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

[Cynthia12]

Yep, just getting on!

 

[Cynthia12]

I was unable to set any eggs.

ETA
However, I will have some chicks delivered on the 16th or 17th.

 

[Cynthia12]

After day 7 candling, all 12 of 12 are still going strong!

Eggs are all from my own flock this time. It's my first hatch that doesn't include any shipped eggs.

 

[Cynthia12]

Here are some pictures from last night. First #34 since we are tracking it.

Next is a very porous egg that seems begins in development

And last is just another good one

Very nice photos! Thanks!

 

[Cynthia12]

I'm off to a somewhat disappointing start to my Easter hatch. Today is day 10, and I recandled. I removed 7 eggs, 6 with no development, and 1 with a definite blood ring. Of the 11 eggs left in the bator, there are 3 that look questionable. There are 2 that are just difficult to see, and 1 that I'm still pretty sure has a blood ring. The other veins haven't disappeared yet though, so I'm leaving it in just in case the blood ring turns out to be a large blood vessel.

Sadly, the eggs I removed were my all of my BLRW and Blue Orp. I guess they just didn't survive the shipping as well as the other breeds.

Keep those questionables for a while!

 

[Cynthia12]

Woke up this morning and noticed that all the clocks were blinking. I guess we lost power last night during the storm that passed through. I'm not sure how long it was out for, and when I checked on the eggs the temp was reading as it should. If the temps dropped low enough for long enough to affect the eggs, how long before I would be able to see evidence of that? And would it look like a blood ring or something of that sort, or would it just not have any progress of development from the last time I candled? I've thankfully never had the power go out when incubating eggs before so I'm not quite sure what to look for.

On a happier note, I just found out my husband and I are expecting a little "chick" of our own! I guess this one is being "set" just in time for the Christmas 2014 Hatch-a-long!! lol Thank goodness I don't have to manually adjust/watch the temp and humidity for the next 9 months for this one!

haha

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: absolutely stunning!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Woke up this morning and noticed that all the clocks were blinking. I guess we lost power last night during the storm that passed through. I'm not sure how long it was out for, and when I checked on the eggs the temp was reading as it should. If the temps dropped low enough for long enough to affect the eggs, how long before I would be able to see evidence of that? And would it look like a blood ring or something of that sort, or would it just not have any progress of development from the last time I candled? I've thankfully never had the power go out when incubating eggs before so I'm not quite sure what to look for.

On a happier note, I just found out my husband and I are expecting a little "chick" of our own! I guess this one is being "set" just in time for the Christmas 2014 Hatch-a-long!! lol Thank goodness I don't have to manually adjust/watch the temp and humidity for the next 9 months for this one!

haha

OH HHHHHH BABY BABY!!!! YAYYAYYAYYAAAA CONGRATS!!!! How awesome!!

 

[austinbndr28]

absolutely stunning!!

Thank you!

 

[Penny Hen]

So funny! We have a buff orp with spurs. Big ones too!

Cinco de Mayo? I will have to look it up. I'm hatching all the time now

No way! I love to fish but there are limit! Here's a hint. Outfish him. I promise he'll never take you again.

That's certainly more high-tech than scribbling info on the calender page.

I'm getting to a point - with 5 hatches and a broodie, all at once, that I may have to start taking notes. The brain only holds so much!

Thanks! If you don't have Word you can download a free copy of Open Office and it will cut and paste right in. The chart changes deminsion but it can be worked with.