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

[Cynthia12]

Hi there

I set on Monday March 31st at 8pm . So excited!!
ALL these eggs were shipped from Chickengirl1304 here on BYC.

5 F1 Olive Eggers
2 F2 Olive Eggers
2 Jubilee Orp
10 Barnevelder
4 Crested Cream Legbar
5 Easter Eggers

TOTAL 28 eggs.

Hey, are those eggs marked BB mean Blue Boys..or Black, or Blue?

 

[jinks12333]

I had eggs pip around 9am....its 7pm now and they still aren't out.... I know it can take a while but what's typical? :-/

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Chicks at my daughters school started hatching Tuesday a full 2 weeks ahead of schedule 3 of the 6 were out on Friday

confused, they only take 3 weeks total to hatch???

I bet the kids are so excited! Its cool for them to do that at school!

 

[Reyvaughn]

What are your project eggs?

Bantam chocolate Cochins and I have a 100% black bantam English Orp over 5 BBS US SOP bantam Orps. I don't think my roo is very fertile or he just isn't interested in the girls. I think I have hatched 3 of his chicks this year and almost all the eggs are infertile. I have never seen him 'do his job'. The Cochins I assume is because of fluff. I have 2 chocolate bantam Orps over 8 black bantam Cochin pullets and in the second pen I have one black roo over 4 chocolate bantam Orp girls and 2 blue bantam Cochin girls. I know - I need a 2nd black bantam Cochin boy!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I had eggs pip around 9am....its 7pm now and they still aren't out.... I know it can take a while but what's typical? :-/

Yup sounds normal its absorbing

TIMELINE of a silky HATCHING!
9AM MONDAY
EARLY DAY 19, CANDLE SHOWS INTERNAL PIP

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MONDAY 5 PM noticed external pip


TUESDAY DAY 20 9AM STILL RESTING,
hole slightly larger but chick is NOT zipping!




2 PM TUES. CHICK IS ALREADY OUT!
missed the last quick zipping!
Silky on the left, two CCL hatched at the same time!

ITS IMORTANT TO NOTE:
THIS CHICK TOOK WELL OVER 24 hours to hatch! and absolutely normal!​

 

[Happy Chooks]

Here is the only remaining baby from my recent hatch.

An interesting fact is that it was actually the very first egg to ever go into my incubator and that I alone ever incubated.


And a spider from last night. Im not sure which egg that is but I'm going to start taking pictures of 34 and posting them daily. That pic is day 4

What a little cutie! And nice candling picture!

I had eggs pip around 9am....its 7pm now and they still aren't out.... I know it can take a while but what's typical? :-/

They can take 12 hours or more to continue. It's a lot of work for them to hatch. They rest in between.

Bantam chocolate Cochins and I have a 100% black bantam English Orp over 5 BBS US SOP bantam Orps. I don't think my roo is very fertile or he just isn't interested in the girls. I think I have hatched 3 of his chicks this year and almost all the eggs are infertile. I have never seen him 'do his job'. The Cochins I assume is because of fluff. I have 2 chocolate bantam Orps over 8 black bantam Cochin pullets and in the second pen I have one black roo over 4 chocolate bantam Orp girls and 2 blue bantam Cochin girls. I know - I need a 2nd black bantam Cochin boy!

Sounds like you may need to trim some fluffy butts.

 

[hiddenacres]

i have set 8 eggs

 

[bantambury]

Please post the number of eggs you set in this thread! We need to finalize the numbers!

If you did not set any eggs, please post that too!​

I didn't set any this time

Place your votes for the winners of the Caption #1 Contest!

Go here to vote: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/870808/vote-for-the-winners-in-the-caption-1-contest/0_50​

WILL DO!


thanks sally!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Here is the only remaining baby from my recent hatch.

An interesting fact is that it was actually the very first egg to ever go into my incubator and that I alone ever incubated.


And a spider from last night. Im not sure which egg that is but I'm going to start taking pictures of 34 and posting them daily. That pic is day 4

 

[cracrzy4chicks]

I set 80 ......................... Oh My