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

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: x2 go kiddos and chickies

 

[jbenson]

Before bed last night, I checked on my wrong end pipper. The membrane was getting very opaque. So I used a q-tip in warm water to soften it and push it away from the chick's beak. It was peeping at me and the veins appeared to have receeded. It was pretty tired after all day trying to figure out how to get out of the small end. I picked a couple small pieces of shell away from it's face and moistened the membrane as it was very white. No veining. So i pushed it away from the chicks face. Then I put it back in the 'bator. It immediately pushed it's head out of the shell and then took a nap. This morning it was fluffy and cheeping with two siblings of the same breed who hatched overnight. They are all taking naps in the brooder right now. My humidity was skyrocketing and all the chicks in there were dry, just not necessarily fluffy, so I quickly grabbed them all out and transferred to the brooder. Since the 'bator was so full for hatching, I figured this would also make for less soccer while the rest hatch. Total babies in the brooder = 12!

Here's the d'Uccles taking a nap. One more just hatched in the past 30 min and is in the 'bator until later.



And here are my backyard babies and one that hatched from one of the blue eggs. There are two more backyard babies hatching right now and one more blue egg that just hatched a short time ago all in the 'bator. Just looked and there are a bunch more pips, so there will hopefully be more fluffies when I get home from work today. Hatching in the middle of the week totally sucks.



I have to go check on the two zippers right now. I set up a camera to record their hatching and I want to see how far they've come. I hope they finish before I have to go to work or I'll have a lot of editing to do since the camera has at least a couple hours of space left on it.

 

[Gardeningmama]

Oh Joy! Yet another chance to get 'chickens in snow' pics. .

Ha! Well, if you have to look at the upside!

Quote: That's the color my SLW's laid.

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I'm ashamed to admit I am still clueless about humidity. I don't have a scale to weigh them....Not sure what aircells should look like at different stages....Always went by what my Acurite said and now that I know they are wrong I'm even more lost. I sat down last night and read Brinsea's entire page on humidity and it lost me about half way through. I just don't understand. I am attempting to hatch duck eggs so I know humidity is very important, and I washed the eggs so have read I should up the humidity by 10% more. So, I put 2 pans of water in the bottom, and have slight condensation at the edge of the one door. My untrustworthy Acurites are reading 44% & 46%. I'm going to look up thermoworks and see if they have anything that can help me.

About 24 eggs from my pre-HAL test hatch are on day 18 and moving into the hatcher tonight. (Clears out some more space in the incubator for the HAL.

) Salmon Faverolles, Barred Rocks and BYMs hatching this weekend. Eggs are looking good with lots of movement:


In other news: One of my goats is showing signs of kidding today and another is imminent. Looking forward to a weekend of cute, fuzzy babies!

How exciting...I love fuzzy babies...any kind will do!

Btw...


Haha haha thought that one was funny.

No seriously, going for coffee now...

Love it! This does about sum it up.... Good Morning! My mom likes to call me early a lot of mornings, her first words "Have you had your coffee yet?". She once took my kids aside and had a talk with them, her advice "kids, don't bother your mom or try to talk to her until she's had her coffee". I love my mom..no one gets me better!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Before bed last night, I checked on my wrong end pipper. The membrane was getting very opaque. So I used a q-tip in warm water to soften it and push it away from the chick's beak. It was peeping at me and the veins appeared to have receeded. It was pretty tired after all day trying to figure out how to get out of the small end. I picked a couple small pieces of shell away from it's face and moistened the membrane as it was very white. No veining. So i pushed it away from the chicks face. Then I put it back in the 'bator. It immediately pushed it's head out of the shell and then took a nap. This morning it was fluffy and cheeping with two siblings of the same breed who hatched overnight. They are all taking naps in the brooder right now. My humidity was skyrocketing and all the chicks in there were dry, just not necessarily fluffy, so I quickly grabbed them all out and transferred to the brooder. Since the 'bator was so full for hatching, I figured this would also make for less soccer while the rest hatch. Total babies in the brooder = 12!

Here's the d'Uccles taking a nap. One more just hatched in the past 30 min and is in the 'bator until later.



And here are my backyard babies and one that hatched from one of the blue eggs. There are two more backyard babies hatching right now and one more blue egg that just hatched a short time ago all in the 'bator. Just looked and there are a bunch more pips, so there will hopefully be more fluffies when I get home from work today. Hatching in the middle of the week totally sucks.



I have to go check on the two zippers right now. I set up a camera to record their hatching and I want to see how far they've come. I hope they finish before I have to go to work or I'll have a lot of editing to do since the camera has at least a couple hours of space left on it.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...der-5th-annual-byc-easter-hatch-a-longContest ​

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BYC 2014 Easter Hatch-a-long

Creative Brooder Contest!



I've always have used card board boxes to brood my chicks, as the chicks grew I would tape a couple of boxes together.





When I began to hatch more and more, it became more difficult to keep enough boxes on hand. I would have to go to the store, the sales person would ask me if they could help me. I'd say yes, I need something that comes in a box that will hold about 2 dozen chicks.



Some boxes collected for 2014 hatching.


Please help me and show us your brooders!





Prize : Chocolate Mottled Bantam Cochin hatching eggs

from Chookschick! (Thanks Chookschick!)

 

[Sally Sunshine]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/863042/contest-6-wet-poultry-5th-annual-byc-easter-hatch-a-long





Contest #6 5th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-A-Long

Show us your most soaked fowl


IN THE



WET POULTRY CONTEST!





Prize: 6+ Crested Cream Legbar eggs
donated by sonew123

 

[misschickenlittle]

Happy Wednesday!!!
Love reading about all the hatches! My first set is on day 7, I think... Even though I've had my coffee my brain is still tired.
Expecting Barred Orps tomorrow to set Sat and then hoping my other box of silkie/frizzles gets here NLT Monday. I also have my own Lemon Cuckoo Orps and bantam Cochins going in for the hatch a long.
Have a great day!!

 

[bantiesrule]

Are you cheeping to them?

It really does help!



Hatch little chicks!

I thought you were the smart one Ron,

don't you know you have to cluck, not cheep.

 

[PAchickenlover]

[COLOR=0000FF]Oh Joy! Yet another chance to get 'chickens in snow' pics.[/COLOR] .

[COLOR=800080]Ha! Well, if you have to look at the upside! [/COLOR]

WOw! you guys are a posting crazy crew!! that was a lot to catch up on and i have to say.. thats the first baby emu i have ever seen! Adorable!! I have a question about eggs color. I want to set mainly my BLRW eggs in a week, (ok.. i was going to wait but I am setting these for my dad...) I didnt seperate them from the rest of the flock and I am thinking if I do now.. that they would stop laying for a bit while they adjusted. So, anyone out there know the difference in black astrolorp, buff orp and wyanotte egg colors!? Some are pretty tan, some are brown and some are light and have an almost pinkish tint. I want to set them all and keep the rest of the mutts for myself, but I am not quite ready for more chicks!! I was going to let a silkie sit on a few, but she seems to have stopped being broody...figures!

I cant speak for all Wyandottes, but mine lay a very light creamy tanninsh pink color. If that makes sense.

[COLOR=800080]That's the color my SLW's laid.[/COLOR]

DITTO! GO CHICKIES GO!!






We had an excellent hatch of mutt eggs and ccl

But most are BOYS!!! How does gender get chosen and when? should I replace my roos?

Unlike mammals, the hen determines the sex of her offspring. 17 degrees here now. Hopefully this is the last hard freeze. I found some interesting items for you hatchaholics. Here's a usb data logger for temp, humidity. The less expensive one is accurate to ±1F and 3% humidity The more expensive one is accurate to ±0.6F and humidity ±2% After your hatch you can track your temperature and humidity throughout incubation. http://www.thermoworks.com/products...perature_humidity_loggers.html#Specifications For those with a separate incubator and hatcher, this one is a two channel thermocouple with alarm. It's accurate to within 0.2% so I take that to mean at 100F, it's accurate to ± 0.2F http://thermoworks.com/products/handheld/TW8060.html#Specifications

[COLOR=800080]I'm ashamed to admit I am still clueless about humidity. I don't have a scale to weigh them....Not sure what aircells should look like at different stages....Always went by what my Acurite said and now that I know they are wrong I'm even more lost. I sat down last night and read Brinsea's entire page on humidity and it lost me about half way through. I just don't understand. I am attempting to hatch duck eggs so I know humidity is very important, and I washed the eggs so have read I should up the humidity by 10% more. So, I put 2 pans of water in the bottom, and have slight condensation at the edge of the one door. My untrustworthy Acurites are reading 44% & 46%. I'm going to look up thermoworks and see if they have anything that can help me.[/COLOR]

About 24 eggs from my pre-HAL test hatch are on day 18 and moving into the hatcher tonight. (Clears out some more space in the incubator for the HAL. ) Salmon Faverolles, Barred Rocks and BYMs hatching this weekend. Eggs are looking good with lots of movement: In other news: One of my goats is showing signs of kidding today and another is imminent. Looking forward to a weekend of cute, fuzzy babies!

[COLOR=800080]How exciting...I love fuzzy babies...any kind will do![/COLOR]

Btw... Haha haha thought that one was funny. No seriously, going for coffee now...

[COLOR=800080] Love it! This does about sum it up.... Good Morning! My mom likes to call me early a lot of mornings, her first words "Have you had your coffee yet?". She once took my kids aside and had a talk with them, her advice "kids, don't bother your mom or try to talk to her until she's had her coffee". I love my mom..no one gets me better![/COLOR]

Lol wish my mom would explain that to my kids. Lol

 

[ChickenCanoe]

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I'm ashamed to admit I am still clueless about humidity. I don't have a scale to weigh them....Not sure what aircells should look like at different stages....Always went by what my Acurite said and now that I know they are wrong I'm even more lost. I sat down last night and read Brinsea's entire page on humidity and it lost me about half way through. I just don't understand. I am attempting to hatch duck eggs so I know humidity is very important, and I washed the eggs so have read I should up the humidity by 10% more. So, I put 2 pans of water in the bottom, and have slight condensation at the edge of the one door. My untrustworthy Acurites are reading 44% & 46%. I'm going to look up thermoworks and see if they have anything that can help me.

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A scale like this works perfectly.

http://www.rakuten.com/prod/1000g-x...P&adid=18172&gclid=COCRyPymsL0CFTBgMgodhDUAuA

I think this is the one I have, or very similar.
http://www.rakuten.com/prod/pocket-size-mini-gram-scale-very-quick-and-precise/258913279.html

Here is a good instruction of how to graph weight loss with a link to a word doc you can download to chart your eggs.
http://www.browneggblueegg.com/Article/MonitoringEggWeightLoss.html

Maybe this description will help.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/484513/weight-loss-chart#post_6153515