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

[Sally Sunshine]

I had to rig something for humidity this time too, since I have no room for my dish with a sponge, too many eggs in hatch this time around!
I do have the two trays under the eggs but its not enough this packed, I think the fan isnt picking up surface area on them as much since its jammed

I have the sponges near holes so I can spray water in with a spray bottle lol

This was my rig job last night, I may use it from now on instead of on the wire with the eggs!





caulked! excuse the rusty caulk, I had a nail in the caulk and then I had tape over it to keep the caulk good for next use

I had to cut the other end down as my sponge is big, I still had to cut my sponge though.
Works like a charm, plenty of room for eggs to hatch AND it holds extra water to pull from!

I used two galv screwed to the side of the bator

 

[mlm Mike]

If your temps are on the high side, they will hatch earlier.

Yes, the broody regulates humidity by plucking her breast and skin to egg contact. If you feel under a broody near hatch, you will feel it.

Yes you will, you'll feel the humidity too. I remember the pictures of your arms after you messed with a broody.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Quote:
She's one serious mama!

 

[abmaddox1981]

Apparently my rabbits thought this week was a good week for babies! 6 BEW Beveren babies, 5 mini Rex, and another mini Rex mama building a nest! I'm gonna be buried in babies by Easter!

 

[elliechooks]

I told her she should be preparing for lock-down but I'm not sure she was really listening

 

[LaGeniaLoca]

Update on my hatch...almost EVERYTHING hatched early! They started hatching over the weekend, and now there's only 1 chicken egg left that's already pipped inside, and 7 quail eggs that started pipping yesterday! The duck mix hatched on Sunday. My ancona duck eggs were set a few days late and don't seem to be as far along as they should. My Easter hatch is a wreck!

On a fun note, someone I know who cares for Canadian geese gave me a gosling that was abandoned, plus 5 eggs to hatch. So we're going to have a mini flock of people friendly Canadian geese at the pond!

 

[cornerstone]

I set mine one march 29 and i just found this can i join. I got 20 barnyard mixes in the incubator

 

[WHmarans]

One of my black spangled d'Uccle bantams hatched but is splay legged. As far as I know this chick was early and others have pipped and are working on it. I'm not sure though if its the incubator (this is the first time I've used the Incuvue) or just bad luck that the first chick wasn't right. And as seems to be the growing trend the little thing is now residing in the front of my shirt because 1. its easy to check on lol and 2. it positions its feet the right way under its body that way. Maybe It'll form better muscle development given a little time that way? well it doesn't seem like it could get worse anyway. He's got a day or 2 to work it out and if not he'll be donated to raptor rehab. Can I donate a chick to be eagle dinner after carrying it around in my shirt for a day or so? you might be wondering? Well that's what I'm wondering lol. It is cute as can be and seems very cozy.

 

[uphilljill]

My hatcher is cleaned out and warming up in preparation for lockdown. I removed a few clears and early quitters from the shipped eggs, but the homegrown eggs are all still looking good. Will post numbers when hatch is done! Good luck, everyone!

 

[amyfitz100]

So in addition to my bator, my black hen went broody a week or so later. She had one egg and two golf balls. Yesterday I checked everything while I saw she was up (very convenient for me -- she does her thing at noon everyday) and my brown hen was sitting on the eggs and screaming at me! Is it normal to have an eggsitter? I went out 15 minutes later and no one was on the eggs -- and there were four eggs, all different colors, all warm. I put an x on all of them. Then the black hen came back. I still got all 4 eggs possible yesterday, so the ones under the broody were not new. I don't know how old they are. Is that okay?