The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long

[ChooksChick]

Quote: Generally if you wet a fingertip and touch the chick gently, you can sometimes feel a bit of movement. If they aren't pipped into the aircell, they won't be breathing, but they will wiggle. I will hold it under a bright light and see if I can see any movement on the wet portion. Eagle-eyed, tonight...dying for a sign of life!!

 

[Mumsy]

Five barn yard eggs set in the still air LG On Feb. 18, 2013. Placed under a hen named Judy the Broody on March 5.
Five hatched on March 12.


Feb. 23, 2013 set twenty four Catdance Silkie eggs in the Genesis 1588. Between March 16th to 17th, twelve chicks hatched.



On March 6, 2013. Set twenty Ron Fogle heritage RIR eggs in the Genesis 1588. Eleven hatched on March 27, 2013.







A very successful Spring hatch all around. Gorgeous chicks. Time to clean and store the incubators for the season.

 

[arcountrychick]

Got 2 chicks out, 2 zipping and several more pips!

And hatch day is supposed to be tomorrow!

 

[CherokeeFlats]

Update: All 8 have hatched and are now resting in the brooder. I took a pic of the older ones


Here are the older 4 that hatched this morning. Love the colors on them.

 

[acemario]

Houston, we have a pip and a wiggle!

 

[AngieO]

most of mine hatched yesterday. I have had 5 hatch today. I will get a total count tomorrow of what did NOT hatch though

 

[noahsmom]

Chances are pretty good! I've hatched from the grocery store, and if you look, there are lots of threads where folks have hatched fertile Trader Joe's eggs. It's definitely worth a try, that's certain!!

Thanks, I'm thinking hard about setting them tomorrow morning.

I've had eggs in the fridge for weeks (although the fresher the better) and they still hatch fine. Just let them warm up to room temperature before setting. Good luck!

Thank you!

I wonder if they would...have you checked out the whole foods/trader Joes fertile egg hatching threads? They are hatching some of those eggs right from the stores...I would imagine your eggs have had a much less bumpy ride than those! I think the hatch rates were pretty low, but I think that supermarkets have to refrigerated their eggs. Maybe someone on that thread would be more knowledgable than I! Good luck! I hope you get a beautiful rooster from those eggs.

Thank you, I am just in love with that roo lol I don't really 'need' a roo but how gorgeous. I would still love a few extra hens and if a Roo came out as beautiful then I would keep it.

I spy what looks to be a buff orpington roo and a rr roo. Some golden comet (red sex links) hens, rr hens, BO hens and maybe a barred rock hen, um and a white leghorn or two.

Thank you, I had those guesses but just wasn't quite sure, I'm so new to chickens.

 

[Ridgeline Hens]

set 5 Black Cochin eggs, No pipn yet . I candled, to check, and did the tap- listen, test and 3 of the 5 peeped. I put them back in and are hoping for the best.

 

[uphilljill]

One more photo before bed. 4 hatched, lots o pips, hope to see many more chicks in the morning.

 

[18Peeps]

Generally if you wet a fingertip and touch the chick gently, you can sometimes feel a bit of movement. If they aren't pipped into the aircell, they won't be breathing, but they will wiggle. I will hold it under a bright light and see if I can see any movement on the wet portion. Eagle-eyed, tonight...dying for a sign of life!!

Oh, sad. The poor little Amercauna was in the breech position (backwards in the egg). Looks like he couldn't reach the air sack. Could this mean too much humidity that made him unable to turn on day 14? There was another Amercauna that was breech in his shell, but he made it out fine. None of them appear alive. No movement of any kind when I touch with a wet finger. Poor little pippies just didn't pip. What does too much humidity look like? It's a styrafoam incubator and when I read that sticky thread with Wheaties he warned agains too much humidity...I thought 35-40% for the first 18 days was good, but maybe they didn't lose enough to turn? Knowing what went wrong would be so comforting because then that mistake would not be repeated.

1st hatch...at least we have 4 healthy babies. 22% hatch for the shipped eggs...4/18. 9 yolkers (a couple were infertile), 1 blood ring, 4 died from turning issues/as yet undetermined. Those 4 are the ones I feel responsible for.

Are there any photos that would show me too much humitidy and too low of humidity in a hatch? Maybe the 4 I have just hatched in spite of me...oh dear.