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

[Junibutt]

I knew it. I fall asleep for an hour and wake up to loud cheeping. Its still Day 19 for me and first baby is out. Its a CCL x Barnevelder cross. Can't wait to get it out! It has fixated on me, as soon as a walk away from the bator, it starts cheeping and stops when I start looking at it or tap on the bator.

Needs company but there is only one more ext. pip right now. What should I do? Take it out? Oh wait I did already and now its sleeping in the brooder.

 

[Junibutt]

WOW congrats to you all with pips and cheeping and chicks!!!

I still have nothing going on over here, 61eggs and nothing yet, not a sound.

Its still early, Day 20 has just begin for you right?

 

[chickadoodles]

Congratulations everyone on all your new chicks!

I just checked mine and no pips so far.... They should hatch tomorrow.

 

[HugHess]

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)

Welcome to OUR world...

Make yourself at home, you will probably be here a-WHILE. ;0

 

[HugHess]

I have my second out...

Waiting on 6 others that have pipped!

 

[SoManyHats]

Well, yesterday morning I got up to find my incubator at 103 degrees and 16% humidity. I fiddled with it, got it adjusted and everything was perfect when I went to bed last night. I was just hoping some made it through that temp spike.

This morning I got up to find my incubator at 94.6 degrees and 75% humidity.

It started raining overnight, which increased the humidity in the house and the incubator, and the temperature is much cooler in the house this morning than yesterday.

Will any of my chicks make it at this point? I'll be here waiting patiently. Or not so patiently.

 

[chicken pickin]

Its still early, Day 20 has just begin for you right?

Yup well technically day 20 starts at about 5pm tonight. Im in no rush I don't even have brooders set up yet lol.

 

[chicken pickin]

Welcome to OUR world...

Make yourself at home, you will probably be here a-WHILE. ;0

I do believe I see about 15 chickens maybe 16 if I try looking hard enough.

 

[MonTXChickens]

Of the 14 I set, only 8 made it to lock down. Nothing developed at all in 6.

Yesterday, one pipped but nothing has happened since. Its been about 12 hours since the hole showed up. What now? Why hasn't there been any movement or cheeping or more pecking at the hole? Do they break open a hole and quit?

This is only my second attempt to incubate. I have followed all the directions. The first time I had the humidity too high and they all drown in the eggs. This time, I followed the breeder's advice and tried the dry incubation method. The ambient humidity has been in the 30s in the incubator and now that it is on lockdown I added water to one channel and the humidity is hovering about 70.

Why doesn't anyone tell you that this is hard???

 

[draye]

Yesterday I pulled a total of 22 and put in the brooder. Yesterday from about 3:00 p.m. until about 7:00 this morning there are about 20 more that's hatched.