The 10th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!!!!!

[Chicksnmind]

The more I see Maran eggs the more I want one!

 

[two j farm]

Anyone else candle yet? I seriously have problems keeping my hands out of the incubator. At least my March hatch is a good distraction.

Out of my 9 eggs 7 are showing veins and tiny embryos. One I think is inferile and the other I put in a day later so maybe it’s too soon. This time around all my eggs are white or off white so seeing is much easier.

I did this morning just to see after my temp drop yesterday, and I'm happy with what I see.

 

[ronott1]

Congratulations on 7/9 showing so far, I think it's so exciting seeing them grow!

I candle way too much, I candled yesterday too even though I knew nothing was going to be visible yet ( I didn't see anything as expected). Today I saw really nice starts in at least 7 of my 15 shipped silkie eggs. I love how easy it is to candle in my brinsea by just gently placing my candler over the air cell, if I had to actually remove the egg from the incubator to candle I probably wouldn't candle this early (at least not with shipped eggs that have any damage to the air cell).

That is good news! 7/9 distracted me for a minute.....

 

[BYCforlife]

I just put 3 white Silkie eggs in my incubator last night, so we'll see how that goes.

I was also researching Cuckoo Marans, as I'm getting some soon, and look at this.

Anyone who calls them Cuckoo Maran Chickens is suspicious.

 

[ronott1]

I just put 3 white Silkie eggs in my incubator last night, so we'll see how that goes.

I was also researching Cuckoo Marans, as I'm getting some soon, and look at this.
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Anyone who calls them Cuckoo Maran Chickens is suspicious.

Google is very funny!

 

[ChickenFox]

So I may have lost my restraint and done an early candle at day 3...
Out of the 18 bantams so far I've got the following developing
EE 4/5
Golden neck d'uccle 2/2
Mille Fluer d'uccle 0/4 (bummer but it's still early)
Porcelain d'uccle 2/2
Silver Sebright 1/2
Golden Sebright 2/2

To say I'm happy is putting it mildly considering these eggs traveled so far. I can't believe so many are developing! If even half of the current heartbeats make it to hatch I will be over the moon.

 

[ronott1]

So I may have lost my restraint and done an early candle at day 3...
Out of the 18 bantams so far I've got the following developing
EE 4/5
Golden neck d'uccle 2/2
Mille Fluer d'uccle 0/4 (bummer but it's still early)
Porcelain d'uccle 2/2
Silver Sebright 1/2
Golden Sebright 2/2

To say I'm happy is putting it mildly considering these eggs traveled so far. I can't believe so many are developing! If even half of the current heartbeats make it to hatch I will be over the moon.

Still nice for day3!

I hope you get some of the Mille Fluer d'uccle eggs to develop.

 

[ChickenFox]

Still nice for day3!

I hope you get some of the Mille Fluer d'uccle eggs to develop.

I do too but even if they don't it gives me an excuse to hatch more eggs later.

 

[Chicksnmind]

I hope your shipped eggs do well. My March shipped eggs I only had 6/18 hatch.

 

[ronott1]

I do too but even if they don't it gives me an excuse to hatch more eggs later.

Yes!

There is always a reason to hatch more eggs!