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

[chicken pickin]

Im bummed my eggs didn't arrive today

Hopefully tomorrow.

 

[JerseyHen]

I'm also a Hyperbole and a Half fan, and no you probably shouldn't use her character/artwork for a t-shirt (or risk getting eaten by monsters) but you can use this one:



I just made it on my computer "in the style of."

Easy enough to load the image up to Zazzle or somewhere so people could put it on whatever they want... We'd just need to find out what BYC's rules are.

That is outstanding! I like spreadshirt too for designing T's and such.

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Just joined and was looking around run across this article I have some quail eggs I was going to do on the 2nd im going to move that up and put them in on the first at noon see how it goes

Just bought a thermostat from Ebay. Hoping it will arrive soon so I can start building my incubator.

 

[coopsbyty]

ach du gut!!!!    
is the second necked too?

Yes ma'am, both have the naked neck but it's hard to get them to show it.

 

[coopsbyty]

I'm also a Hyperbole and a Half fan, and no you probably shouldn't use her character/artwork for a t-shirt (or risk getting eaten by monsters) but you can use this one: I just made it on my computer "in the style of." Easy enough to load the image up to Zazzle or somewhere so people could put it on whatever they want... We'd just need to find out what BYC's rules are.

I love it!! I would absolutely buy that shirt

 

[CibolaChooks]

Found this on fb.

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Found this on fb.

Haha.

 

[Sueg4332]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152697895780299

This made me cry.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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Curious as your reasoning for ALL shipped eggs upright? If I have an bad air cell that makes it to day 18 for lockdown the only issue I have ever seen is perhaps a saddle shaped air cell where you cannot see the lowest dip and judge it correctly and sometimes I seen other peoples candles and they ran too high humidity and actually have water in the air cell or too much in the egg and it can actually be seen. But its the latter of the two that would scare me in a horizontal lay. If you feel the need to rephrase for certain conditions please help me with this section of the article.....


There are a few major reasons from research/facts that I added the horizontal part to the Hatching 101 article......
but again perhaps an additional statement in the section for shipped eggs is necessary? please let me know your thoughts....

1. The hatching position, with each egg lying on its side, is commonly accepted as the most conductive to efficient hatching, and the freedom of the egg to shift or roll at least to some slight degree appears to contribute to the ease and facilitate the chicks hatch process.

2. Ventilation to permit fresh air to flow directly over the eggs during incubation as its proven to not only stimulate but also to provide the oxygen necessary at time of hatch.


3. Its well documented that hatching can be advanced in fowl if the egg is given the appropriate stimulation, and "has its brothers and sisters" nearby sharing those hatch clickings and sounds as embryos communicate with each other and its important to ensure eggs have contact with each other to facilitate the synchronization of hatching and it reduces the time between first and last hatch.

FROM THE HATCHING 101 article.......

The chick may easily be resting! See how that air cell is beginning to dip more to one side and if you lay the egg down it will roll into the hatching position. I set my eggs with lowest dip in the aircell up. This position for hatching is good so the chick is able to turn into position and I can easily see my pips too! Day 18 laying horizontal for actual hatching helps a chick hatch 1-2 hours earlier. I lay my eggs down LOWEST DIP of the AIRCELL UP! This is the normal and most likely hatching position and the chick will break through or Internally pip and externally pip in that probable area. See the image below with the x, x being lowest dip in air cell and probably pip area/s.


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[ddhyland]

Can't wait to set eggs this weekend! Getting my incubator cleaned out and ready to go. Only had 1 chick hatch from my first group of eggs. Hopefully this one will be much better.

My first little EE baby!