just where is that girl?

 

[BHep]

THe instructions for my incubator specifically says no stacking. Like everyone else, I throw the instructions out . . . but then I use an LG.

Stack Away !!!!!!

 

[BHep]

All I have left are Polish eggs..... PM me if interested.

Blue pen and a silver laced pen.


Could probably get out some EEs also. Good chance of naked necks from these.

 

[SunnyDawn]

Just marking my spot

 

[tinychicky]

I'm in! I wasn't even going to join until I realized the 12+ bantam cochin eggs I just won on Ebay will coincide perfectly with the Hatch-Along! Happy hatching, everyone!

 

[BHep]

So what is the new count of hatchers.... over 200 ?

 

[ronott1]

Chestnutridge, -sorry about all the delays with your Basque eggs. Mine are on route, so I'm hoping they don't get side-tracked. I'm also expecting eggs from the west coast, but haven't heard if they shipped (although she said, way back when, that she'd mail them on March 12, so I'm trusting that they are on the way).
Does anyone know if I should be able to view my egg art submissions on the contest page? They're not there, but maybe they aren't supposed to be there.
I'm still confused about the instructions from ronott's vet. Are people going to incubate their shipped eggs for 5 - 7 days without the turner on regardless of how the air cell looks? And if you answered yes to this question, are you putting your own non-shipped eggs in the incubator that has no turner?
Sorry so many questions!

The instructions are for damaged air cells. Candle them to see what kind of shape the air cell is in. Mine that came from Washington did not have air cells in 9 of the 12. The air cells are back now, but a couple of them look like hourglasses instead of nice ovals like they are supposed to look. Oh yes, only 6 of them developed. I am not complaining though.

The Basque eggs will probably be fine. Someone told me it's the low pressure in the cargo plane that hurts the air cell. James ships his eggs in foam cutouts of some type. This is supposed to put counter pressure on the egg not allowing it to expand as much, so the air cell does not get messed up. People often report hatching 11 to 14 out of 15 eggs shipped.

Ok, that's my plan any way....

Ron