The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[Serenderpity]

Evening of the 12th. Should hatch 3/4/5 thereabouts.

 

[bekkanblue]

Biggest egg of the day on the right, a Pilgrim goose egg. Littlest egg of the day on the left, have no idea!! Maybe a bantie, I have one little bantie hen but her eggs are usually a little bigger. Could be a first pullet egg from an Iowa Blue, there was one sitting on it. Smallest egg I've ever found!!



I couldn't find a quarter, so put a nickel between them for comparison!

 

[AsterRetirement]

Candling on Sunday
Hoping for a better outcome than I had with my bantams in Janruary ( 50% not viable)

 

[OneMountainAcres]

1 baby out so far and 1 zipping like crazy! Pictures later

 

[NikkiCole5]

I just found this today, I started my eggs on the 17th so I understand if its too late to join. Im putting in these mixed eggs, Light brahma/araucana, araucana/araucana, and one araucana/polish mix. This is my first hatch, from my first chickens, and my rooster Mr. Smith, just last year he was torn apart by a bear, hes healed and in just a few weeks he will be a first time daddy!

I put my eggs on the 17th as well and they took me off the list :-\ lol it's alright though

 

[campingshaws]

I'm only day five. Candling Sunday night.

I did buy eight new chicks today, to hold me over.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

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Quote: I've looked at the various homemade from cheap or free materials mold on you tube. I really don't like lining and taping... I may search amazon for some cheap flexible bakeware. I saw some really nice shapes of soaps from the mailing tubes and boxes. I use milk in my soaps so I choose not to insulate but the mailers would be perfect at holding towels around a smaller mold too.

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I'm looking at the wooden molds but I'm not sure i want to invest that much. Maybe I'll get some scrap wood to put around my current loaf mold. A lot of the already made molds are larger too and I'm not close to making 5 pounds of soap in one batch. I don't think I even have the right sized mixing bowls or blender stick. Then there is the poring it into the molds. 5 pounds is a lot to hold at just the right angle. But 5 pound batches would make measurement seem less tedious. No more .25 ounce of .. and 1 ounce of ... Also a 5 pound batch would have a larger margin of error on the measurements.

Anyone ever have an egg stuck in the egg turner?

Once, the egg whites had leaked out a bit and sealed the shell to the turner. I had to take all of the other eggs out and put them in the bater without the turner while I soaked the egg to loosen the seal. I got the egg out after an hour of soaking the tray and egg. The egg was not near the motor so I just stood the motor end up out of the sin away from the water. It might have been faster to just break the egg but at the time I did not now how long it would take an egg to smell.

 

[mlm Mike]

Quote: The only purpose of the list is to track the eggs that will count in the guess the number set/ guess the number to hatch contests. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to participate in the thread and the contests.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

first two babies to hatch one black copper and one wheaten Marans

 

[JDchicks]

I've looked at the various homemade from cheap or free materials mold on you tube. I really don't like lining and taping... I may search amazon for some cheap flexible bakeware. I saw some really nice shapes of soaps from the mailing tubes and boxes. I use milk in my soaps so I choose not to insulate but the mailers would be perfect at holding towels around a smaller mold too.

I'm looking at the wooden molds but I'm not sure i want to invest that much. Maybe I'll get some scrap wood to put around my current loaf mold. A lot of the already made molds are larger too and I'm not close to making 5 pounds of soap in one batch. I don't think I even have the right sized mixing bowls or blender stick. Then there is the poring it into the molds. 5 pounds is a lot to hold at just the right angle. But 5 pound batches would make measurement seem less tedious. No more .25 ounce of .. and 1 ounce of ... Also a 5 pound batch would have a larger margin of error on the measurements.

Once, the egg whites had leaked out a bit and sealed the shell to the turner. I had to take all of the other eggs out and put them in the bater without the turner while I soaked the egg to loosen the seal. I got the egg out after an hour of soaking the tray and egg. The egg was not near the motor so I just stood the motor end up out of the sin away from the water. It might have been faster to just break the egg but at the time I did not now how long it would take an egg to smell.

Missed some of the conversation, but could you use the silicone molds used for cooking? Sorry, if that was already covered. Maybe find some a the dollar stores.