March 2023 hatch-a-long

[Tumbleweedlynn]

Ugh, two hours after reading what I was behind on here, there’s been a lot of activity! I candled tonight, removed two clears out of 22 set. A couple were iffy because of the color of the egg not allowing me a clear view, but saw some real active babies

I had a broody hatch nine Friday and Saturday, and threw the two she left in the nest into the bator, expecting them to hatch. These green and blue eggs are HARD to see into!

 

[Breezed]

I lost power yesterday due to fires. My home survived but I'm wondering if my incubating eggs could've survived after a couple hours with no power. I'm in Naples, FL so it's very warm and humid. I don't think they were without power for more than 2-3 hours but I'm not sure. Do y'all think they can make it? I'm going to candle tomorrow but figured I'd ask anyway.

I finally got to candle the eggs last night. It looks like they survived the power outage. Most of my eggs are too dark to see anything but 3 of my 4 bantams are still alive and moving. I can't see in the 6 Olive eggers, or any of the BCM's. A few of the legbars I can see veins are still there but the rest have always been to dark to see through. Nothing smells yet and lock down is Wednesday.

 

[3KillerBs]

Hello. I had to take the weekend off posting so I just skipped to the end of the thread.

Hope everyone's eggs are progressing well. I'll candle mine tomorrow.

 

[Canadian Wind]

Got up to four chicks so far. And most of the other eggs are pipping!

So far, we have:
Chipmunk bantam, clean legged, straight comb, four toes.
Yellow Standard, semi-clean legged, can't tell comb but think it's straight, four toes.
Yellow Standard, feathered legs, straight comb, four toes.
Yellow Standard, clean legged, straight comb, five toes.

I don't think the RIR got to these hens, lol! Which is fine, I'd rather they be Dorking mixes.

We'll see with the next ones hatching.

 

[gimmie birdies]

I had to pull a death ring last night.

 

[Breezed]

I had to pull a death ring last night.

I think I have to pull a few as well. I was giving it another day or two to be sure.

 

[Kwoka]

We have lots of pips and one surprise day 20 hatcher!

Idk what it is, might just be a white leghorn. white egg, yellow legs, yellow down, single comb they weren’t on the breeder’s list but you never know. It could have been one of the two freebies. I have two lovely naked-necks i got as freebies from a Bresse breeder and those weren’t listed either lol

 

[Cloverr39]

My first eggs should hatch on the 23rd.

Hope everyone's eggs are progressing well. I'll candle mine tomorrow.

I'll also candle tomorrow. It'll be day 5 for mine. Hopefully I will clearly see which are developing and which aren't.

 

[Cochinlover92]

Whelp here we go again lol. I took out the automatic egg turner this time and was able to fit in 10 extra eggs to get 40 total. Will be hand turning them for a few days until I can take out the clears. We shall see how this goes hoping for a decent sized group this hatch will be due march 27th!

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

@Kikilu Hey hatch twin, did you candle yesterday? How’s it looking?