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

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: HA HA HA well at least your werent called chicken nerds like me and Ron

 

[Sally Sunshine]

These are all pictures of serama eggs I had shipped by Sally, I am so excited to have these hatch!! 13 of the original 16 (two are surprise eggs) still going strong not bad considering the journey they took.


This egg is TINY!!


Wish this were clearer this guy was swimming like crazy!!


Oh lord I want them to hatch now!!

13!!! AND SERAMA!!!! Lost from PA to TX and you have 13 viable! Ty this is FANTASTIC!!! How were your air cells and such at start? This is wonderful news!! So glad, the kids are going to fall in love with these babies Ty! YAY.... HarmonyAnn also says GO CHICKIES (with big smile on her face!) She asked me if you are going to show her images and tell her how many frizzled and how their friz looks! Dont you love this girl! ha ha ha The two "surprises are also looking good? Oh Ty, you have FANTASTIC IMAGES TOO!!!

 

[Jnkbtd08]

Very dissapointing news guys...
I had my first 3 sets of eggs set for this hatch along. Last night When I couldn't figure out why my eggs weren't hatching, I did more research and realized that 13 out of 20 were non viable, duds if you will.
so sad, but on a good note I actually saw the spider veins in the last 7 I have. All Pekin ducklings. Last hatch due to hatch May 1st. Wish me luck

 

[Sally Sunshine]

There are four FAVs out and pips in others, and one CCL has a pip.

QUESTION/NOTES:
... I never hatched this breed, its shipped Blue Salmon Favs, but they hatch weird!
Instead of small external pips they have these large holes they make pretty quickly thereafter? and then sit there.
Some chicks do this, but it seems all of these are doing it! LOL
Just something I noticed that is different, anyone else ever notice this with specific breeds?
II will be overrun with Favs today by the look of it.
Also anyone know if I can feather sex them? or check genders?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Very dissapointing news guys...
I had my first 3 sets of eggs set for this hatch along. Last night When I couldn't figure out why my eggs weren't hatching, I did more research and realized that 13 out of 20 were non viable, duds if you will.
so sad, but on a good note I actually saw the spider veins in the last 7 I have. All Pekin ducklings. Last hatch due to hatch May 1st. Wish me luck

 

[michaelf]

I hatched 14 out of 14 yesterday. 100% yes!!!!

 

[Gardeningmama]

These are all pictures of serama eggs I had shipped by Sally, I am so excited to have these hatch!! 13 of the original 16 (two are surprise eggs) still going strong not bad considering the journey they took.


This egg is TINY!!


Wish this were clearer this guy was swimming like crazy!!


Oh lord I want them to hatch now!!

CONGRATS!!!! You will absolutely love them! I loved hatching them, and got so used to the teensy size I was shocked the 1st time I hatched a LF chick again. It looked like a giant to me!

Okay candled tonight...

9 clear out of the 38.

Inquiring minds...

This was not originally in the "setting" candling. Does anyone know what this is? Two black dots but doesn't look like any other development.

I think meatspots.

You can't see them, but there are baby bunnies in that pile of fur! My one rabbit finally had her babies today! I can't wait until they get some fur so I can take them out and document their cuteness!

Thank Goodness!

That looked like a murder scene to my untrained eye!

Good morning! I candled my duck eggs last night and 9 of the 11 have very squirmy babies!

Isn't it just fantastic how transparent they are? For example: one of mine clearly has yellow wings with black tips. Those feathers are just swaying in the fluid. The other night I saw a complete flipper, and a beak. I pray to God that he will let me hatch out these Calls because I have gotten quite attached!

 

[retiredwithchicks]

Two of my 17 that just hatched. One is a buff orp and the other a buckeye.

 

[MontanaDolphin]

ok question I have 3 eggs on day 12 and 2 are moving and one is a little questionable it dosent look like it but it has a detatched air cell and it looks like this (day 12)
do you think its alive or no I can see an eye and sorta a body but it is a little hard to see and a lot of veins any ideas?

Do you see any movement??

I have already posted this blurry pic lol, But it was late at night and I'm not sure if many people saw it, this was OOmoo....LAST WEEK.....

he is HUGE now, the size of a chicken and he is only a month old.

Ok, I just have to know...what exactly is the purpose of owning an emu? Just because? I admit, every time I see pics of the babies, I think "Oh my GOSH I have to have one of those!" But then I wonder, where on earth would I put it when it grew up? In with the goats??? And why do I want an emu?? Is it like having a peacock...a novelty you can just look at and because they are just so cool to have?

Just curious!

This egg is TINY!!


Wish this were clearer this guy was swimming like crazy!!


Oh lord I want them to hatch now!!
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Originally Posted by Sally Sunshine


13!!! AND SERAMA!!!! Lost from PA to TX and you have 13 viable! Ty this is FANTASTIC!!! How were your air cells and such at start? This is wonderful news!! So glad, the kids are going to fall in love with these babies Ty! YAY.... HarmonyAnn also says GO CHICKIES (with big smile on her face!) She asked me if you are going to show her images and tell her how many frizzled and how their friz looks! Dont you love this girl! ha ha ha The two "surprises are also looking good? Oh Ty, you have FANTASTIC IMAGES TOO!!!

This was not originally in the "setting" candling. Does anyone know what this is? Two black dots but doesn't look like any other development.

Looks like meat spots to me!

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!!!!

Good morning!!

Good morning everyone!

Good morning!!

 

[chickensnbees]

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[COLOR=800080]Isn't it just fantastic how transparent they are? For example: one of mine clearly has yellow wings with black tips. Those feathers are just swaying in the fluid. The other night I saw a complete flipper, and a beak. I pray to God that he will let me hatch out these Calls because I have gotten quite attached![/COLOR]
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These were my Khaki Campbell eggs. I didn't candle all of my Calls and Black East Indies yet but the 2 I checked were looking good. Hope I can candle them all tonight!