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

[Whoops]

Congratulations!! Sounds adorable. Post pictures. We want lots of chick pictures.

 

[Junibutt]

Finally done with lockdown. All 52 that had made it past the Day 14 candling still look good although couple of them have started looking a little behind their age group. I saw at least 2 internal pips on the Barnevelders. I thought they were supposed to hatch a day later. And of course, there is that one which I dropped and cracked. What's strange is that all the Legbars have become quiet. That happened in my last hatch as well and then only 3 out of 7 that went into lockdown hatched. I am hoping for better results this time.

So I moved all the eggs that had air sacs drawn already into the PI-24 that has humidity fluctuating between 65-75%. The ones that seem on time or a little behind are in the Brinsea with humidity stable at 65%

Fingers crossed now!

Can someone post a pic of Welsummer chicks. I want to be able to separate them from my Barnevelders and some Barnevelder hybrids.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Our first chick. (Day 19) There's about 8 others pipped, none to active, not expecting them for a while.

 

[down-home Dave]

Finally done with lockdown. All 52 that had made it past the Day 14 candling still look good although couple of them have started looking a little behind their age group. I saw at least 2 internal pips on the Barnevelders. I thought they were supposed to hatch a day later. And of course, there is that one which I dropped and cracked. What's strange is that all the Legbars have become quiet. That happened in my last hatch as well and then only 3 out of 7 that went into lockdown hatched. I am hoping for better results this time.

So I moved all the eggs that had air sacs drawn already into the PI-24 that has humidity fluctuating between 65-75%. The ones that seem on time or a little behind are in the Brinsea with humidity stable at 65%

Fingers crossed now!

Can someone post a pic of Welsummer chicks. I want to be able to separate them from my Barnevelders and some Barnevelder hybrids.

Here is a link to my pics from last year.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/g/a/6704856/3-days-old/

Welsummers have the "wild" gene so they will look like little chipmunks. They are also sex linked if they are pure bred. The females will have a very distinct triangle on their heads with clear defined lines. The males will have a fuzzy triangle. I didn't have any male Welsummers, so I have no pics for comparison. A quick Google search might be able to result some images for the sec link attribute. Or even better a search on this site will talks a lot of results and pictures. Happy hatching!

 

[Wisher1000]

I have three out!

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I have three out!

Congrats! I have two out and another 8 pippers on vacation in there.

 

[chickadoodles]

I love this! Thank you.

 

[chickadoodles]

Congratulations to all the early chicks!

And I hope everyone has a great hatch!

I put mine in LD at 6 am

 

[SoManyHats]

I just got a PM from the BYCer who sold me my very first chickens. He has a special place in my heart for that reason alone. He said he sent me eggs to hatch!! They should be here just in time to rest for a day while I get the incubator reset after my EHAL babies are hatched!! Yay more chickies!

 

[WolfKeeper9584]

A chick just hatched for us! Totally unprepared for an early hatch!