Ended Official 2020 BYC Halloween Hatch-Along

[BantyChooks]

I'm quite concerned about mail.
I have to mail chicks to California on Sunday.
Every news station I watched yesterday and today said it is too late to mail in election ballots because they might not get there in time to be counted.
Six days isn't enough time
What will that do to my chicks?
The reports said that right now some states have rates as low as 70% of mail arriving on time. Mostly swing states.

Good luck.

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.

Good luck, keep us updated!

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 )

Egg number 7 just hatched!!!! First chick is picking on the new hatch, should I be worried?

Congratulations!! Hopefully the first chick is behaving now.

 

[Allthefloofs]

Our 4th chick hatched! I'm so excited!

 

[Allthefloofs]

As far as the last 3 eggs, I was going to just leave them be for now. I wondered if it would be useful to steam the bathroom up, set our thermostat to 80, and get it all humid in there and do a candling tomorrow to check for any activity?

 

[kinkajou34]

most of my chicks hatched today I got 3 black speckled yellow ones and one yellow speckled black one. just got one more egg to go. I woke up to an early hatch surprise today they were due on halloween

 

[jolenesdad]

most of my chicks hatched today I got 3 black speckled yellow ones and one yellow speckled black one. just got one more egg to go. I woke up to an early hatch surprise today they were due on halloween

Photos!!!!!

 

[kinkajou34]

Photos!!!!!

wish i could get photos but they wont come out from under the hen

 

[jolenesdad]

I’ve had eggs pipped for 30-36 hours with no action and I just had a sticky chick. I have often had random sticky chicks from shipped eggs, I hope it’s not a bad sign!!!

I pulled baby out so I could clean it before it got any more hardened. It has shell glued to the eye.

 

[jolenesdad]

Whew another one out on its own no sticky chick issues.

I can’t believe several of these eggs are going on 36 hours of external pip. Looks like a little more activity but we will see!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Whew another one out on its own no sticky chick issues.

I can’t believe several of these eggs are going on 36 hours of external pip. Looks like a little more activity but we will see!

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Nice GIF.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I’ve had eggs pipped for 30-36 hours with no action and I just had a sticky chick. I have often had random sticky chicks from shipped eggs, I hope it’s not a bad sign!!!

I pulled baby out so I could clean it before it got any more hardened. It has shell glued to the eye.

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Sticky chicks is usually from
Low incubation temperature.
2. High incubation humidity.
3. Improper turning. This results in reduced embryonic membrane growth and reduced nutrient absorp
If they hatched on time, temperature wasn't the problem.