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

[ozexpat]

I haven't tracked the water heater yet, but short of replacing it you can turn down how hot it needs to heat the water. I have to take a plate off mine to finangle it so I am waiting to meter it when I do.

if you are mixing a lot of cold water into the hot to take a shower you are paying too much for your hot water.

 

[BroosterSpringsteen]

I just candled, and out of the 14 eggs I still have in the incubator, 11 are looking very good.  3 of them I am unsure about.  If an egg quits late, is there anything I can look for to tell?  Of the three, two of them definitely have veins and a large, dark mass.  They just have about 1/3 of the egg still clear, whereas with most of my good looking eggs, there is not a lot of space other than the air sack.  Are there any tell-tale signs of a late quitter?

Late quitters can be tricky to see. You can watch for a bit to see if you can catch any movement. I would also try candling the egg from all sides. The veins will start to dissipate after the chick quits. It can take a while for that to happen, but sometimes you'll see what looks like red smearing inside the egg, a blood ring basically. I find that late in the hatch, that's often easier to see at the pointy end. I usually just mark them with a ? and put them back into the bator, just to be safe.

 

[Eggsalad]

I just have to share a couple hatch this week by the broody.

 

[BroosterSpringsteen]

Day 18 here! Just candled and put the eggs into lockdown. I'm pretty sure I saw one late quitter, but not sure enough to remove it. All the other eggs were very active!

No we wait....

 

[foxvalleyfarm]

if you are mixing a lot of cold water into the hot to take a shower you are paying too much for your hot water.

Mine is mostly all hot

 

[Scrambles55]

I am home happy to be home but sad at the outcome of my journey to Colorado the world lost an amazing man and I have a huge hole in my heart. I am happy that I will be here for the easter hatch.

HUGS....

 

[foxvalleyfarm]

Warning graphic picture

What day did my #10 eggs quit on? And why did it quit? It seemed to be behind the others the entire time. I now home a duck doing the same thing. What's wrong?... So I truly am to 9 eggs all with very strong movement and veins. I'm on day 14 now.

 

[Sueg4332]

cob CORN OATS BARLEY WITH MOLASSES

 

[foxvalleyfarm]

cob  CORN OATS BARLEY   WITH MOLASSES

Is that basically horse sweet feed?

 

[michaelf]

Wow.... Look what fell into my Brinsea mini..