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

[tatinatimom]

Is that one inside red?  I think I have the same one, and a different one in the other bator.  I love that red one, it does well, will change temps faster than the black one I have that folks are showing on here..not the one you have on the outside here, but the one from Wallmart.   Can't tell what the one inside is reading..is that 99..or 93?

It is reading at 93° & 31% humidity.

 

[Razadia]

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Nothing to lose, right?!!

I went to Trader Joe's yesterday and they did not have anything labeled fertile but had free range organic eggs. I got a dozen and they are in the incubator.....if they develop, good......if not, oh well.....the incubator is on and the 19 eggs I had didn't nearly fill it. I'll watch them for seeping and candle at ten days.

@mlmddh Mike, I set 31 eggs for the EHAL

If they develop I might have to try that!

 

[SpringPeeper]

One of my DOminiques was pretending at being broody when I left for an overnight camping trip yesterday, but is not today. I thought for a minute I had more eggs for the HAL.

 

[DUCKOBSESSED]

Nothing to lose, right?!!

I went to Trader Joe's yesterday and they did not have anything labeled fertile but had free range organic eggs. I got a dozen and they are in the incubator.....if they develop, good......if not, oh well.....the incubator is on and the 19 eggs I had didn't nearly fill it. I'll watch them for seeping and candle at ten days.

@mlmddh Mike, I set 31 eggs for the EHAL

The TJ around me does not have fertile. I wish they did. I could not just leave those 2 spots unfilled.

 

[sunshinechick83]

Goodness, I'm bad. I adedd 2 silkie eggs. So im uo to the final total of 23 set.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I agree that it shouldn't be so complicated, I really don't think it matters if you stop turning them and increase humidity on day 17.5 or on day 19.

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I lockdown in the middle of day 18..... after day 18 starts but before it is complete.....

Call it what you want.

 

[Junibutt]

I'd like to help you out, but I just try to get them into lockdown sometime before they pip - sometimes Day 19, sometimes Day 20 - generally whenever the hatcher becomes free again.

Thanks, that relieves the pressure!

 

[Junibutt]

@NotAFarm Trader's Joe in Illinois does not carry fertile eggs. I specifically asked one of the managers and they checked the fertile item number for me and it's not carried in Illinois. I could have shipped you or half way driven some eggs. Let me know if you still need some otherwise they are going in the bator as well. Although I will have plenty of chicks to re-home after my hatch (fingers crossed)

 

[SoManyHats]

If one understands this statement: "Chicken eggs, in general, take 21 full days to hatch", nothing is complicated. It's like saying " You must be 18 years old to buy cigarettes."

When 24 hrs have passed since setting, one full day of incubation has been completed exactly like an infant's 1st year. At completion of the 1st Day, the egg is 1 day old and stays 1 day old till Day 2 is completed and then its 2 Day old and so forth until Day 21 is completed. So technically eggs hatch on the 22nd Day (because its more than 21 days old) but since 22nd Day is not completed it is still 21 days old. Just like a person stays minor even if they 17 years and 364 days old.

So someone decided it would be easier for people to calculate if they call the setting day as Day Zero and so forth. This worked well as a calculator but just created confusion. If they had simply used a technically correct terminology like "Eggs are 1 Day old" instead of Day 1, it wouldn't have been confusing. Anything less than 1 day old could have been called ...... hrs old. instead of on Day Zero.

Anyways, it is what it is! For those folks who want to use the calculator, your chicks will hatch on Day 21. For folks who want to use 1st Day, 2nd Day, so forth, your chicks will hatch on the 22nd Day.

Someone explained it to me like this: your eggs are due "approx." three weeks after you set them on the SAME DAY OF THE WEEK that you set them. Of course, being in the human birth profession, I have a lot more patience and flexibility when it comes to due dates.

 

[NotAFarm]

@NotAFarm Trader's Joe in Illinois does not carry fertile eggs. I specifically asked one of the managers and they checked the fertile item number for me and it's not carried in Illinois. I could have shipped you or half way driven some eggs. Let me know if you still need some otherwise they are going in the bator as well. Although I will have plenty of chicks to re-home after my hatch (fingers crossed)

That is good to know. They are in there and have been for 24 hours....the barn cats will be happy if they don't develop

There are 17 Icelandic eggs and 2 silkie eggs in there also so I should get something! I am hoping to have a few broodies before hatch day so they can finish them off for me!