The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long

[RedIII]

Oh! Yes! Congrats, QuirkySue!

X's 2. We know the feeling don't we Red... Hope that baby chick is doing ok that you got from our friend.

Yep, it's doing great

My broody loves it, and it is so happy to have a "proper" sized mama, hehe. I've named the little one Robby for now. Very cute chick.

 

[wildriverswolf90]

Well yesterday I did an eggtopsy to see what happened with the eggs under my broody...... all 10 were fully developed and had moved into the hatching position and then they all died I was bawling my eyes out, I don't know what happened but I suspect my big bossy Brahma Panda may have bullied her off the nest at some point during the final days and then they got to cold. This Cochin Lily, has always done such an amazing job hatching for me and the rest of the flock have always stayed out of her way and left her alone that iI have never had to separate her, but this is the first time she has gone broody since adding Panda to the group, so now I know from now on she will go in the broody pen.
At least their is a small happy ending, I got a shipment of 10 baby cCochin today and she adopted them all

 

[lericson]

I'm still hatching over here! I set 29 duck eggs on March 2 at noon. As of today, I have 1 early quitter, 1 late quitter, 16 have hatched, and 10 more that are pipped and working on hatching in the incubator!

I also set 12 chicken eggs on March 11 about 7pm - nothing from them yet, I do hope they hatch too, but I can't see a darn thing in them. I'm going to give them a few extra days since my ducks are all so late.

 

[JulieNKC]

Well yesterday I did an eggtopsy to see what happened with the eggs under my broody...... all 10 were fully developed and had moved into the hatching position

and then they all died

I was bawling my eyes out, I don't know what happened but I suspect my big bossy Brahma Panda may have bullied her off the nest at some point during the final days and then they got to cold. This Cochin Lily, has always done such an amazing job hatching for me and the rest of the flock have always stayed out of her way and left her alone that iI have never had to separate her, but this is the first time she has gone broody since adding Panda to the group, so now I know from now on she will go in the broody pen.
At least their is a small happy ending, I got a shipment of 10 baby cCochin today and she adopted them all

Sorry about the eggs, but yay for her adopting the new babies!

I'm still hatching over here! I set 29 duck eggs on March 2 at noon. As of today, I have 1 early quitter, 1 late quitter, 16 have hatched, and 10 more that are pipped and working on hatching in the incubator!

I also set 12 chicken eggs on March 11 about 7pm - nothing from them yet, I do hope they hatch too, but I can't see a darn thing in them. I'm going to give them a few extra days since my ducks are all so late.

Yay! Ducklings are so cute! Hoping your chicks do well too.

Still hatching here too. I have 4 duck eggs (3 crested mallard, one call) that are in lockdown, 2 have pipped. There are also 2 goose eggs I set with them that will be hatching soon after the ducks.

I'm so excited for goslings, lol. Then chicks due again after, more ducks, and more geese. My incubator and hatcher will not be shut off for another month or two at least.

 

[Sueg4332]

my ebay eggs are lost. Went to Tracy , Calif. instead of Stockton, Calif. now they have to go back to Sacramento then Stockton than back to Modesto. Boy I am praying they make it to Modesto intact. Got my fingers crossed.

 

[Gardeningmama]

I finally got a couple pics of my easter hatch seramas.

Julie, they are beautiful!!!!

 

[SleepyOwl]

My chicks finally made an appearance today. I ended up with 3 that hatched and are alive.

This has been a hard hatch for me, and it is mostly my fault. Day 22 came and was almost over, and nothing had happened. My temps weren't low, so I was starting to get worried. I cracked one that had a very weird air cell, thinking maybe they are shrink wrapped and this is where to start. Nope, that chick wasn't ready, I opened it enough to see the egg yolk had not been absorbed yet. I covered the (very large) hole with a damp paper towel, knowing that I probably killed the poor thing. It lasted a day before it died.

So day 23 comes. I finally get a pip and can hear peeping from other eggs! I got impatient again, and opened an egg that I couldn't see or hear anything in, thinking it was either dead, or needed help.... nope, just wasn't ready. That one died after an hour or two.

Ok, I get it, NO HELPING! Two hatched on their own this morning. The two left were sill sitting there, pipless. On that had been peeping now was not. I opened it, it was dead. It was in the wrong position, and ready to hatch (visually looked ready) it just couldn't get out.... If I had opened that one earlier, it would probably be alive!

I helped the last chick out a few hours ago. That one was ready and is doing just fine. I don't think he could have zipped either, even though his beak was facing the right way to internally pip, he seemed in there wrong.

One of the three has something wrong with it (one of the ones that hatched on their own.) He kept flipping himself onto his back and couldn't stay upright... if I hold him normal, he throws his head all the way back to make it upside down. Very strange. I put him in a cup for a few hours, and that seemed to help, but he finally figured out how to flip over in the cup too. I stuck them all in the brooder, and had to leave. When I got home and checked on them, the weird chick was sitting normal, so hopefully whatever is wrong fixes itself.

 

[txrobnla]

Well, I think all that are going to hatch have hatched... Today is day 24. I'm going to leave the remaining eggs in another day just in case. But I'm not seeing any movement or hearing anything in them. So I think I lost a number of them the last few days, but I'm trying to focus on the positive of the 8 lovely chicks that hatched.

Started with 27 eggs, 24 in lockdown and hatched 8 chicks. This was the final count:

1 Maran/EE chick (should be an Oliver Egger)
4 EE chicks (100% hatched from my EE hen, so I'm very proud of her.)
3 Blue/splash Copper Marans

-Rob

 

[Cynthia12]

Well, I think all that are going to hatch have hatched... Today is day 24. I'm going to leave the remaining eggs in another day just in case. But I'm not seeing any movement or hearing anything in them. So I think I lost a number of them the last few days, but I'm trying to focus on the positive of the 8 lovely chicks that hatched.

Started with 27 eggs, 24 in lockdown and hatched 8 chicks. This was the final count:

1 Maran/EE chick (should be an Oliver Egger)
4 EE chicks (100% hatched from my EE hen, so I'm very proud of her.)
3 Blue/splash Copper Marans

-Rob

8, you got 8 babies.. that's ok.

 

[Cynthia12]

Well yesterday I did an eggtopsy to see what happened with the eggs under my broody...... all 10 were fully developed and had moved into the hatching position

and then they all died

I was bawling my eyes out, I don't know what happened but I suspect my big bossy Brahma Panda may have bullied her off the nest at some point during the final days and then they got to cold. This Cochin Lily, has always done such an amazing job hatching for me and the rest of the flock have always stayed out of her way and left her alone that iI have never had to separate her, but this is the first time she has gone broody since adding Panda to the group, so now I know from now on she will go in the broody pen.
At least their is a small happy ending, I got a shipment of 10 baby cCochin today and she adopted them all

Sad news, then happy news. Glad your mama took those chicks in..lucky little chicks.