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

[Cynthia12]

 

[Book]

both of my Rcom incubators sing as well- though it is just a 6 second jingle. it plays every time they turn the eggs, which is once every hour, and they aren't synced together so once about every half hour i hear the little tune. i actually kinda like it lol

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152239381573850

That is so flipping adorable! I bet your keeps temp though!

 

[Sclark73]

Well after candling I'm down 25 eggs which puts me down from 83 to 58. I'm almost relieved as I have been wondering where I was going to put them all. The 21 I set from one farmer, 16 were infertile. I had 2 blood rings out of the 25 but the rest were infertile. I had 6 different sets in this HAL and one of my sets of a dozen has all fertile and growing eggs. Those make me happy as they are for the boy who is raising his own flock.

I currently have 10 in lock down. 8 are from my bator and 2 are from my broody BLRW that decided to stop setting yesterday so we put those in the bator. One has pipped already so good timing, those are 2 EE. The other 8 I just candled and 5 are internal pipped. The other 3 look like they will be another day or so yet. The double yoked Speckled Sussex made it to lockdown and I just checked and both are alive, I will be amazed by it if they hatch.

Sorry to hear others losses and gl to the rest of you. I am having a hard time keeping up with this thread so I try to read what I can.

 

[wolftracks]

Just candled. Pulled 26. Some blood rings, some quiters and some that weren't fertile. Most of the infertile ones were from the mixed flock and all pullets and cockerels that are young, so maybe later with some of those.

Sooooo out of the following breeds I pulled these


Mixed started with 38, pulled 16

BBS Sumatras I pulled the only one.

Bantam Langshan I pulled all 6.


I started with 83 and I'm down to 57. Not great, but lots of these were first eggs.

Speaking of first eggs. My lavender AM pullets are starting to lay. The first 2 have more of a green blue like their pretty momma, but the one that laid her first today gave me one of the bluest eggs I've ever seen, so I'm juiced!!! I'm hoping that means my next gen will be amazing. So happy with them. The egg was actually bluer than my BBS pen and those are some nice blue eggs. YAY!!!!

Not sure how my next hatch will go. I had set eggs aside to set and forgot to put them in the bator. Don't ask! I picked up a dozen Lt Sussex yesterday, one FBCM and 2 Bourbon Red eggs. Those plus 30 fron this week and 35 from last week, so I'm almost up to where I was at the start of this hatch. Now to get some to hatch! Please let my hatches get better again. I have broodies that hid nests, so I just left them where they were. A pullet I was hoping was from my lavender egg project ended up being an OE. Funny, but only one of my OEs have a pea comb. Oh well. I like them, so letting her try and hatch them out. I gotta stop doing that. I have way to many hatching eggs and I could be setting eggs I need for sure under them.

 

[tnspursfan09]

Crossing my fingers

 

[foxvalleyfarm]

Oooo, looks like it could be.  Just through the first membrane.  Won't be long.  Going into lock down tonight..tomorrow? 

Monday at noon for lockdown

 

[michaelf]

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!!!!

 

[chicken pickin]

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!!!!

Good Morning!

 

[chickensnbees]

Good morning! I candled my duck eggs last night and 9 of the 11 have very squirmy babies!

 

[SoManyHats]

Good morning everyone!