The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long

[Happy Chooks]

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Do you have condensation on your glass? If so, your humidity is in the 80's - and that's too high. Open the bator briefly to let some humidity out and it should stabilize at a lower percentage.

 

[Hurley]

Marking my place...yeah- I am 100 pages behind. No way I'm going to make my way through it all, but just wanted to check in!

Eggs in lockdown, developing nicely, happy hatching soon, everyone!

 

[myfivegirls]

Quote: I took out the sponge in the glass jar, and the other dig hydrometer dropped to 65%. I also have the Brinsea Spot Check, which I thought included a hydrometer, but realized it didn't once I got it in the mail. So, I guess I don't really have any reliable hydrometers.

 

[myfivegirls]

No, I don't have any condensation, but I did open it briefly to remove the sponge.

 

[ronott1]

BYC Easter Hatch-a-long
Daily Digest for 3-27-2013

Today we set for hatching! If we are hatching on Saturday.

Michaelf shared a pullet egg picture! Big Girl Training Wheels?

Tammy N has a shipment of broken Turkey eggs and now the seller wants to charge shipping to send a replacement. What to Do?

Thebirdguy posted Easter Piglets!

Cynthia12 posted pictures of a pipe insulation packing method. Thanks!

Angelobutter posted a tiara photo essay. Amazing!

MSkeeter helped a couple out and will get Baby Vitamins without iron for them. Good Job!

Michaelf dropped by to say Good Morning!

Egghead_Jr set 24 eggs and has 15 set for hatching! Noahsmom had a silkie hatch! Tammy N had 8 mixed chicks hatch under a broody! Michaelf has 11 left!

Jbenson poste d a picture of a double yolk egg!

EPetrilli will have the kids lockdown the hatching eggs today. Very exciting for them. Joyfulpromise candles, pulled a bad egg and locked down the incubator! Will keep humidity at 40% and increase it at first pip.

Misskeeter is now hatching a batch of chicks for her class as school. It is going well with 1 out and 9 pips

Pele has one going into lockdown! I hope it hatches! Razadia had one more quitter and is waiting to set for hatching to let the air cell develop a bit more.

JulieNKC has her first pip!

Wolftracks is having temp issues. She also lost a Doe Rabbit today! Razadia lost her special Game Bird!

Uphilljill has her hatch settings complete too! Tkmac has quail eggs rocking and ready to hatch! While TMNfarm has 3 left to hatch out of 25 set…angelobutter is in the same boat with 4 left out of 13 set….Then there were all these dancing smileys from CayuseRanch—very happy to have the hatch ending and now obsessing about the incubator with a bunch of “what Ifs”
LFchixranch and Happy Chooks posted pictures of the layout for hatching, posts 6592 and 6593.

Eggzausted moved 31 to hatch due to high infertility caused by a Slow running Rooster! Eggzausted also posted a video—using a water bottle to separate egg yolks.

Cuppycake locked down 6 out of 10 set and will be pleased if only one hatches! Great attitude!

Budmarvinfarm has an EE hatched! They were set 2 days early so the early setters are hatching!

Myfivegirls candled and removed 6 more quitters. She is hatching in Dollar Store drawer organizers!

Many of us are fine tuning temps and humidity. Hatching is coming soon!

My late afternoon miskeeter was back and the chicks were doing fine!

I am sitting on my hands--to keep them away from the hatcher....

 

[Happy Chooks]

I have cheeping coming from my bator!

That means tomorrow will be moving day for my juveniles and brooder cleaning day getting ready for the babies. That ought to keep me busy.

 

[littlechicklet]

too far behind to catch up but I am going in lockdown tomorrow. I will candle, toss and post and update tomorrow.

Good luck to everyone!

 

[lericson]

Went into lockdown with the duckies and chickies! A little early for the chickies (I set late) but they should be ok. Can't wait to hear them peeping and see them hatch! So excited!

 

[misskeeter]

Dilemma ... Seems all chicks that hatched with help or not are now doing fine except the one little chickie that shuffles around on his/her belly....last night I thought it wouldn't make it through the night, but after nursing it all night, it's perked up a ton. It has lots of energy, but can't stand up or walk around. It flaps its wings and helicopters its legs to flop around. It LOVES me, and looks up and cheeps for me when I come in and snuggles me when I pick it up to give it water or food. Help me get it to start standing up... I've got it with little feet splint things I fashioned out of cardboard and duct tape and tissue, and it is propped up in a teacup, but that doesn't seem to be working.... I love this little one, and it has the most beautiful personality.....

 

[LFchixranch]

Dilemma ... Seems all chicks that hatched with help or not are now doing fine except the one little chickie that shuffles around on his/her belly....last night I thought it wouldn't make it through the night, but after nursing it all night, it's perked up a ton. It has lots of energy, but can't stand up or walk around. It flaps its wings and helicopters its legs to flop around. It LOVES me, and looks up and cheeps for me when I come in and snuggles me when I pick it up to give it water or food. Help me get it to start standing up... I've got it with little feet splint things I fashioned out of cardboard and duct tape and tissue, and it is propped up in a teacup, but that doesn't seem to be working.... I love this little one, and it has the most beautiful personality.....

Is that one you had to help? IDK for sure but maybe that is why it needed help, it's legs were not working in the shell. I would check it's leg joints to see if something is amiss. Other than that you got it through the hard part now it's trying to adapt and get around best it can. It will figure it out. Hope somebody else can help more.