March Hatch-Along Thread- Come Hatch With Us!!!!!

[gapeach717]

i candled what was left, i am sad that about 10 eggs didnt make it past internal pipping. but I have about 4 more I expect to hatch! had to take some out to make room!! whew!

 

[3Dchicken]

Look what else I got today!!!!! My first egg!!!!!
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Awesome!!!

 

[3Dchicken]

We'll I feel really, really bad right now... While I was candling, I accidentally dropped an egg... It was developing too... I feel really, really bad.

Aww, did it break open, or just crack? If it is only a crack you can repair it. And it's okay- everyone has made mistakes with incubating- I've broken a developing egg open too. It was very sad because it was quite far along. I think it might have been dead though.

 

[Annemarie]

Hi sorry no don't know how chatting from a blackberry cell fone

 

[3Dchicken]

I will join this thread...

I have 32 eggs in the bator. 23 of them are Blue red laced wyandottes, 7 of them are random from my egg layers, and 2 Mille Fluer Duccles.

My hatch date is on the 21st - 23rd. I will post pics when they start hatching.

Good Luck everyone!!!!

Good luck to you too! My eggs are due to hatch tomorrow! D

 

[3Dchicken]

Hi All! I posted in the Feb hatch thread then forgot to keep updated.

We have a split hatch going here, not my first choice, but we built our incubator and our redundancy method seems to be so stable I think we will get through it okay.
I had ordered the first lot of eggs and most came smushed.. only got 3 intact eggs of the breed I ordered out of it, so the seller was nice enough to send me some more. She packed the second set really awesome so they ALL arrived just fine They are set a week apart.

Due for March 11th : 3 Silkied Splash Ameraucana eggs... One has a detached yolk and another has a hairline crack, the remaining one is in good shape.. when I candle I cant see any faint glow inside any more so I am hoping they all hatch!

Due for March 18th: 6 Silkied Splash Ameraucana eggs ... all in good shape with signs of movement .. these are more saturated with pigment than the early ones... its getting hard to see.
Also 4 Serama eggs... one seems to have pooped, but the other 3 are well and when I candle I go for those first... Last candle they waved their little ... somethings.. wings/feet/?? at me.. I could tell they were saying "Yuck! Its cold out here, stop shining that at me! Go away!" LOL So I wont bother them for a while )

I havent hatched eggs in two years and that was my single chicken experience... so we are looking forward to these chickies!

Yay! I love people who are like that! I love the breeds! I love reading about all the breeds people are hatching!

I just realized....This is SO facebook for chicken people.

 

[3Dchicken]

i candled what was left, i am sad that about 10 eggs didnt make it past internal pipping. but I have about 4 more I expect to hatch! had to take some out to make room!! whew!

Luck!!!!

 

[jsp28504]

Reading all your tails of candling has spurred me into action! I want to get home from work to go check on my 10 little eggs that I set on the first. If I can find my actual candler, I'll try to get some pictures! If not, then I have to use my phone's flashlight function, which is also my camera, so no photos...

 

[Henny]

Hi! I have 42 eggs in my Genesis Hovabator that are due to hatch March 19th.I am so excited

eggs are from hens that I hatched last year--a mix of Ameracauna rooster and hens that were Barred Rock, Black Sex Link, Leghorn, and Americauna. The eggs are all shades of blue/green and olive and a few brown from the new comets I got late last summer.It is always so exciting to see how many hatch, what they look like. It is a never ending learning experience. I will post pictures.

 

[Henny]

What kind of candler is everyone using? I use a flashlight but it is so hard to candle the colored eggs. I am thinking of having my son make one for me using a lightbulb and a wooden box like I've seen on one of the forum threads.