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

[Razadia]

Quote: MPC Buff Chanteclers vs Meyer Buff Chanteclers. They do drop ship and this isn't the only breed they do it with.

 

[ShrekDawg]

MPC Buff Chanteclers vs Meyer Buff Chanteclers. They do drop ship and this isn't the only breed they do it with.

Some breeds yes and I too used to think that they were just a middle man and not actually a hatchery but from what I've been told Alex himself from MPC has clarified and said that they are not a middle man. Now that picture certainly makes it seem like it but he said that they just share a facility with Meyer and do have some of their own breeding stock. Now I imagine for some breeds like that one they take from Meyer and heck, even their own stock maybe some of it came from Meyer, but regardless they do own some of their own birds

 

[TJordan]

He certainly has an addiction!!! I hadn't even heard of thr new the chicks! Last I heard was the 3 Dominiques and little bantams the lady left and they just couldnt be homeless! Lol does he bring the kids with him every time? Maybe he cant say no to the kids... or he just has a chick addiction lol better than drugs I guess, right?

Not quite. He sent me a text after calling the feed store with a list of chicks to go get. 4 silkies, 4 polish, 6 red sex links, 2 New Hampshire reds and 2 buff orphingtons

 

[Penny Hen]

Beautiful silvers

x 3 I egtopsied mine that ddn't hatch and i think they drowned. Must run drier hatch next time.

 

[Penny Hen]

I have a polish tool nut eggs
That was a surprise

I'm so excited I hope it hatches

????????

 

[bappl]

It could be, only time will tell. It's ok now.

I sure hope so. And sorry about all the typos; I was in a rush to leave my house and didn't do a previe.

 

[ronott1]

x 3 I egtopsied mine that ddn't hatch and i think they drowned. Must run drier hatch next time.

Humidity is for air cell development.

Not absorbing the liquid is a development problem. It comes from a lot of reasons.

If the air cells developed correctly then keep the humidity the same.

Work on:

Flock health(can't do this with shipped eggs)
Temperature during incubation
Turning
add a cool down cycle
Consider misting during the cool down cycle.

Another way to measure air cell development is to use the weighing method:

https://poultrykeeper.com/incubating-and-hatching-eggs/weight-loss-method-forl-incubation/

 

[emvickrey]

What's the hardest part oh hatching? Waiting to candle? Or watching your hatched chicks play soccer with your other pipped eggs? Mine are playing soccer right now takes everything I can not to open it and grab the fluff balls.

The hardest part for me is watching the temp and humidity for the incubation period. Always worrying something will go wrong.

 

[jaide]

Sounds fun. I've had nothing but brown eggs for almost 3 years and then just last month added 2 white leghorns that my mother n law couldn't keep. That made brown and white. A few weeks ago my family went to a friends with 2 roosters and she had a mix of 30 different hens and I think seeing the egg colors helped spark my husbands crazy chick buying spree this past week. 30 in less than a week

I got an incubator this year and my husband has gotten really into the hatching part. Which is funny because he thinks the majority of my chickens are a pain.

 

[emvickrey]

I got an incubator this year and my husband has gotten really into the hatching part. Which is funny because he thinks the majority of my chickens are a pain.

It took my DH a very short time to get into chickens with me. At first it was "Another Chicken" Now he is all about it and wants all the pretty ones. Which to me they all are.