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

[jbher]

I have babies hatching again

So far, a pair on the rhodebars & I lost a spare male over night. 8 new rainbow layers also running around the brooder.

Pictures!!!

The few I peaked at in my bator have spiders in also.

Trying to be good and leave the eggs alone..however I am hand turning this time due to so many eggs and it is just too hard to resist a little peak.

Oh it is so hard to resist!!! I don't touch mine either... just held a light up to it carefully. I won't touch 'em until Saturday when I candle. Yay for spiders!!!

 

[enola]

I have spiders, too! 5 out 6 and since it is so early, I haven't given up on the 6th one yet yippeeeeeeeee!

 

[jbher]

I have spiders, too! 5 out 6 and since it is so early, I haven't given up on the 6th one yet

yippeeeeeeeee!

 

[Beekissed]

The few I peaked at in my bator have spiders in also.

Trying to be good and leave the eggs alone..however I am hand turning this time due to so many eggs and it is just too hard to resist a little peak.

Me too!

And I think I'm already bonding with the chick in egg #6....it's my favorite to candle because he/she is a little Mexican jumping bean! They are all active but for some reason that egg is more visible and I can see all the veins and the chick's eyeballs better than I can in the other eggs, so when I sneak a peek it's usually egg #6.

 

[mlm Mike]

All you people candling are bad influences! I must resist the temptation.

 

[PAchickenlover]

The few I peaked at in my bator have spiders in also. Trying to be good and leave the eggs alone..however I am hand turning this time due to so many eggs and it is just too hard to resist a little peak.

Me too!     And I think I'm already bonding with the chick in egg #6....it's my favorite to candle because he/she is a little Mexican jumping bean!  They are all active but for some reason that egg is more visible and I can see all the veins and the chick's eyeballs better than I can in the other eggs, so when I sneak a peek it's usually egg #6. 

Mexican jumping bean!

 

[uphilljill]

Can't. Keep. Up.



Thank goodness for Ron's Digest.

 

[RandyAruba]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/content/type/61/id/6247523/width/200
/height/400.

hi there here are some arubian jungle fowl black, brown and a speckled

 

[LadyCluck77]

Oh no! Now I want to candle too. Must... Resist... candling...

 

[BHep]

OK there are 87 in the Styrofoam bator pile up:

And 10 under 3 broody hens....well they are stealing them back and forth form each other. LOL