The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long

[Eggzausted]

Whatever day of the week you set your eggs on is the same day you can expect them to start hatching. (Sometimes earlier. Sometimes later.) We set eggs at 12:00pm on Saturday, March 9th so our hatch day (Day 21) is Saturday, March 30th. Another way to look at it is in hours. Saturday, 3/9 at 12pm is 0 hours. 3/10 at 12am is 12 hours and 12pm on 3/10 is 24 hours. 24 hours = 1 day or Day 1 of incubation. When you read or hear "lock down or stop turning" on Day 18 it means after the full 24 hours of Day 18 has gone by you stop turning. So that would mean that Day 18 ends on Wednesday morning 3/27 @ 11:59am. Day 19 starts @ 12:00pm Wednesday and lockdown begins. Day 20 starts @ 12pm on Thursday and Day 21 starts @ 12pm on Friday and ends on Saturday @ 11:59am. So on Saturday at 11:59am you have had 21 days (each consisting of 24 hours) of full development.

That is how I do my math. There is no day 0 on the calendar.

 

[michaelf]

GOOD SATURDAY MORNING EVERYONE !!! I am fixing to have to get my other incubator going. My heritage sraight comb show quality Rhode Island Red hatching eggs will be here soon. I am eggcited about having a chance to get some of them. He specializes in them. Very strict with them. If any have off coloring even after second molt he culls. He strives to keep the best of the best in them. ok I admit I am addicted to hatching! also looks like I will have to build a special pen for them

 

[Egghead_Jr]

That is how I do my math. There is no day 0 on the calendar.

I know this is beating a dead horse tackling the day thing again but...

It depends on how you pose the question: What day is it? That could be stated "I'm on day 1" or "starting day 1". How many days into incubation? "0", there's just no other correct way to express no days gone by.
If you have fifty cents it can be represented as $0.50. Note there is not a dollar yet. This would be the same as day 0 or working on day 1.

 

[Shellz]

Yay! Happy Saturday everyone! Going to candle later & boil down some sugar maple sap! Congrats DURR on your first chick! Yay!

 

[Maah]

COFFEE...

That is all.

 

[Gardeningmama]

GOOD SATURDAY MORNING EVERYONE !!! I am fixing to have to get my other incubator going. My heritage sraight comb show quality Rhode Island Red hatching eggs will be here soon. I am eggcited about having a chance to get some of them. He specializes in them. Very strict with them. If any have off coloring even after second molt he culls. He strives to keep the best of the best in them.

ok I admit I am addicted to hatching!

also looks like I will have to build a special pen for them

Admitting your addiction is step #1......

GOOD SATURDAY MORNING ALL!!!

 

[Shellz]

Boy, do we ALL have problems! Lol! There are worse things to be addicted to, for sure!

 

[mstricer]

Fired up my third incubator last night, have more shipped eggs, so dont want the laying on their sides in cabinet incubator. Candling on Monday as my daughters babyshower is tomorrow.

 

[DURR]

COFFEE...

That is all. 

Amen to that. Well I got 5 OE chicks out 2 chicks trying to break out ( an EE and OE babe) and 17 wigglin little babys to go!! Been up and down since 12 this a.m. So really need coffee.

 

[mama2my4]

So far I have 4 little silkies and 9 bantam orps out and moving and a few more yet pipped! I love hatching!!