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

[foxvalleyfarm]

Here are some pictures from last night. First #34 since we are tracking it.

Next is a very porous egg that seems begins in development

And last is just another good one

 

[jinks12333]

Quote: The only thing i worry about is she/he is stepping on it while its trying to walk/crawl around.... thanks for your response Pozees! Ill check it again in about a half hour and see if anything has changed.

 

[bantambury]

oh my goodness! excellent veining and photo! congrats!

 

[foxvalleyfarm]

oh my goodness! excellent veining and photo! congrats!

Thank you. It's amazing what my dh can do with my S3. And you can see the eye and start of the curl of the baby.

 

[Scrambles55]

Quote: WoW!!! Very impressive. I still have not candled Rumples' eggs. She is rather cranky and growls at me. I did not see her get off the nest yesterday, but then.. when she does, she is really quick about it. DH says to leave her be abd what will be ...will be. Maybe he is right. Mother knows best................

 

[Marthab1953]

Here are some pictures from last night. First #34 since we are tracking it.

Next is a very porous egg that seems begins in development

And last is just another good one

Congrats! Nice candling, looking good! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Teacherchick18]

Woke up this morning and noticed that all the clocks were blinking. I guess we lost power last night during the storm that passed through. I'm not sure how long it was out for, and when I checked on the eggs the temp was reading as it should. If the temps dropped low enough for long enough to affect the eggs, how long before I would be able to see evidence of that? And would it look like a blood ring or something of that sort, or would it just not have any progress of development from the last time I candled? I've thankfully never had the power go out when incubating eggs before so I'm not quite sure what to look for.

On a happier note, I just found out my husband and I are expecting a little "chick" of our own! I guess this one is being "set" just in time for the Christmas 2014 Hatch-a-long!! lol Thank goodness I don't have to manually adjust/watch the temp and humidity for the next 9 months for this one!

haha

 

[Scrambles55]

Woke up this morning and noticed that all the clocks were blinking. I guess we lost power last night during the storm that passed through. I'm not sure how long it was out for, and when I checked on the eggs the temp was reading as it should. If the temps dropped low enough for long enough to affect the eggs, how long before I would be able to see evidence of that? And would it look like a blood ring or something of that sort, or would it just not have any progress of development from the last time I candled? I've thankfully never had the power go out when incubating eggs before so I'm not quite sure what to look for.

On a happier note, I just found out my husband and I are expecting a little "chick" of our own! I guess this one is being "set" just in time for the Christmas 2014 Hatch-a-long!! lol Thank goodness I don't have to manually adjust/watch the temp and humidity for the next 9 months for this one!

haha

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

 

[mlm Mike]

Woke up this morning and noticed that all the clocks were blinking. I guess we lost power last night during the storm that passed through. I'm not sure how long it was out for, and when I checked on the eggs the temp was reading as it should. If the temps dropped low enough for long enough to affect the eggs, how long before I would be able to see evidence of that? And would it look like a blood ring or something of that sort, or would it just not have any progress of development from the last time I candled? I've thankfully never had the power go out when incubating eggs before so I'm not quite sure what to look for.

On a happier note, I just found out my husband and I are expecting a little "chick" of our own! I guess this one is being "set" just in time for the Christmas 2014 Hatch-a-long!! lol Thank goodness I don't have to manually adjust/watch the temp and humidity for the next 9 months for this one!

haha

Congratulations!

The incubator eggs are fine, you shouldn't notice a thing for that brief of an outage.

 

[CackleJoy]

This is Rudolph. Last year I raised it from a batch of New Hampshires. I thought it was a rooster for the longest time but she gives me an egg all most every day even though she has spurs.

So funny! We have a buff orp with spurs. Big ones too!

Set them for the Cinco de Mayo Hatchathon on Monday!

Cinco de Mayo? I will have to look it up. I'm hatching all the time now

Oh NO!!!! DH says that we will be out of town on Easter weekend. NOOOOO!!!!!

How can I enjoy fishing when chicks are hatching??

No way! I love to fish but there are limit! Here's a hint. Outfish him. I promise he'll never take you again.

I'm not sure if I shared this here but forgive if I already did. My daughter made me this sheet to keep track of my many staggered hatches. It comes in handy as today I found out I have a total of 9 hatches going on..gah. Hope it helps. It's in Word format but I don't know a place I can upload it for all to just share it thru a link. If anyone knows please share.

Hatching Record
Breed/Pen:______________________ Cock:________________________
Date Set:________________________ Time Set:_____________________
Date Candled:____________________ Results:______________________
Date Candled:____________________ Results:______________________
Hatch Should Start On:_____________
Hatch Started On:_________________ Time:___________________ AM/PM
Hatch Ended On:__________________ Time:___________________ AM/PM
Band Code:__________________________________________________________________​

RESULTS:

1. Number of Eggs Set___________ G. Culled, Too Weak_____________
2. Not Fertile__________________ H. Culled, Deformed_____________
3. Died 1st Week_______________ I. Other_______________________
4. Died 2nd Week_______________ J. Total lost ( add lines B-I)__________
5. Full-Term, Failed to Pip________ K. Total hatch (line A minus J)_______
6. Pipped, Failed to Hatch________ L. Percent of Fertile Hatched

(line K divided by [line A minus B])_______%
NOTES:_______________________________________________________________________

CHICK RECORD
Number

Sire

Dam

Hatch Date

Sex

Color

Notes



























































































































































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That's certainly more high-tech than scribbling info on the calender page.

I'm getting to a point - with 5 hatches and a broodie, all at once, that I may have to start taking notes. The brain only holds so much!