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

[AmyLynn2374]

I think this thread has officially exploded. I walk away for an afternoon and come back to 200 new posts.....

That's what you get for walking away from us...lol

 

[Math]

I just had a Day 19 hatch! This morning it was pipped internally, then pipped externally at around 11 am. I was in the shower a half hour ago and when I got out the pip looked a little bigger. I went to grab a glass of water and when I came back it was half zipped. I swear, it zipped in literally 10 minutes. It went from pipped to completely hatched in 15. It was the fastest hatch I've ever heard of. I was nervous he might still have yolk sac outside but he doesn't. He's a perfectly developed, cute lil' yellow baby.

Congratulations! Sometimes they move fast and then again they move very slow.

Happy hatching!

 

[sbarab]

Wow! Left for work this morning and came home tonight to a hatched and fully dried chick. I think somebody forgot to tell her that she is supposed to be an Easter Chick not the Early Bird.

 

[campingshaws]

I guess I'm going to have to postpone lockdown. I've had an exhausting day and I can barely keep my eyes open. And I'm not even home. I'm so afraid I'll drop eggs while moving or candling. I guess I'll unplug the turner, and work on everything else in the morning.

Haha, jk. I got home and went to turn the eggs before crashing. Then I decided to just quickly candle. And OF COURSE an egg in the top layer was impressively and unmistakably internally pipped. So I scrambled to get the turner out and cartons in and humidity up. I candled as I went and had about three more internal pips. It's just barely Day 19! It's exciting, but also really worrisome.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

I have pips!! such a relief. 5 pips so far out of 18 eggs

 

[sunshinechick83]

I just checked the bator before going to bed and found 1 pip! YAY! Let the fun begin!

 

[Math]

I guess I'm going to have to postpone lockdown. I've had an exhausting day and I can barely keep my eyes open. And I'm not even home. I'm so afraid I'll drop eggs while moving or candling. I guess I'll unplug the turner, and work on everything else in the morning.

Haha, jk. I got home and went to turn the eggs before crashing. Then I decided to just quickly candle. And OF COURSE an egg in the top layer was impressively and unmistakably internally pipped. So I scrambled to get the turner out and cartons in and humidity up. I candled as I went and had about three more internal pips. It's just barely Day 19! It's exciting, but also really worrisome.

Congratulations! Now try to get some sleep. Good luck with that.

Happy hatching!!!

 

[JerseyHen]

So the quail have been popping out like crazy, no problems there. I had two chickies hatch and one more that pipped on the wrong end and didn't make it, but the other 11 chicken eggs that went into lockdown are not showing any sign of pipping. The aircells are large and saddled, but they were attached ok and have been set in cartons and gently turned a few times a day until lockdown. The temps and humidity have been good (as evidenced by a extremely successful quail hatch on shipped eggs). Everyone showed up a bit early so far, but not out of the range early. The eggs that remain candled full of chick, but as you know it is hard to see what is going on there when they get to that point. I really, really, hope they hatch. 1/2 are legbars and the other are something the person called blue brassy back sport old english game bantam (they looked neat and I got them on a whim). I will give them a few more days to see what happens, I have never had shipped eggs before so this is a new experience for me.

On a funny note, the button quail hatched with the one banty chick. Apparently the button quail decided the banty chick must be their mother and keep trying to get under it. The chick just looks perplexed. After a few hours the chick has just given in and they all sleep in little pile of whistling and chirping cuteness. I wish I could get a pic, but as most of you with quail will know every time you approach they jump up and run around like crazy. I will keep trying to get one though since it is one of the cutest things ever.

 

[Razadia]

I helped the chick. Got itself stuck in a weird position it couldn't get out of. I got its head unstuck, now it can do the rest of the work.

No blood. No yolk.

 

[kandkjbm]

This may be obvious, but watching chicks and hatching eggs is addictive.... This could be bad for me

(Sorry, I'm new, and this is way too much fun... lol)