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

[Razadia]

Is it my imagination or are a lot of people who set to hatch Saturday hatching early?

Today is my hatch day. This is the first time I've ever had such early hatchers. It's really weird.

I keep thinking that I will get a better incubator for the next time I hatch chicks. I have a garage sale styrofoam Hovabator that may have seen its better days. It still looks good but I am not thinking that I will have the results that other people have had. I have seen some nice homemade ones from scratch, some nice ones made from ice chests, and some nice commercial made ones. I don't think I need a huge one. I think I just need one that has the same capacity of the Hovabator. I am open to suggestions. I saw that someone is going to have to give up his Brensea because his wife doesn't want more chicks around (imagine that - a wife not wanting a husband around lots of chicks

) Maybe that's what I need? I want to hatch some Silver Appleyard ducks and some JOs eventually. Maybe I should just buy chicks and ducklings?

Waiting for chicks to hatch is tough! How do the hens do it? Maybe they can't read a calendar... I'm mostly glad I don't have to sit on these eggs!

I bought my 1602n brand new from my local feed store. I've had that sucker for 4 years and it still works like new.... well, maybe better since I got the hang of it.

Quote: Yeah, I've had to do that.

Some one really needs to make some new emoticons that really relate to all our chicken madness.

I like the ones we have here. They work pretty well for me.

I'm actually kinda lost outside of BYC without them.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

So happy with my hatch!!!!

I went into lockdown with 36 eggs. 32 have hatched w/only one death after hatch. All 31 are strong lil fluff butts. Even the one that is still imprisioned in the coffee cup absorbing what is left of the yolk n stuff. The four eggs I concluded were quitters were pulled and recandled only to reaffirm 3 were done. The last had internally pipped so he is still sitting all by himself in the incubator and will get an extra 24 hours. i'd say that is pretty good for my LG even if we struggled a little this time with temps...lol


Oh, and day 21 just started for me about 2 hours ago.

 

[Cynthia12]

I second that!!!!

Me too.

Here's one..sort of I guess. lol....

 

[CowboysAngel]

[COLOR=FF0000]Contest #5:  Broodies and their Babies[/COLOR]


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Her babies won't be hatched in time, she has only been sitting 2 days...

She is a new bird and I don't know her well enough to put my 3 day old chicks in with her...even though they are her babies...this will be her first clutch...I am hoping she will be a good mamma.

 

[Cynthia12]

Amy, nice hatch! Mine are still hatching, due date, midnight or thereabout.

 

[jbkirk]

Here's one..sort of I guess. lol....

Admins we want this added^. but take away all the extra space on the top.

 

[ronott1]

Admins we want this added^. but take away all the extra space on the top.

That is a good one!

There was a project to add emoticons to BYC but it seems to have stalled.

 

[chickadoodles]

Quote: x3

 

[ronott1]

I have these, feel free to take them:

 

[Math]

So happy with my hatch!!!!   e I went into lockdown with 36 eggs. 32 have hatched w/only one death after hatch. All 31 are strong lil fluff butts. Even the one that is still imprisioned in the coffee cup absorbing what is left of the yolk n stuff.  The four eggs I concluded were quitters were pulled and recandled only to reaffirm 3 were done. The last had internally pipped so he is still sitting all by himself in the incubator and will get an extra 24 hours.  i'd say that is pretty good for my LG even if we struggled a little this time with temps...lol


Oh, and day 21 just started for me about 2 hours ago.  

Congratulations!!!

I'm glad you are happy with your LG hatch. I'm happy with my LG hatch also. I haven't done my final count yet but I started lockdown with 43 (I should have culled more that had not developed well) and had to through out only 7 eggs after hatching was complete. One of them was a cracked egg that I had put nail polish on two weeks ago. I think I should have about 36 healthy chicks ready to get out of the incubator. I will count them this afternoon and place them in a brooder.

Well done Amy. It takes skill, a lot of luck and help from others to use an LG. Oh and patience!!!