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

[Ravynscroft]

We have 16 in the hova.

Nice! Hope they all hatch!

Can I join? I set my eggs last week in Saturday. 12 BBS orpingtons. My first attempt and hopefully a successful one.

All are welcome!!

And perfect time to start!!

Hope they all hatch!

 

[hockeydad6791]

You will understand, only if you are around my age..see if you can read it without singing it..

Lol love it started singing it right away

 

[SallyinIndiana]

Quote: So I'm doing things in the opposite order that you took. But I'm stuck. I have the wine cooler. But I'm a bit unsure of what I should order for parts. And I really am unsure of where to even start now. I know I don't want to rely on a light bulb for heat so I'm leaning towards the incubator warehouse XL kit. But I also think I would need a fan to run all of the time. Then a humidity setup for the hatching days. I plan to use mine only for hatching so the humidity setup is key but I'm not sure I want to pay for a fogger pump or just a 5 gallon bucket.
I have read a couple of the "make your own incubator from a wine cooler" postings in the learning section but I'm just not getting it. It is really making me understand how a few English majors felt when they took a college calculus class on a dare.

Do you have any recommendations for what to do first?

 

[hockeydad6791]

Good news or bad news? Good news is I got my Brinsea spot check today. Bad news is I have been incubating for about 2 years with thermometers calibrated in ice water and still are off by 1 to 2 degrees at any given moment

 

[Jessshan8]

This is what you do when you get 25+ eggs a day and cannot even give them away fast enough. Make two gallons of pickled eggs = 8 dozen gone.

 

[ronott1]

Good news or bad news? Good news is I got my Brinsea spot check today. Bad news is I have been incubating for about 2 years with thermometers calibrated in ice water and still are off by 1 to 2 degrees at any given moment

After trying to get you to purchase a Brinsea Spot check through two years of hatch a longs you have one now!

Way to go!

 

[bantambury]

OK so I just candled! I have 2 seramas growing (another is iffy) I have 0ne iffy of mine, and 3 that died. so of mine, disincluding the iffy ones, I have 19 eggs that look good. of my 12 seramas, I have two that look good

I just tossed 4....and im hoping for the best hatch possible....so right now I think 21 that MAY look ok

 

[hockeydad6791]

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After trying to get you to purchase a Brinsea Spot check through two years of hatch a longs you have one now!

Way to go!

I'm a little slow sometimes lol. In one day though I have learned my high temp safe zone was over and not very safe for them

 

[chickwhispers]

You will understand, only if you are around my age..see if you can read it without singing it..

Who am I to disagree?

Lol! Love it! Can't help but sing it!

 

[SallyinIndiana]

This is what you do when you get 25+ eggs a day and cannot even give them away fast enough. Make two gallons of pickled eggs = 8 dozen gone.

If you have peeled 8 dozen eggs at once, you must have a good method. What is your way of peeling large amounts of fresh eggs. Egg salad, hard cooked eggs for breakfast, and of course deviled or stuffed eggs are all big hits here but peeling eggs is not ayone's favorite thing to do, not even the children want to help peel the eggs.