The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long

[18Peeps]

0/33 for me. A wonky thermometer doomed my whole hatch. Bleh.

Awe, so sorry!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: Blarney showed me this trick to keeping their feet under them and them upright. A tea cup, just put them in a tea cup that tapers to the bottom, it forces their legs under and they are forced to stay upright. I always give extra boost of vits if I have an odd ball with issues. keep refrigerated until you use it, I don't fill those things up, just about an inch in the waterer and refresh it x2 day. polyvisol is great to keep on hand (without iron though)

 

[Roxannemc]

Today i got one LO chick but only b/c i decided to check all my scrambled mess of eggs and dates in the bators b/c i couldnt find some dates of the easter eggs.
As i took some that i wanted to candled and pitch ....as i look for the date and breed onthis omne egg here is a small pip!! i tapped... it peeped!!
Hadnt even put it in lockdown ! That was about 3pm Chickie hatched at 6.pm
All my Hatch-along eggs were infertile but I got a lucky (for him) little Easter Surprise!!

And a word about hatching addiction
I have 30 chickens .... 13 laying
I BOUGHT eggs at the store to dye for Easter ..MINE .Food eggs? are you KIDDING ME?.

 

[soldier]

So far I have about 7 Wheaten/Blue Wheaten Ameraucana's (offspring from stock I purchased from Peachick last year). Also hatched is a Black Copper Marans and some Rainbow layers/olive eggers.
Still hatching process is going on for me. Will post a photo probably tomorrow!

Happy Easter and Happy Hatching.

Sorry for the folks that did not hatch any chicks.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

2 bantam langshan chicks hatched, 2 more pipped.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Today i got one LO chick but only b/c i decided to check all my scrambled mess of eggs and dates in the bators b/c i couldnt find some dates of the easter eggs.
As i took some that i wanted to candled and pitch ....as i look for the date and breed onthis omne egg here is a small pip!! i tapped... it peeped!!
Hadnt even put it in lockdown ! That was about 3pm Chickie hatched at 6.pm
All my Hatch-along eggs were infertile but I got a lucky (for him) little Easter Surprise!!

 

[acemario]

I don't have anything yet either except a few faint cheep cheep sounds once or twice.

No pips at all. I set on the 9th just after noon. I am hoping they are just late. Please, PLEASE somebody pip soon!!!!

Joyful,

I was the same way!!! Only without the cheeps! (and I love how you put cheep cheep... that is how they say it in Mexico rather than peep). The key is to give them their privacy... Haha.

How would we like to unzip with someone watching?!

 

[Roxannemc]

3 Marans and 5 Amercaunas went into lockdown (all shipped eggs). 4 Amercaunas have hatched between yesterday afternoon at 2pm and before 4am this morning, but not a peep or wiggle from the other 4 eggs (1 Amercauna, 3 Maran). Is it normal that eggs sitting in the same incubator would have such wildly different hatch dates? I have such a bad feeling about them. When candling day 18, only 3 of the 5 Amercaunas seemed to be moving around. It was hard to see anything happening/moving in the Maran eggs, although they definitely appeared very developed.

The shipped eggs were originally set March 9th around midnight in a styrafoam incubator. The eggs all lost either just over 12% of their original shipped weight or just at 12% (Marans were larger eggs and did lose barely 12%). They have all been in the same box running at 99.5-100.5 for the whole hatch, with humidity between 25%-45% for days 1-18 and with humidity of around 55% for the last 3 days. Our elevation here is about 800ft, so we are not at high altitudes. The box remained closed until just today to take out the 4 fluffies and move the quickly to a brooder box (lid open maybe 1 min. max). I did notice when the chicks hatched they walked over the tops of their unhatched friends a little. Would this cause the other not to hatch? It did wiggle the eggs a little, but didn't send them rolling accross the incubator or anything.

Since all the others have pipped and unzipped, is it too early to tell if others should be doing the same? Is it time for the float test? If so, how violently would they wiggle if they were alive and would they wiggle at all if they were napping? Right now I'm just waiting to see if they move. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Ive had some hatch for 3 days... same eggs same bator.Some guys are sleepy heads!

 

[ceocka]

Ok 6 hatched but sadly one didnt make it. And I have two more pips.

 

[Aschenfire]

I have 3 out of 26 that hatched. One little one had to be helped, but I'm hoping it hangs in there. None of the eggs from my pen with my black silkied Serama cockerel were fertile, and I had a lot of clear eggs from my shipped ones. Three is acceptable though, since I have D'Uccle eggs coming to me this coming week, and I've bid on some more (local) Serama eggs as well as having a few of my own to set.

It's exciting to see and hear about the new peeps and for those who had bad hatches, I am so sorry...I know how it is to have crappy sets... it's addictive enough though, to keep on trying