The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long

[Shellz]

Something is going peeppeep in my hatcher!!

Weeeeee! I love that part!

 

[chickenpooplady]

Ok, I have more questions. Can you tell it is my first time hatching?

I candled again today since it is day 14 and 2 out of my 4 remaining eggs look good. They have veining and movement! The third egg has very nice veins and movement but a saddle shaped air cell. It is not that bad especially when it is upright. I did a lot of research last night, and I think that if it does not look better by lock down, then I will just hatch it upright. Is that a good idea? The fourth egg is the one that I am really worried about. I am almost completely sure that it has a blood ring. It is not thin like a vein. Instead it looks very blurry. I have never seen the embryo move and now it looks kind of bloody, if that it possible. Also there was not a mass of darkness like the others instead there was just the bloody ring and the embryo. If I leave it in the incubator could it explode? Sorry for all the questions.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Ok, I have more questions. Can you tell it is my first time hatching?

I candled again today since it is day 14 and 2 out of my 4 remaining eggs look good. They have veining and movement! The third egg has very nice veins and movement but a saddle shaped air cell. It is not that bad especially when it is upright. I did a lot of research last night, and I think that if it does not look better by lock down, then I will just hatch it upright. Is that a good idea? The fourth egg is the one that I am really worried about. I am almost completely sure that it has a blood ring. It is not thin like a vein. Instead it looks very blurry. I have never seen the embryo move and now it looks kind of bloody, if that it possible. Also there was not a mass of darkness like the others instead there was just the bloody ring and the embryo. If I leave it in the incubator could it explode? Sorry for all the questions.

did u sniff it? your plan sound great!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

CANDLE EGGS
yay DAY 14 !

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Candle day 14 is to determine growth, weigh, pencil mark air cell size and dispose bad eggs.
It will begin to look pretty dark in there! Look for movement.
You should again see some good veining at the lighter spots of the egg.
THIS is a video of a CANDLE at DAY 14!

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https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101




SHIPPED EGGS & Malpositions!
BELOW ARE "SADDLE" SHAPED AIR CELLS

SADDLE SHAPED AIR CELLS are very COMMON with shipped eggs!​

Saddle shaped is when one or both sides have a large "dip" in the air cell. A lot of times with saddle shaped cells the chick doesn’t position correct for hatching and their feet can easily get stuck behind their head and “smoosh” the chick so they can’t move, it can also force the yolk sack and everything more north in the shell.... Keep a close eye on these eggs and its VERY important to pencil mark Air cells! Refer to Saddle Shaped Air Cell chick assiting in this article https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/step-by-step-guide-to-assisted-hatching​

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[mstricer]

Quote: LOL oz

 

[mstricer]

Okay now the weather is really making me upset. Went to check temp and this popped up
Winter storm warning.....Remains in effect from Sunday afternoon though Monday afternoon.... accumulations of 4 to 8 inches of snow
HELLO it is spring not winter, and I thought if March comes in like a lion it goes out like a lamb

What the heck. The ground hog said early spring, he's not to reliable, now is he. This can't be good, I have a bad feeling it is going to go like this temp. wise
40 42 44 48......90

 

[mstricer]

CANDLE EGGS
yay DAY 14 !

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Candle day 14 is to determine growth, weigh, pencil mark air cell size and dispose bad eggs.
It will begin to look pretty dark in there! Look for movement.
You should again see some good veining at the lighter spots of the egg.
THIS is a video of a CANDLE at DAY 14!

​

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101




SHIPPED EGGS & Malpositions!
BELOW ARE "SADDLE" SHAPED AIR CELLS

SADDLE SHAPED AIR CELLS are very COMMON with shipped eggs!​

Saddle shaped is when one or both sides have a large "dip" in the air cell. A lot of times with saddle shaped cells the chick doesn’t position correct for hatching and their feet can easily get stuck behind their head and “smoosh” the chick so they can’t move, it can also force the yolk sack and everything more north in the shell.... Keep a close eye on these eggs and its VERY important to pencil mark Air cells! Refer to Saddle Shaped Air Cell chick assiting in this article https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/step-by-step-guide-to-assisted-hatching​

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Mine looked like that. I let my shipped eggs rest for 48 to 72 hours before setting

 

[CayuseRanch]

Ughhhhh today is a bad day. Took a break from the funny post thread to go do chicken chores. Went up to the barn first where I have 4 new cochins in quarantene to find one of the chickens flat out missing. There were a few feathers around but no other signs of a bird. I can't find where any critter could get thru except a spot in the fence way up high, but how could they have carried a bird out thru there? A beautiful white cochin. So bummed. So then decided for the safety of those three birds that I would move them to my cochin pen. Got down there to find my one lone frizzle bantam huddled up on the ground unresponsive but alive. So now I am worried that I am exposing the new, traumatized but healthy in appearance chickens to something in my cochin pen??? Brought the frizzle inside where she is laying on a heating pad. Can't get her to eat or drink. Can see her breathing but thats it. Only opened her eyes once. Tryed to get her to swallow some antibiotic, but had to pry her mouth open and can't get her to swallow. Hopefully after she warms up some she will atleast be a bit more responsive.

Never mind, just turned to look at her and she is laying her head off to the side, went over to check and she had passed.

Bummer...what a day.

Think I will go try and cheer myself up on the funny post contest thread.

 

[chickenpooplady]

did u sniff it? your plan sound great!

Yes and it did not smell at all.

 

[chickenpooplady]

Okay now the weather is really making me upset. Went to check temp and this popped up
Winter storm warning.....Remains in effect from Sunday afternoon though Monday afternoon.... accumulations of 4 to 8 inches of snow
HELLO it is spring not winter, and I thought if March comes in like a lion it goes out like a lamb

What the heck. The ground hog said early spring, he's not to reliable, now is he. This can't be good, I have a bad feeling it is going to go like this temp. wise
40 42 44 48......90

I know right! Phil the groundhog lied to us!