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

[Flowers of Abba]

I feel so alone!! Who else isn't locking down til tomorrow?

I will lockdown tonight when I get home, around 7 PST  I'm so nervous!  If I get one I will be happy!

Im locking one incubator down tonight and the other one probably tomorrow night or Fri morn.

I'm locking down at midnight by flashlight lol

Its getting exciting seeing everyone's babies and grandbabies.

 

[lilbritches1066]

Well instead of hatching them late, my wonderful mom is hatching them early! I checked this morning and found peeps and pip! Have been checking all day and now have both eggs with pips! Yippee! Tomorrow I should have two new babies to love! Will post pics as soon as babies are fully here. Sorry I missed the day before Easter but can't help but be excited by our first totally home grown chicks!

 

[ellymayRans]

 Too funny! Such a strange dream.

Not chicken related but our cat has been gone for a couple of weeks now and he was our baby here. My 15 year old son has been looking for him at neighbors. .the woods..etc..he thinks someone nearby has taken him into their home. Well he awoke one morning telling me he had the strangest dream. He dreamt he had gone through the woods to a nearby house and saw our cat through their window dressed in Nazi attire, swastika and all!! This nearby neighbor had yelled at him long ago when he was little and through the woods wandered too far onto his property! Funny!

 

[Whoops]

My incubator won't hold temp during lockdown. It seemed to be doing fine at 99.5, but once the humidity went up , the temp dropped to 95/96. I keep upping the temp setting, but I am very concerned it's going to suddenly start holding temp and will be spiked and cook the eggs. I *think* it's because of the high altitude and low ambient humidity here (single digits) We use evaporative (swamp coolers) for air conditioning and it will lower the temperature 10- 15 degrees in the house. It makes sense that it would do the same in the incubator, but it is so frustrating! I can't get the humidity in the incubator below 70%. I have blocked the water well. I would like to be closer to 65%, but it's just not happening. I guess I will check the forecast to see if the humidity will be above 20% tomorrow, but I wish it would just behave.

Poor chickies. I think this is why my eggs develop, but don't hatch. I thought they were drowning. Now, I wonder if they are freezing.

It's a Brinsea mini-advance.

 

[bantambury]

Someone will post an adorable, lovely or funny picture of a chick and it will be size medium or large. Then at least 10-12 other people will quote that picture and it gets re-posted.

i try to take the pics out

Folks have you read the post that Happy Chooks is retiring as a moderator for at least a year. I am so sad!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/964908/announcement-byc-staff-moderator-term-limits-retirement

I KNOW! im sad too! HAPPY YOUR AWESOME

My incubator won't hold temp during lockdown. It seemed to be doing fine at 99.5, but once the humidity went up , the temp dropped to 95/96. I keep upping the temp setting, but I am very concerned it's going to suddenly start holding temp and will be spiked and cook the eggs. I *think* it's because of the high altitude and low ambient humidity here (single digits) We use evaporative (swamp coolers) for air conditioning and it will lower the temperature 10- 15 degrees in the house. It makes sense that it would do the same in the incubator, but it is so frustrating! I can't get the humidity in the incubator below 70%. I have blocked the water well. I would like to be closer to 65%, but it's just not happening. I guess I will check the forecast to see if the humidity will be above 20% tomorrow, but I wish it would just behave.

Poor chickies. I think this is why my eggs develop, but don't hatch. I thought they were drowning. Now, I wonder if they are freezing.

It's a Brinsea mini-advance.

im having a similar problem but my humidity. one hydrometer says 60 and another says 50....and my temp keeps changing

 

[bantambury]

im getting worried...i havent really seen my 2 seramas wiggle...i really need them to hatch....

 

[Junibutt]

Candled for a lockdown plan, dropped an egg on the table and its cracked in the middle half way across and a quarter of the way down. There was no oozing though! I have put nail polish on it hoping to seal the crack. The embryo is till alive and moving. Is it safe to put it back with the other eggs?

PLEASE HELP!!!!!!

 

[bantambury]

Candled for a lockdown plan, dropped an egg on the table and its cracked in the middle half way across and a quarter of the way down. There was no oozing though! I have put nail polish on it hoping to seal the crack. The embryo is till alive and moving. Is it safe to put it back with the other eggs?

PLEASE HELP!!!!!!

i would put it with the other. i was telling @domesticzoo yesterday of one of my australorp broodies that stepped on an egg anc crushed it before it pipped. it seemed to have hatched alright
i would just watch it for movement

 

[domesticzoo]

What I have so far! 6 Marans and 1 Serma

 

[SimplyLogan]

So far hatched 7.


One that pipped over 24 hours ago had pipped in the middle of all places. it looks as if its not gonna hatch. I don't want to open up the incubator since I have many pips and some zipping.