The 5th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[ddhyland]

Good luck.. we'll be pulling for ya to have a great hatch!

Thanks need all the luck I can get.

 

[PAchickenlover]

Good luck.. we'll be pulling for ya to have a great hatch!

Thanks need all the luck I can get.

Just a question, do you have a fan in your bator? So far adding a fan has made all the difference in my hatch rate. Of course it doesn't change clears... lol

 

[K Epp]

Spring is here. At least today. We defiantly have the March winds. 55*

 

[mlm Mike]

Well, I have just locked down my very first batch of eggs in the incubator.

Out of 30 set have 16 left, the rest were all definitely clear so I finally took them out. I know there is at least 1 egg with a chick, this is a light tan egg, the rest are green and blue. Hopefully they all have chicks, but we shall see. Now just to keep an eye on the temp and humidity.

Good luck!

Ok question I have a large order for hatching eggs for a friend can I put them in on Friday and still include them in the Hatch A long?

Do you mean chicken eggs tomorrow?

 

[PAchickenlover]

Spring is here. At least today. We defiantly have the March winds. 55*

Oh, how pretty!

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Spring is here. At least today. We defiantly have the March winds. 55*

We are planting some things in pots today.

 

[mlm Mike]

These are the set days for the remaining :
Set Chicken eggs on Saturday, March 29th at Noon (whatever time zone you are in)

Other poultry breed setting dates listed below...

We want to hatch on April 19th, (the day BEFORE Easter Sunday)
button quail: 16 days to hatch; set April 3rd
coturnix quail: 18 days to hatch; set April 1st
seramas: 19 days to hatch; set March 31st
other bantam and LF: 21 days to hatch; set March 29th
bobwhite quail: 23 days to hatch; set March 27th
call duck: 26 days to hatch; set March 24th
mallard (derived) duck,goose, turkey, guinea: 28 days to hatch; set March 22nd
goose: 28 to 32 days to hatch; set March 18th - March 22nd

We would like people to set as close to noon on the set day as possible. For the number of eggs set, number eggs hatch contest, we are only able to count the eggs set +/- 2 days from the scheduled set day.

 

[Cynthia12]

False alarm on the kittens... She is just at the really uncomfortable stage.. Has not bagged up yet.

We will be seeing photos of kittens before too long..I hope!

 

[Kismet]

I lockdowned my test hatch today - 25 eggs. I am having trouble keeping the humidity up. I have all the wells filled in my hovabator and a wet washcloth underneath the air hole through which I can drop warm water. The temperature is about 99.5, but I can't get the humidity above 50%. Any suggestions?

I weighed the eggs before I taped the bator shut (in case my six year old neighbor is tempted to open it). The percentage weight loss ranged between 12% and 21% (all the Ameracaunas were between 17 and 21; the others were mostly 12 -13% - I thought that was interesting). As I type this, I wonder if my hydrometer is accurate, because these are high percentage losses. I kept the humidity at about 30% throughout the hatch. It's hard to believe that there is such a difference between eggs when the humidity is the same for all of them. After candling, I changed the eggs around to different spots in the bator, too.

I hope I hear pips soon, or I am going to get very nervous.

 

[Arielle]

Quote: Sooon. A couple of mine have starte , so yours will be starting soooooooon.