The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long

[michaelf]

GOOD FRIDAY MORNING EVERYONE !!! I see you guys have movement and hear chirping!! Awesome! Nothing yet in mine which is strange. Good luck!!

 

[rarebear]

4th chick just hatched - another Dom x ! Two of its siblings are helping it keep warm and try to stand up.

What day did you set your eggs? How fun seeing those babies!

 

[noahsmom]

At which point do each of you give up or try to assist?
I have read the hatch assist thread/article, but it is now day 23 (I set them 3/6 8:20pm) and I did get out the eggs and candle, I marked all air cells quickly just for any future assisting. I noticed that almost all of these eggs have larger air cells that are lop sided half way up the egg, to me giving less room for the chick to even move. I looked and listened for any life going on in the egg last night and heard or seen NOTHING There is 6 silkie eggs left in there, and the 7th is hatching this morning(it had a pip for some time) ....But as of last night with the other eggs I seen no movement, no noise and no internal pips - they all do appear to be full of a full term chick from what I could see.

 

[rarebear]

GOOD FRIDAY MORNING EVERYONE !!! I see you guys have movement and hear chirping!! Awesome! Nothing yet in mine which is strange. Good luck!!

Nothing in mine either....35 eggs...waiting waiting waiting

 

[Shellz]

Just heard a very loud cheep & now my first pip!!! Looks like a Cuckoo Marans is going to be first out. Yippee!

 

[myfivegirls]

Quote: I set mine on the 9th around 1pm. So, I think they're a little early - the last few days it was often 100 degrees in there.
Now, all four are together, but the newest one keeps getting stepped on. It keeps rising to the top again- even if another chick has a foot on it!

 

[Smithyard Farm]

woke up to chick #2! is it strange they are early? were my temps too high? i hear another peeping, but nothing cracking thru yet.. Maybe when I get home, I will have another!

 

[LFchixranch]

Does anyone have a link to find the pipe insulation that will fit an egg? I've seen them for 1 or 2 inches.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_13738-1410-...=1&currentURL=?Ntt=pipe+insulation&facetInfo=
I don't know what diameter your eggs are. They come in 6' lengths cut them to fit standing up in the box

 

[ChooksChick]

Hi Everyone! So happy to see people getting pips and even hatching we have 9 in lockdown (had another couple of quitters that be left in the incubator just in case but didn't move to the hatcher). I had a misunderstanding with a sick horse and a fence yesterday and ended up in a full leg immobilizer and crutches for the unforeseen future so our posts will be slow lol! I am way behind now on the thread but I am really looking forward to the hatch and we will hopefully see some pips of our own very soon!

Wow- you win the prize for Showing Up Despite Adversity!! Sorry about the leg. Take CoQ10 and eat leafy greens to heal faster.

I have 51 eggs in lockdown. I've been having a hard time with temps regulating. Oh and then I unplugged the egg turner (because i was going to transfer eggs anyway) and found out 6 hrs later I unplugged the incubator instead!There's half my eggs. I have no idea what will hatch with this bunch!!!!!

Your eggs will still do okay. It's much harder to accidentally wipe them out at this stage.

 

[TnT Poultry]

I have my first pipper, but it is pipping the wrong end. Can it still hatch and do okay? Wow, I was post #7000'