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

[dsqard]

Second chick out and I really think this one is a lav AM. It was in a rush. It zipped in about 15 minutes after being only a pip all day.

 

[ragerkid2]

EVERYONE EVERYONE EVERYONE!!!!!! I have a pip!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm soooosoooosoooosoooosoooosoooooo excited!!!! I have two actually. I'm so happy. I can't get over the fact that it actually worked. I'm so proud!! Oh my goodness. As you can tell this is my first time

 

[Arielle]

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Is this the Eco 20??

I HAVE A CHICK ! ! !

Kathy, what is the lone pale green-white egg near the front of this pic???

Love the pics, everyone! We've had really wonky temps (20s-88*) during this hatchalong, and it's apparently affected all of my incubators. I'll be adding a layer of wood to my FarmGirl NQB8R (I made it) to have a better heat ballast in its body for the next go-round. Fortunately I'll have enough space in other incubators for the turkeys and geese I'm setting Sunday.

I know the cool nights where I couldn't bear to turn the heat back on slowed these eggs down, because all 4 incubators have peeps but not a single pip. Oh, well!

I talked with Yashar today, and he's got an old Sears incubator from the 50s that is several inches thick in all of the walls. I'm totally going to mimic that! I'll put 2 layers of 1x6s on mine to finish it out, because I started w/ 7/8" plywood and insulated internally with foam board, foil and reflective tape. I'd like to be able to retain heat MUCH better, but I'll have to reset all of the heating elements after that, too...it'll slow me down a little bit, but NOTHING can stop me from hatching!!!! Muwhahahahahahaaa!!!!!!!....um, I mean, that's okay.

I've given in to starting the wood stove on a couple nights, just for the LG!! Of course, DH just starts it for himself!

 

[dsqard]

EVERYONE EVERYONE EVERYONE!!!!!! I have a pip!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm soooosoooosoooosoooosoooosoooooo excited!!!! I have two actually. I'm so happy.

I can't get over the fact that it actually worked. I'm so proud!! Oh my goodness. As you can tell this is my first time

Awesomenesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

EVERYONE EVERYONE EVERYONE!!!!!! I have a pip!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm soooosoooosoooosoooosoooosoooooo excited!!!! I have two actually. I'm so happy.

I can't get over the fact that it actually worked. I'm so proud!! Oh my goodness. As you can tell this is my first time

 

[Mahonri]

31 chicks out. 2 pipped. I think the final 3 unpipped are quitters.

AMAZINGLY, with shipped eggs, if one of the pipped ones makes it, I will end up hatching 15 of 16 Icelandics from the other Mary/NotAFarm. Isn't that TOTALLY unbelievable? Best Icelandic Hatch I've ever had!!
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Finalists for "How many chicks will Mahonri Hatch?"

This could be a close one!!!


Egghead_Jr 33, Ice, bantam cochin, sumatra
featherz 32, ice, ice, bantam cochin
Chookchick 32, DL, Ice, Ice
KVMommy 32, sumatra, sulmtaler, sumatra

If I end up with only 32, we'll end up having to do a coin toss!... both featherz and Renee guessed 32 and had Icelandic as one of the first three out.

HOPEFULLY... 33 will make it... if none of the other unpipped ones pipped... then I have to look for who guessed 34!

 

[kathyinmo]

My one and only chick is all over the place, dancing on the eggs....... (hatched on the right hand side)



and then, took a nose dive over the side.

 

[kathyinmo]

EVERYONE EVERYONE EVERYONE!!!!!! I have a pip!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm soooosoooosoooosoooosoooosoooooo excited!!!! I have two actually. I'm so happy.

I can't get over the fact that it actually worked. I'm so proud!! Oh my goodness. As you can tell this is my first time

 

[featherz]

No, that's a 50. It's MUCH bigger than it looks. That cage is like four feet long. The 20 is pretty tiny but it does the job.

Is this the Eco 20??

 

[featherz]

Well at least the NN OEs cooperated a bit. I don't know what happened with the brown turken eggs, I've eaten them a few times in the past 2 weeks to check and they've all been fertile.

Yah all of those were clears for me. Bummer! =( Maybe they were just more sensitive to shipping?