The 7th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-A-Long!

[draye]

I'm off to bed, tomorrow is FRIDAY! Woot!

e night!

Goodnight @Hurley Goodnight @shahtir101 Goodnight all.

 

[shahtir101]

Goodnight @Hurley

Goodnight @shahtir101

Goodnight all.

Night! See ya tomorrow

 

[Wickedchicken6]

 

[GitaBooks]

I am SO late getting on here. I've been trying to get on throughout the day and I keep getting interrupted.

I've had some very cold eggs. When it was -29 C here (-20 F) I was checking for eggs twice a day. We also had temps like yours where I was gone all day and was collecting eggs at 2am. Some of those were pretty cold.

I put all collected eggs in cartons in our porch which is independently heated. It's kept 16 C-19 C. Somewhere on here I read that the eggs are supposed to be kept at cooler temps before setting. It also helps prevent condensation from warming up too quickly in the case of cold eggs. I only bring the eggs in the house about 6-12 hours before I set them to acclimatize. That's my method.

Now I currently have 5 eggs set that are due to hatch on Sunday. (There was a whole dozen but I dropped the carton and broke the rest.

Frustrating to say the least. On a positive note, I got to check fertility and every egg broken was fertile.)

I had two rolling air cells and a wonky air cell from the 5 eggs. I've never had this before. I've looked and I've asked but I haven't come across information that confirms or denies that these eggs may have been damaged by the cold. I have read on here somewhere that eggs can be viable to -2 degrees (I'm assuming Celsius) I set these 5 eggs upright to help correct the air cells. I did end up with two saddle cell air cells that look a bit extreme to me in size but I'm not used to setting upright. The one egg has a side that pulls away from the shell. The three eggs have movement and the two saddle cell eggs appear to have viable looking blood vessels...but I can't see anything else. Fortunately I get to find out in a couple of days if it's thumbs up...or thumbs down.


I also have 34 eggs I set Monday. One of the green eggs appears to be cracked half way around and IT has a rolling air cell. Possibly froze? I'm thinking a possible pattern?? I also notice striations from the point of some eggs...but I'll have to note which ones.

I can't tell if the cracked egg is developing or the one I dropped and smashed the end is developing (I'm curious and gonna keep 'em in until further notice...lol)
But all of the rest show definite development except for 3 that I can't see clearly because things are behind the X!!

Personally, I set all the eggs because I have nothing to lose...and everything to gain, knowledge-wise)

I'd like to buy a digital temp reader to check the egg temps in case I have concerns...lol. .

Thanks for all the info!
Its fun to experiment and learn stuff, especially if you get chicks out of the deal.

Best of luck!

I'm off to bed, tomorrow is FRIDAY! Woot!

Good night!

 

[sjturner79]

For who ever was talking about the 100% hatch rates, it is possible if you get 100% fertility. In the she said/he said we got 6 people with 100 of set and another 5 with 100 of lockdown

 

[ronott1]

For who ever was talking about the 100% hatch rates, it is possible if you get 100% fertility. In the she said/he said we got 6 people with 100 of set and another 5 with 100 of lockdown

I am fairly sure the word used was "rare". It is rare to set 100 eggs and hatch 100 chicks but it does happen.

 

[Loc20chick]

@KYTinpusher while lending me the tools send over the egg chandlers n stop letting them just sit

. So far I use a flash light n my hand in a totally dark room good night all

 

[country lovin]

I have not found anything that lets me see my Black Copper Maran eggs very good. 

Have you tried using more than one light at a time.

 

[Cynthia12]

Now there are two sets available. I am donating some too.

Local, just may have a chance at some! lol..

 

[CGilbert]

I totally want in. And I have enough time to make sure my mama hen should be laying by then! Woohoo!