May hatch-a-long

[Mraya]

Hi all Mind if I join the party?

Welcome to the May Hatch-a-long all with eggs are welcome

Sooooooooooooooooo What are we hatching????????

 

[calichicken]

Hi everyone!!!
Can I join? I have been reading through the thread and looking like a lot of babies have already hatched. I hatch in my classroom every year and set bantam cochins, quails and ducks on April 10th. We are due to hatch starting the 29th for quails, 1st for chicks and 8th for ducks

 

[KathryninQuebec]

Hi everyone!!!
Can I join? I have been reading through the thread and looking like a lot of babies have already hatched. I hatch in my classroom every year and set bantam cochins, quails and ducks on April 10th. We are due to hatch starting the 29th for quails, 1st for chicks and 8th for ducks

Welcome! It is so much fun to see all the different types of birds hatching!

 

[Mraya]

Hi everyone!!!
Can I join? I have been reading through the thread and looking like a lot of babies have already hatched. I hatch in my classroom every year and set bantam cochins, quails and ducks on April 10th. We are due to hatch starting the 29th for quails, 1st for chicks and 8th for ducks

Welcome It's never too late to join.

 

[Mraya]

I hatch in my classroom every year

Do you keep the chicks or give them to the students?

 

[KathryninQuebec]

This is like Lamaze class for incubator parents. Lots of support and anxiety

 

[Mraya]

This is like Lamaze class for incubator parents. Lots of support and anxiety

Or it could be a case of misery loves company

 

[CSAchook]

Welcome to the May Hatch-a-long all with eggs are welcome

Sooooooooooooooooo What are we hatching????????

Crested Cream Legbars! (knock on wood that all goes well).
I gave my broody 10 eggs on Friday April 6 so they should hatch next week!
One egg got broken during the first two days but the remaining nine were all alive and wiggling when I candled on day 10. Crossing my fingers and toes that they are still doing well!!!

 

[CSAchook]

Hi everyone!!!
Can I join? I have been reading through the thread and looking like a lot of babies have already hatched. I hatch in my classroom every year and set bantam cochins, quails and ducks on April 10th. We are due to hatch starting the 29th for quails, 1st for chicks and 8th for ducks

I love cochins! I have three LF gals and they are so adorably round and fluffy My barred cochin hen is the one currently sitting on eggs. It is a first time hatch for her and me!

Can't wait to see pics of your little feather foots!

eta: and quails and duckies too! Oh my

 

[KathryninQuebec]

OK I'm jumping on the May Hatch-a-Long Train!
I put 24 shipped Canadian Bresse eggs in my incubator 12 days ago. They traveled all the way from British Columbia to me in NE Quebec. In the US that would be the equivalent of LA California to Bangor Maine lol. I should have let them set a full 24 hrs before putting them in my incubator but they were a week later than I had wished and have other breeds in line for the next 3 month following. So They only sat about 10 hours before they went in. I have them point down with no auto tilting at the moment. I candled on day 3 to determine the air cells. I also added some of my own bantam Wyandotte lace wings eggs as long as I was running the machine. One Bresse arrived with a tiny spider crack in it. I saw someone successfully hatch an egg on YouTube is similar shape once by just putting a piece of scotch tape on it. Why not? I haven't got anything to loose!

Captains Log: Day 6
2 Non fertile Bresse

2 Blood Ring Bresse

2 Questionable Bresse

18 with air cells and veining Bress

11 with air cells and veining Bantam Wyandotte GL

Total 29 viable to hatch 2 maybeys

Captains Log: Day 10
17 viable Bresse 1 with air cell on side (will have to research)

3 duds: 1 non-fertile 2 Blood Ring

11 viable Bantam Wyandotte GL

Total 28 potential Chicks

AND The Scotch Tape Baby is still viable! Cool Huh!

I am tempted to candle again tonight but will be patient and stick to my schedule for day 15.
For shipped eggs I found this post extremely helpful

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...aged-and-mal-positioned-egg-air-cells.501034/

OK, I just looked at my calendar and realized I'm at day 15!
It's candling day and i'm happy to report that the side saddle egg has corrected it'self. The scotch tape baby is alive and kickin as are all the other remaining eggs.

Captains Log: Day 15
17 shipped Canadian Bresse Eggs viable
11 home grown Bantam Wyandotte GL Eggs viable
Total 28 eggs still in the running