The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long

[RedIII]

I'm glad I joined the hatch-a-long. Love all your posts and great advice given. Alas, I have two dead eggs. My number 5 egg I didn't see anything when I candled the other day and nothing today. You took great pictures Tadpole98. My number 10 egg looks just like your last egg pictured. It was moving two days ago, but now has no movement and that blood ring all the way around and a little blob just floating with two little specs in it. I am down 2 now from 18 to 16 eggs waiting to hatch between March 29 and April 2. This will be our first hatching with a homemade cooler incubator. So far I think we are doing okay. Licorice the black cochin bantam has 4 of the 18 eggs. She is doing her thing. Sitting, puffing, zen like stare, running out to poop ( my word, I didn't know that much could come out of a little bird.), eat and drink and to say a few clucks to the other hens. I added a bust bath for her this time. The first time she sat on eggs she got mites bad. Is this from her not drinking as much and getting a little drying skin and non-movement? None of the other hens in the coop had them. It took two weeks to get rid of them. This was our first battle with them. No sign of them this time. Yes!

Hahaha, re the broody poop comment - I thought the same thing when my pullet went broody! She's a smaller girl, half Leghorn. She pooped so much, it made my full-grown turkeys look like whimps!

I was floored.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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[Gardeningmama]

Hey all!!

Getting a late start today, busy!! Kids had a half day, and DD's 13th B-Day slumber party is tomorrow night. Yay me!

I'm sooo looking forward to sitting on my butt tomorrow night for the contest (good excuse to relax). Is the day almost over

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[RedIII]

Hi gardeningmama

On another note: What'd'ya MEAN I still have 2 1/2 hours of work?! Ahhhhh!!!

 

[gryeyes]

Not gonna candle. Just sayin'.

 

[RedIII]

Not gonna candle. Just sayin'.

Uh huh, suuuure.

 

[chirpingcricket]

Hello to all! Update.
Just shut the 'bator down at 4pm central. We ended up with a total of 12 happy, hopping peepers! Have't read any post today, but will catch up soon. Hubby just walked in with Crawfish!! Gonna eat, talk to you soon.

 

[mlm Mike]

Hello to all! Update.
Just shut the 'bator down at 4pm central. We ended up with a total of 12 happy, hopping peepers! Have't read any post today, but will catch up soon. Hubby just walked in with Crawfish!! Gonna eat, talk to you soon.

CONGRATULATIONS!

 

[ronott1]

Hello to all! Update.
Just shut the 'bator down at 4pm central. We ended up with a total of 12 happy, hopping peepers! Have't read any post today, but will catch up soon. Hubby just walked in with Crawfish!! Gonna eat, talk to you soon.

Have fun with the new babies!

Dinner is served! Crawfish.......

 

[Happy Chooks]

well i probably won't be around for the funny line contest tomorrow......so this is for bad pun friday!

That's funny!

These are the only ones I have right now, and yes, they were in lockdown. They're under a pullet that went broody. I was so sure they were all dead! I went out in the dark hours of the morning today and candled most of the eggs. I found one with a live chick in it! It had pipped internally and was cheeping away with that light on it. I was flabbergasted! I hope I come home from work to a chick!

Have three others developing that look to be around day 4 or 5 or so. If the broody hatches her chick and leaves the nest, I've got the bator warming up for the latecomers.

Not gonna candle. Just sayin'.

Me either. I candled once to remove infertile eggs. I'll candle at lockdown to get rid of any quitters. That's the extent of my candling.

Hello to all! Update.
Just shut the 'bator down at 4pm central. We ended up with a total of 12 happy, hopping peepers! Have't read any post today, but will catch up soon. Hubby just walked in with Crawfish!! Gonna eat, talk to you soon.

Congrats!