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

[ddhyland]

Woo Hoo, one of my 4 eggs has pipped

Now am worried because it is so early.

 

[chickenlisa]

Woo Hoo, one of my 4 eggs has pipped

Now am worried because it is so early.

ya, tell me about it. I have the 2nd Speckled Sussex baby out now...day 19...no other pips. What's going on? I don't even think they count now for the HAL do they? They're 3 days before Saturday...or 2 days before the Friday before Easter. Did ya get that? lol
I don't know what to count once they're all done hatching...will ask tomorrow. Good Luck with yours!

 

[JennaLynn122]

This is going in the Incubator tonight for the Cinco de Mayo HAL


And this is what I got out of this HAL! So adorable!

 

[Cynthia12]

Jen, they are so cute!

 

[JennaLynn122]

Jen, they are so cute!

Arent they. Their backs have the RIR stripes but black and gold speckles too

 

[ddhyland]

ya, tell me about it. I have the 2nd Speckled Sussex baby out now...day 19...no other pips. What's going on? I don't even think they count now for the HAL do they? They're 3 days before Saturday...or 2 days before the Friday before Easter. Did ya get that? lol
I don't know what to count once they're all done hatching...will ask tomorrow. Good Luck with yours!

I know about the counting

. Good luck with yours too! Hope the all do good!

 

[ddhyland]

This is going in the Incubator tonight for the Cinco de Mayo HAL


And this is what I got out of this HAL! So adorable!

Adorable! Congrats!

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

This is going in the Incubator tonight for the Cinco de Mayo HAL


And this is what I got out of this HAL! So adorable!

 

[Happy Chooks]

This morning I was going to turn my eggs one last time and put them on lockdown. I decided to put some paper towels under them to keep the bottom of the incubator under the hardware cloth from getting dirty (it is a homemade styrofoam incubator). When I got home from work my humidity was only in the 30s so I decided to remove the paper towels. Now its around 60. I guess I'll just have a filthy incubator. Did I see someone say they used shelf liners? How do you keep your incubator clean?

Plastic shelf liner or hatch in cartons helps with the mess.

marshie is still going strong on the 3 eggs she is sitting on! they are supposed to hatch the 29th...9 days after easter.

I haven't candled since day 7.....so I hope everything is still ok.

she is such a cutie!

Quote: Cheeping means they have pipped internally. An exterior pip will be coming soon!

Quote: If they were set within the time frame, they count for the hatch - even if they hatch early. Early hatchers just means your temps are a tad high. IMO, better a bit high than low. At low temps, chicks have leg issues in my experience.

This is going in the Incubator tonight for the Cinco de Mayo HAL


And this is what I got out of this HAL! So adorable!

Wow, now THAT is some chicken math!

Congrats on the babies!

 

[winteree]

This is going in the Incubator tonight for the Cinco de Mayo HAL


And this is what I got out of this HAL! So adorable!

you only got three birds out of all that???