March 2022 Hatch-A-Long

[SilverLacedFarmChik]

I candled a couple of days ago and pulled all of the clears. 11/22 are still in the incubator. I was hoping for better numbers, but it is still an improvement over last month. Hopefully NEXT month will be even better.

 

[abpatchy]

And my for my 2nd March hatch I set 89 eggs tonight. 5 are a "hail Mary" as they are from my big rooster who was taken. He had some issues with fertility. But I did discover one egg in my current hatch that is actually from him. So I decided to go ahead and set the last 5 eggs I had from the hens with him.
My first March hatch is going very well. I got lots of chicks hatched already. Can't count them all. I'll see by Wednesday morning how many hatched.

 

[Poodlemum]

I think our first hatch is a wrap Loving our three little cheepers!!! Water candling tomorrow. Would adding safety holes just in case be worth it? Any downsides to that?

 

[kurby22]

The Polish hatch is done and the d’Uccles have started up! I have 3 that have pipped and one started to zip and may be hatched by the time I get home!

All 6 Tolbunts hatched and are adorable!! The Candy Corn eggs were a bummer but it’s all good. I did an egg autopsy on the one that was moving yesterday and it looked to have had some issues with some of the insides staying inside. :-( Poor baby.

This little one is just adorable

 

[All4Eggz]

Had 6 of 8 hatch on Saturday. One died on Sunday because it hadn’t absorbed the yolk.

Monday morning, we had a late hatcher but it died very quickly after hatching- not sure why.

Monday evening - 2 of the remaining 5 disappeared (most likely hawk) leaving us with 3 chicks out of 8 eggs.

The final egg was not fertile.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I think our first hatch is a wrap Loving our three little cheepers!!! Water candling tomorrow. Would adding safety holes just in case be worth it? Any downsides to that?

What day are the unhatched eggs on?

 

[LadiesAndJane]

And my for my 2nd March hatch I set 89 eggs tonight. 5 are a "hail Mary" as they are from my big rooster who was taken. He had some issues with fertility. But I did discover one egg in my current hatch that is actually from him. So I decided to go ahead and set the last 5 eggs I had from the hens with him.
My first March hatch is going very well. I got lots of chicks hatched already. Can't count them all. I'll see by Wednesday morning how many hatched.

Hope you get some chicks from your stolen boy.

 

[Poodlemum]

What day are the unhatched eggs on?

Day 23, everyone else hatched day the night of day 20 into 21 or earlier. No wiggling, peeping, or internal pips. I’m all for waiting it out! I just don’t want any accidents (premature tossing them or explosions lol)

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Day 23, everyone else hatched day the night of day 20 into 21 or earlier. No wiggling, peeping, or internal pips. I’m all for waiting it out! I just don’t want any accidents (premature tossing them or explosions lol)



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They look pretty gone in the photos. Do you see any movement at all?

 

[Poodlemum]

They look pretty gone in the photos. Do you see any movement at all?

Nothing since possibly external wiggles on Day 20ish. They weren’t obvious like the ones that hatched and now I’m wondering if it was actually me bumping the stand