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

[AmyJane]

I set 17 crested cream Legbars, 4 easter eggers (ccl & ameraucana covered by silkie mix and/or ameraucana; 1 could be pure amer.), & 1 black sex-link. Total of 22.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

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the strong stuff is almost as cheap as the grocery store stuff at bulkherbs.com. I got some there and it is quite strong. I use it for cooking more than the chicken feed though. every so often I remember its good for the chickens and I toss some in the scrap bucket.

 

[bamadude]

@Razadia
Good looking eggs. Check out the dixie chicks thread. @Amberjem has a video up of some of my shipped eggs hatching a few mins ago. So cool to watch my grandchicks

 

[bamadude]

Hmm okay thanks.

Is there a egg hatcher tracker out there? Sometimes I confuse around hatch dates, it'd be neat to go to an app like that and see its day 2 of something.

Pm beer can or Alaskan. There is a hatching app

 

[Mama Bay]

LOL I find eggs in my coat pocket too ALL THE TIME. Usually I notice at the most strange times and people look at me like "REALLY!? An Egg!?" LOL

Me too! I just hate it when they're broken

 

[SallyinIndiana]

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The first time I set eggs, I just colored in the days on a free calendar I got from a local bank.
Now I keep track in excel.

 

[bekkanblue]

OK, I did it. I set my Easter HAL eggs! I crammed 12 eggs into a Mini, I'm expecting some clears to make room down the line.

1 Norwegian Jaerhon (couldn't not set it, it's a beautiful egg!)
1 Iowa Blue (another beautiful egg)
5 barnyard mixes (probably Buff Orphingtons x EE or IAB)
2 EE (one is kind of old but a nice color!)
3 assumed bantie eggs.

Total = 12

No idea what any except the NJ will look like really!

I better have more bator space next year!!!!!

 

[ronott1]

Is it true that if an air cell is detatched theres no chance of the chick developing? People on my instagram have all told me most of my serama eggs may be at loss

No, not a total loss--25% may still hatch. It is a situation where you need to hatch big end up and then work hard with them during hatch.

Incubation needs to be big end up for the entire hatch. I suspect your instagram friends tried broody or laying down incubation with detached air cells.

 

[mustang01]

Set 52 eggs today. Lav Orpington, Cuckoo MaransxBarred Rock, RIR, Banty Cochin, Black Australorp
03/14/2015

 

[SimplyLogan]

wax it. use a lighter and gently melt a child's broken or undesirable color crayon on it. old holiday candles work well too.

it put in pretty big hole in it. I guess more than just a crack. I was hoping it did not go thru the membrane but it did. Ugh!