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

[ronott1]

Wow - this is backwards of what I was thinking. No wonder I only got the one marans to hatch. Poor eggies never had a chance.

Yes, if you are at a high altitude and the eggs came from sea level, the eggs would dry out too fast which causes problems. They also need as much ventilation as possible and at very high elevations, above 2000 meters you would need added oxygen and a barometric system to increase pressure.

What is your elevation in New Mexico?

You might be in a place where dry incubation will not be the best choice for you.

 

[ozexpat]

I sleep like a baby - I wake up every two hours crying

 

[ronott1]

I sleep like a baby - I wake up every two hours crying

Random funny post night?

 

[foxvalleyfarm]

OH my!!! That is just awful. Im so sorry  

[COLOR=800080]Oh...BAD DOG!!!!   I'm sooo sorry! [/COLOR]

OH no!!! I am so so sorry awe fox, this is bad news    the pup was just doing what was natural to it.  I am so sorry 

Oh my, I'm sorry this happened.

Oh no!  I'm so sorry.

Those are called lash eggs, and they usually are an indicator of internal laying.

What color are the eggs?  Green eggs are hard to see into, as are dark eggs.

[COLOR=800080]That hurts my heart..... its worse when your own dog does it. I am sooooooo sorry.[/COLOR]

yes i mean completely detached - rolling from end to end

Oz I had a goose egg with s fully detached air cell make it to day 6 before it quit

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:'( my dog killed all the chicks and the older duck.... :'( I'm so sad right now and my dh is really upset since u left in charge. The only survivor is the baby that just hatched.

 

 

So So sorry.  This had to be so hard. 

Thank you all so much. DH is devastated and the lone Ancona thinks we are it's mom and cries when it can't are/hear us. So it's sleeping in the crook of my elbow on the couch since DH can't sleep in the bed due to injuries he sustained when he smashed his motorcycle into a tree coming to tell me in person about the babies while I was at work. Nothing to bad just 10 stitches in his foot from where his headlight slashed it open.

 

[Whoops]

Quote: We're a mile high. The marans came from CA, but I don't know the elevation. I believe it was a few thousand feet lower, though. My current eggs came from a local breeder.

 

[ozexpat]

Wow - this is backwards of what I was thinking. No wonder I only got the one marans to hatch. Poor eggies never had a chance.

the pasreform website is an amazing resource

 

[cindynkidsd]

Just wanted to give everyone an update looks like I will be in Colorado for a while. My Foster Dad is very ill he had a blood order that they were treating that has sense turned into leukemia it was affecting his lungs and his blood marrow but they had gotten it under control but unfortuantly the treatment did not keep it out of his brain and he now has a lesion on his brain. We found all this out because he fell on tuesday he was not found right away when he fell right away and as a result aspirated and has pneumonia now. We are now waiting for the pneumonia to clear up so that he can be taken off the respirator after he is taken off the respirator we will then decide whether or not to start radiation on the lesion. This is a very stressful time I am not sure what the future holds all I can do is sit and wait and pray.  On a different note the 100 eggs I locked down before I left on wed. are ow hatching my daughter is taking excellent care of them and so far there are 37 healthy chicks there were three chicks that were weak when I left from the previous hatch and unfortuantly they did pass away but I know that we can not save them all. TY for all you kind words, thoughts and prayers and I will keep you posted.

So sorry! Sending prayers from Virginia.

 

[Sclark73]

Oh good, so I'm not the only one who wants to try.. Lol It may seem wrong to some but if it was left in the nest I am sure the hen would try to hatch it.... That being said... Mine is in my bator also.. I had to see what happens.. Good or bad.

I currently have a huge SS egg that is a double yoke and both chicks are growing, due to hatch on the 11. It's worth a try, all it can do is not work. I just find it interesting if I end up with twins. I tried one last year and it didn't end up living past 2 weeks but only one of the chicks developed any.

 

[cindynkidsd]

Okay I was scared but I candled a couple this morning at turning time. I have two that are moving. Can see the eye! Oh my gosh!!!!!! I'm so excited!

 

[BorderBrigade]

Is there a way to see the list of all the participants screen names and how many eggs were set? I see it on the first post of this thread but it won't scroll down or open so I can see if my egg number had been recorded.