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

[bantambury]

Welcome to the 5th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!



It's that time again! Every year, hundreds of members come together to set eggs to hatch on the exact same day - the day BEFORE Easter. As a group last year, we had 7,629 eggs set for hatching! If you are new to hatching, this is a great way to get a lot of help, tips and advise. Join in the fun for the largest BYC Hatch-a-long of the year!



Set Chicken eggs on Saturday, March 29th at Noon (whatever time zone you are in)

Other poultry breed setting dates listed below...

We want to hatch on April 19th, (the day BEFORE Easter Sunday)
button quail: 16 days to hatch; set April 3rd
coturnix quail: 18 days to hatch; set April 1st
seramas: 19 days to hatch; set March 31st
other bantam and LF: 21 days to hatch; set March 29th
bobwhite quail: 23 days to hatch; set March 27th
call duck: 26 days to hatch; set March 24th
mallard (derived) duck,goose, turkey, guinea: 28 days to hatch; set March 22nd
goose: 28 to 32 days to hatch; set March 18th - March 22nd
muscovy duck: 35 days to hatch; set March 15th
emu: approx. 53 days to hatch - set Feb 25th (for you "serious" hatchers)



Places to find hatching eggs:

BYC Buy ~ Sell ~ Trade Section: Chicken Hatching Eggs


SWAP THREAD: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/754060/the-new-crazy-24hr-auction-thread

JUST IN TIME HATCHING EGG AUCTION: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/754077/just-in-time-hatching-egg-auction-and-bin-thread/2100_50




Contests!
Contest #1: Guess How Many Eggs Will Be Set
Go here to enter: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...e-set-5th-annual-byc-easter-hatch-a-long/0_50

Upcoming Contests - we are still working out the details, and there will be more as prizes come in:
Brooder Contest
Guess How Many Eggs will Hatch
Beautiful Rooster
Other Fowl contest
Edible Easter Contest
Funny Posting Contest
Easter Photo Contest
Caption Contest or two
Random posting contest
Decorated Egg Contest
Cutest Baby Fowl


If you are interested in donating a prize for the contests, please PM me.

A huge Thank You to @Sally Sunshine and @mlmddh for helping me with this Hatch-a-long again this year!

Daily Digest (Cliff Notes Version):
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...r-the-5th-annual-byc-easter-hatch-a-long/0_50

2 things @Happy Chooks ....

if im not planning on hatching, can I still enter some of the contests? and im still part of the hatch.....im just not hatching so is it ok if im still on the hatch participants list you had put up?

 

[sunflowerparrot]

To stagger hatch using only 1 bator for incubation, lockdown & hatch: keep humidity as low as possible for as long as possible. Raise humidity late day 19 or at first pip or peep. As soon as last chick hatches, pull chicks & shells (chicks can dry under brooder lamp as long as they have their feet under them), lower humidity until next batch. You can stop turning the younger batch of eggs during hatch, or if you feel you must turn, mist the lid of the bator with water to immediately jump humidity back up after turning as quickly as possible. Do not leave auto turners run during hatch. Babies can get stuck in them.

Thanks! I have an R-Com and put 4 eggs in a week after I already set my original 20..

 

[Caitlin_VT]

I will join!

 

[Cynthia12]

I'm in. These Easter Hatch A Longs have been so much fun! Thank you all that are doing this for us.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Hey Sally!!! Thank you very much for the praise Really Appreciate it!! I wish I was as talented as you guys are for your creativity with posts!!!

I just need to be told what to do through a Pm and Ill do it! There is not a chance I can possibly keep up with all of you on a daily basis!! lol

Copy paste is my friend.... well sorta

so is free animations in google search, they rock and copy paste well

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Boy it takes me soo long trying to keep up with reading all the posts that I hardly have time to post myself. By the way I love reading everyone's post's. And good luck to each and everyone of you.

Well this is what I have been up to lately,:
I have going on in the Hatching world before the 29th of March

Going into lockdown Tomorrow the 4th with 9 chicken eggs

On the 8th lockdown on 5 Chicken eggs

On the 14th lockdown on 22 Chicken eggs

On the 19th lockdown on 23 Chicken eggs.

Numbers might change above as I need to candle each bunch before I lock them down though, you all know how that goes.

Then I have to get busy and gather up some eggs for the 29th set date for the Easter Hatch-A-Long Not sure but will probably have 42 eggs.
I am not at all obsessed.

me either, I went to meetings but they all failed

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I want in! Hoping to snag some Welsh Harlequin duck eggs but if that is a no go, I will peruse craigslist for some chook eggs

We still have a long wait until set day let alone hatch day. Thought I would post a pic of this barnyard beauty that hatched this weekend lol


I usually only hatch a few barnyard mix a year for my layer flock but this year I have 3 incubators...so need to be careful and keep myself in check. lol. I find the mixes always have such interesting down colors. This one has a pale gray/blue with darker chipmunk stripes in the muted gray/blue. Then some yellow around the face.

ach du gut!!!

I would hug him and love him and call him george

Must. Hatch. Chicks. Soon.

you know..... I read that slow

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I will join!

I'm in. These Easter Hatch A Longs have been so much fun! Thank you all that are doing this for us.

YAY!!!! Hey you guys!!

Wouldnt be an Easter Hatchalong without you both!!

 

[joycespell]

i would love to join the fun! I have some quail chicken and goose eggs ready to set.

 

[TeaChick]

Cuties!

You haven't seen nuthin' yet.
What?! There's more????

Love the name Snoodle!
Thank you! =)
DH named her after a VeggieTales character that couldn't fly. That sounds funny a vegetable character that can't fly. They did a parody of Dr. Suess and snoodles can fly, but "the little snoodle" which the story was about, couldn't until the end of the story.
Caleb is in NJ.

 

[TeaChick]

I cannot believe Im saying this...I'M IN!!!! Ive already got the bator running with CCls and Tolbunts so what the heck!!! My electric bill is going to sky rocket in my barn with the heating units for all these chicks!!
Im hatching my Cream Crested Legbars and Tolbunts...Oh and as many Olive egger eggs I can snag from my Blue marans over my CCL roo..


Ill donate 6+ cream crested legbar eggs includes shipping

Welcome!

I am in!!!!

Welcome!

To join, do we just post here? If so, I'm in!

Welcome!

 

[TeaChick]