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

[southernflock14]

Stupid question considering I have been hatching for 4 years but does it affect the eggs to be touching one another?

 

[chicken pickin]

I just shared my bator pic on the Cinco de mayo thread. But thought I would share here also. I have 76 eggs crammed in to my bator half for this Easter hatch and the other half set for the Cinco de mayo hatch. This is the first time I have crammed my bator like this lol. Im a little nervous.

 

[cpegram]

I just shared my bator pic on the Cinco de mayo thread. But thought I would share here also. I have 76 eggs crammed in to my bator half for this Easter hatch and the other half set for the Cinco de mayo hatch. This is the first time I have crammed my bator like this lol. Im a little nervous.

love the color of those dark brown eggs!!

 

[WHmarans]

I just shared my bator pic on the Cinco de mayo thread. But thought I would share here also. I have 76 eggs crammed in to my bator half for this Easter hatch and the other half set for the Cinco de mayo hatch. This is the first time I have crammed my bator like this lol. Im a little nervous.

I love it! Sorry I have no idea how it will work out but I think the extra eggs are thanking you for trying!

 

[chicken pickin]

I love it! Sorry I have no idea how it will work out but I think the extra eggs are thanking you for trying!

I agree lol. I had to atleast try. I couldn't bare to not set them lol. I have a few dozen more eggs just staring at me waiting but they will end up in the refrigerator sadly.

 

[chicken pickin]

love the color of those dark brown eggs!!

Thanks!

 

[Blarneyeggs]

Since we were on the topic of honey bees the other day... here is one of my ladies from last summer. they survived the winter and are now zooming around my yard making my chickens look like crazy ninja jumping chickens. haha

This picture is awesome! Hope we get our bees up and running.

 

[Blarneyeggs]

I just shared my bator pic on the Cinco de mayo thread. But thought I would share here also. I have 76 eggs crammed in to my bator half for this Easter hatch and the other half set for the Cinco de mayo hatch. This is the first time I have crammed my bator like this lol. Im a little nervous.

Oh WOW! What gorgeous eggs!

 

[LadyCluck77]

Got home from work today and my poor little weak chick who struggled to hatch late last night had died with his eyes open in the incubator. He seemed to have an infection in the naval area that had opened, he was in a pool of the liquid.


I still have the four beautiful chicks that hatched, so I'm grateful for that. My husband took care of that ghastly sight while I took our four year old outside to play. I had kind of an epiphany with this experience.
Incubating is hard!
Life and death literally come with the task.
And math.

 

[amyfitz100]

So I collected two eggs at lunch and went out to get the other three around four o'clock. Well, there might be three. But my Black Java hen, who has been laying a few weeks might be broody? She has flattened herself out in the favorite side of the nest box and kind of barked at us (who knew a hen could do that???) and fluffed up some feathers when we reached towards the nest. Usually the hens just get up. She was sitting there when I picked up eggs earlier and I just figured she was getting ready to lay, but now I don't think so. Do I try to get the eggs or leave her alone? Will she steal eggs from the other side of the nest when they're laid? She's larger than my EE's anyway, but now she looks enormous!