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

[Kalalyn21]

I will be hatching blue and black copper marans and some OES. I will have to see what else I can find local. Have had terrible hatches with shipped eggs, so I dont want go down the road again.

 

[chiqita]

Okay all you Super Hatchers, I need some expert advice. I had some sort of bacterial growth in the hatcher this last batch. It started smelling horribly after 24 hours. The eggs hatched, and some were mushy chicks. All the ones that hatched have recovered on their own. There was a orange-ish brown growth on the bottom and under some of the eggs. I have scrubbed the hatcher (a still air stryro-bator) with a scrub brush and anti-bacterial soap, I sprayed the bottom, and wiped the top with 2 parts clorox and one part water, and I let it air dry out in the sun all day today. I threw away the shelf liner that I used in the bottom and the sponges that regulated the humidity. Is there anything else I need to do? I need to put the next batch in tomorrow for lockdown, but it could wait another day.

I too would suggest oxine. After about a hundred post discussion about it on the nor cal thread including some discussions with the manufacturer I would recomend activating the part you use and doing it outside with a mask. Sounds scary but its not lol.

[TR] [TD] Here is a good discussion as I have seen plenty of y'all hatch all kinda eggies! TELL us what you think! Why should round eggs not be incubated? [/TD] [/TR]

• [COLOR=008000]The air sac is likely to be displaced, when the chicken starts to hatch it won't be able to breathe.[/COLOR]. As the chicken will start pipping where the air sac should be, it won't be able to breathe as there is no air.

I had read marans eggs should be round. Round eggs freak me out so I have not bred for this.

 

[TaraBellaBirds]

Here is a good discussion as I have seen plenty of y'all hatch all kinda eggies!

TELL us what you think!



Why should round eggs not be incubated?

• The air sac is likely to be displaced, when the chicken starts to hatch it won't be able to breathe.. As the chicken will start pipping where the air sac should be, it won't be able to breathe as there is no air.

This breaks my heart!!! My favorite hen, a BOrp, lays lovely peachy-pink round eggs! Does this mean that NONE of her eggs will be viable? Say it an't so, say it an't so!!!!!

 

[Alaska animal lover]

Oh, what the heck. I'll join in. I hope to have pure LF B/B/S Cochins from my flock by then.

 

[sarasweatman]

I am in! I am not sure what I am going to hatch. Probably Tolbunts!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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Its saying that its not ideal and that the issue why is they cant make it to pip and its not recommended.

Like I said I have had some success and some failure.

Thats why I asked for input! follow along with this one.....

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I will be hatching blue and black copper marans and some OES. I will have to see what else I can find local. Have had terrible hatches with shipped eggs, so I dont want go down the road again.

Oh, what the heck. I'll join in. I hope to have pure LF B/B/S Cochins from my flock by then.

I am in! I am not sure what I am going to hatch. Probably Tolbunts!

 

[bantiesrule]

If I can get a hen to go broody for me, I'll join also. I have Old English Game bantams. I love to hatch in the incubator but I don't want to mess with heat lamps and such. If I do get a broody, I'll probably throw some extra eggs in my mini brinsea and have the cluck take care of all of them.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Inverted is important to know about as a breeder, wish I would have known all about it before I ran into it now I have devastated puppy parents not a great day for us. Now I know why people dont do what I do with puppy parents following along the journey, its heartbreaking this day

THE EMU EGG HAS JUST BEEN PLACED INTO THE INCUBATOR, AT 621 GRAMS. NOW, THE WAITING GAME...

If I can get a hen to go broody for me, I'll join also. I have Old English Game bantams. I love to hatch in the incubator but I don't want to mess with heat lamps and such. If I do get a broody, I'll probably throw some extra eggs in my mini brinsea and have the cluck take care of all of them.

I'm hoping for a broody also. Shhhhh, I'm also shopping for extra coops.

 

[Happy Chooks]

I was seriously eyeballing the ducklings this morning at TSC. I resisted though!