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

[chick-among-us]

Caption That Photo Contest WEEK ONE CONTEST

here is one for us!

 

[1muttsfan]

Who would want to destroy these

And looking at the hatching calender, if you count Backwards from April 7th (counting that as day 21), then day 1 would be Sunday March 18th - not that I am that great at math. I can count to 21 though (all my fingers and toes plus one, right?)

 

[crazypetlady]

I'm hatching SCG NN EE's and I put 11/12 in lockdown as of right now I have 3 non-NN 2 NN and 4 pips/zips Go Nekkid Necks!! Pictures to follow.

 

[dsqard]

Good morning all! I was able to sleep past 5am this morning and it felt soooooo good. Have spent the last couple of hours catching up. Had to inturrupt my reading to let the horses out. The three year old was trying to beat down the barn. Apparently I was not getting out there fast enough to give them breakfast. When I went out the chickens thought they were going out too. Nope not yet. Not light enough. I have lost some to coyotes if I let them out before it is bright enough. I know they could get snatched even during the day, but it seems to happen only when it is not light enough. Kathy and Laree your egg art is amazing

Updated cliff notes:
Bucka here are your cliff notes through this afternoon:
Cliff notes version for those who can't keep up.
Waiting and chatter
Waiting and chatter
Waiting and chatter
Waiting, some boo boo's and chatter
Eggs being sent all over the place
Panic by those waiting for eggs
Set day, more panic by people waiting for eggs, panic by people CHECKING TEMPS WAYYYYYY TOO SOON (ahem, to Mahonri)
Contests starting to kick off
More panic by people about temps and humidity
PM's to Laree to fix mistakes
Back to waiting and chatter
Chick-among-us wrestles hawk barehanded!
Insomnia, emu pair, undies
Motherhood, horses, butt-shelf (AKA Great Derriere Reef), what day are we on?

 

[ambrosia]

Good morning all! Looks as though a person cannot walk away from the computer without having a TON of catching up to do! Loving all the contest entries... everyone is so talented and inventive

 

[rebelINny]

OMG ya'll talk too much!

I spend too much time reading posts. Now its time to go turn eggs, check baby chicks and rabbits. CYAAAAAAAAA!

 

[catdaddyfro]

Who would want to destroy these

And looking at the hatching calender, if you count Backwards from April 7th (counting that as day 21), then day 1 would be Sunday March 18th - not that I am that great at math. I can count to 21 though (all my fingers and toes plus one, right?)

Yeah all my fingers, toes, and tail is how I add it up. LOL
When you set eggs, always mark down the time when set (day 0) then at exactly 24hrs later is day 1 and count from there 21 days and that's the supposedly hatch day for chicks if everything goes as planned. March 18 (Sunday) this year to April 8 ( Easter Sunday) is 21 days or 3 weeks, exactly.

Jeff

 

[karimw]

Looks just like mine!! Yuck.



Shouldn't it be The Great Derriere Reef??

just added two more eggs to my bunch!!
I rescued two dove eggs from getting smashed by destructive people

Ooh, that should be interesting. Get ready to be a Dove mama and hand feed them, I don't think they pop ready to go like chicks do. Got any pictures?

Wow, interesting, will be watching how that works out. So you have the temp at the temp you bator suggests..and just let them sit for a few days, then transfer some? I'm thinking that a few days with no turning makes sense to me. Even having the temp a little lower than the 99.5 for the air, and lower than the 101 for the still. Like I said, will be waiting for results!

I think it did work! Last night I pulled off the top layer and moved them into the other 1588. I pulled 4 clear Iowa Blues, 3 from one hen who obviously does NOT appreciate a gentleman rooster

ALL 24 of NotAFarm's Icelandics are developing

That leaves me with 70 in bator #2 to hand turn.

I didn't pull any of the shipped eggs remaining in bator #1, but out of Kathyinmo's 22 Icelandics eggs set, 15 have completely recovered their air cells! The other 7 have nothing going on or hints of a blood ring. The box these came in was dented with two eggs broken so I know they were abused on the trip here. It's a little too early to tell much on the Wellies and BCMs but they look promising

These are still in egg cartons so this morning I set up one side of the bator about 2 1/2 inches and will turn them in this fashion.

Caption That Photo Contest WEEK ONE CONTEST

here is one for us!

Cute!

 

[ambrosia]

X marks my spot... I have to get something done other than sit and enjoy the Hatch-a-long thread today....

 

[hennypenny99]

Well I candled this morning.

My shipped eggs aren't doing well at all. Ordered 42 silkie eggs and set 34 because there were some broken ones. After I candled today there were two more cracked and one of the cracked ones was clear and then I dropped it on my toe! Yuck! So now i have 33 set and one that is cracked. Of the 33 that are still in there only 5 have for sure development in them. I can see the veins and they look good. I have several clears, one that has a bubble in it that moves when I move the egg - ruptured air cell? and then I have several that I am not sure about because they arent clear and they do have maybe one big vein in there? I tried to get pics but my camera wasn't cooperating.

I also have in there my hens eggs and OMG they are developing. Which means they will be Chicken/Guinea cross! I didnt think my guineas were breeding them. Plus I have my father in law's blue bantam cochin eggs in there too. Total I still have 42 eggs in the turner 7 blue cochin, 2 chicken/guinea, and 33 silkie eggs.

My duck eggs are muscovies and will hatch a couple weeks after the chicks so I didnt include them in the easter hatch but I am so excited I hahve to tell yall what they are doing. I don't have a turner in there and I am turning them by hand but..... they are developing! I know day 5 is a little early to candle muscovy ducks because they take 35 days but i had to take a peek and I can see the spider.. That's what I call it anyways, the red dot with a few veins coming off of it. Yay!