Ended Official 2020 BYC Halloween Hatch-Along

[CluckNDoodle]

OMG I HAVE A PIP! This is like Christmas morning as a kiddo, I’m so excited.

Did not see any rocking in the eggs so far.

 

[jolenesdad]

I HAVE TWO PIPS. I hope everyone is ready for an annoying play-by-play for my first ever quail hatch.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I HAVE TWO PIPS. I hope everyone is ready for an annoying play-by-play for my first ever quail hatch.

I'm so ready!

 

[Xouie]

I HAVE TWO PIPS. I hope everyone is ready for an annoying play-by-play for my first ever quail hatch.

Looking forward to it. Watching new quail parents is almost as much fun as watching the hatch itself!

Next episode: “I never realized how tiny they were!”

 

[Sara L]

My incubator 1 is now locked down; I removed 4 early quitters and wrote down the numbers of about 8 that looked odd. I'll have to check after hatch to see if they were duds or just developed a little slower, they looked ok candling from the top, but had a larger space at the bottom of the egg that showed clear. The other eggs looked dark and full of chick. Only 12 Celadons made it to lockdown and they are in a hatching cage to keep them separate from the mixed color eggs. Incubator 2 will be locked down either later tonight or tomorrow.

 

[Pensmaster]

I HAVE TWO PIPS. I hope everyone is ready for an annoying play-by-play for my first ever quail hatch.

 

[Pensmaster]

My incubator 1 is now locked down; I removed 4 early quitters and wrote down the numbers of about 8 that looked odd. I'll have to check after hatch to see if they were duds or just developed a little slower, they looked ok candling from the top, but had a larger space at the bottom of the egg that showed clear. The other eggs looked dark and full of chick. Only 12 Celadons made it to lockdown and they are in a hatching cage to keep them separate from the mixed color eggs. Incubator 2 will be locked down either later tonight or tomorrow.

 

[Allthefloofs]

One out, one more visible pip, but it's really hard to see anything in our incubator, so it could easily be more. I keep having to remind myself that our first chick was "early" and today is hatching day!

 

[Allthefloofs]

YES!

 

[shaila]

7 (of 11) quail eggs made it to lockdown, with movement in each one.

Got a brooder heat plate in the mail yesterday, so I'm looking forward to only needing lightbulbs for daytime lighting this time. (I expect to still have a few chicks peeping bloody murder at bedtime though )