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

[sjturner79]

Looks like I only ended up with 21 eggs to set as the hens stopped laying when the last of them went broody about 2 weeks ago, and I didn't manage to find anyone to ship to me.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Got my EHAL eggs set ~ 17 Legbar & 1 Silkie for a total of 18

I would like to join the hatch a long. What info do I need to give to join?

It's official, I'm in!!

...and not because I have a broody hen....

..though I am hoping for some by hatch time!!

...but because my very, very, very good neighbor

is turning on his Sportsman incubator so I can be part of the hatchalong! I will be setting some shipped MF d'uccle eggs (these are for my great, fantastic, stupendous neighbor's son who loves bantams), some from my Icelandic flock, some from a friend's Icelandics and some from a friend's Welsummers. I will have to post numbers on Saturday!

Ok Sally, I'm gonna tag along, though I don't think I will be able to participate in the 'big hatch' since my broodies rarely follow silly human schedules. We do have 2 broodies setting on Easter Egger eggs though, due on the 20th. If I get a surprise broody this weekend though we'll join 'officially', lol

YAYYYYY!!!! glad you added to the contest!!! <3

 

[chattery41]

I set my eggs, 33 total. Paint Silkie/showgirls, CCL, Sapphires, White leghorns, Isabelle leghorns, project blue duckwing leghorn, BBS Barred Rocks and BBS Copper Marans.

Love that blue ! May have to get me one or two of those to mix with my EE. Brighten up my egg colors some.

 

[LivesNPursuit]

Welcome!

Thank you. We will have 4 Black Copper Maran, 4 Bielefelder, and 5 Lemon Cuckoo Orpingtons for this Easter hatch a long.

 

[NotAFarm]

I thought the set date was the the 5th? This is my first hatch a long. I do not understand why people are setting already.

Does it make a difference?

Unlike the NY HAL, you are not trying to hatch at a particular time, just a general time frame. Setting within two days of Saturday, March 5, allows for those that get shipped eggs (not an exact delivery time is possible) or those that would be out of town/family obligations/etc for Easter could join in. Keeping an "end date: just allows the "official hatchalong participant" numbers to be calculated for the contest of number of eggs hatched. Hatching together and sharing is what the Easter HAL is about!

Okay all made an awesome discovery and wondering on if I should or not discovered that the last spot by the turner motor has a removable cover... Now to put an egg there or not to put an egg there is the question.. I know I should have known that but the most eggs I've ever incubated at a time was 21. So my question is should I put an egg there and if I do how often would I need to switch it out with a different egg to keep it from overheating?

The cover is there because that space next to the motor is too hot....maybe someone here has successfully used it but I know the old ones didn't have the cover and the company put it on the current version. I would say if you could use, they wouldn't have bothered. I would recommend leaving that space alone and just hatch another batch after the HAL batch!

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

MY EGGS HAVE ARRIVED SAFELY!!!!!!! e

Well packaged and all in good condition

Incubator is up to temp and running smoothly, so fingers crossed all 24 will be set for the hatch along tomorrow :yiipchick

 

[NotAFarm]

MY EGGS HAVE ARRIVED SAFELY!!!!!!!

Well packaged and all in good condition

Incubator is up to temp and running smoothly, so fingers crossed all 24 will be set for the hatch along tomorrow

What great packaging!!!

 

[coopbuilder82]

This morning I set six eggs under a broody hen. My official set count is six. Thank you.

 

[JoyfulPromise]

Awesome!! So they just don't have the barring or? Got any pics of adults? Awesome!!

Was wondering the same and they posted one pic earlier but i am also curious like you and would love to see adults and cant even really imagine blue and black on a barred rock. To be expected on other bbs breeds but cant picture it on barred rocks hah

Its the one right before the one you replied to. Also what do the blacks look like

I have BBS Plymouth Rocks! I won hatching eggs from Brookhavens on BYC for my Natural Egg photo in the E-HAL several years ago. Since then I have bred them with a couple of standard Barred Rocks (including our 8 yr old hen Sphinx!) and I have all the color varieties right now - Black Barred, Blue Barred, Solid Blue, Solid Black, and Splash! The splash hens do not have any visible barring, they look pretty much like any other splash hen - white with random grey/blue feathers but I did have one splash rooster a couple of years back, and he DID have some barring on his neck feathers... I think I have a picture of him...



It is kind of hard to see in these pictures, since he wasn't full grown, but you can see one or two barred feathers coming out on his neck in the lower pic...



The blue hens are very pretty, since they usually have a darker shade of blue around their head and neck. Here is an example...

 

[RoodyRodchester]

Official count for me is 32 thank you! Had to set today since I have a big day out with the kids tomorrow.