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

[Cynthia12]

The winners of the Edible Easter Contest are....................


1st Place:

Blooie

2nd Place:

IHeartPoultry

3rd Place:

coopbuilder82

Congratulations all of you!​

Congratulations everyone!

 

[country lovin]

After seeing that I have to get ducks. I'm picking them up on the way home. Do you think the hubby will notice 2 more fuzzy butts in the brooder? There's already 5 in there.... but they're all chicks (and a quail)

oh he will notice the mess they make. I couldn't believe the difference between my ducklings and chicks.

 

[akaruby]

I built a cabinet incubator and my plan was to have the drawer up top be the Hatcher. But the temperature is usually about 93 degrees. How could I raise that temperature in the drawer without raising the temperature around the eggs in the turner? I'm assuming 93 degrees is too cold for them.

 

[butterfliesdoku]

Y
yes that's what I mean. Is saw them all moving inside.

My eggs usually start rocking on day 17, the earliest.

 

[IHeartPoultry]

OH my... I candled real quick last night... and I think I have twins!!!

Here's the story: I sometimes randomly grab an egg and candle it and last night was one of those times. I just so happened to grab the biggest serama egg that we got. I never thought this egg maybe a double yolker, probably because I mail ordered these eggs. I've never seen a serama egg before i got some in the mail... so I'm not sure what's considered a big egg... Anyway, so when I first shined the flashlight into the egg it looked weird, more red for its age. I continued to look at it and saw one baby's eye and body. I'm thinking at this point "okay great one is alive and good to go" then as I turn it over I see another!

Two embryos moving separately from each other. Two eye spots and bodies. I was so shocked and a little shaken that, to spare the egg, put it safely back in the incubator. During today's turning sessions I did take how heavy it was compared to the other eggs... Tonight i will candle again to tell 100% if it's twins...

Any tips for twins? I know I'll probably have to help out with hatch... What's the chance they'll both survive? I have helped 3+ chicks out of eggs successfully if that makes a difference...

Hoping they'll be okay...

 

[Wickedchicken6]

I'm in mobile Alabama. My husband is going to try to clean up this weekend (I'll believe it when I see it) and try to build a coop. Took 3 years to build this one. I'm just so tired this week. I know I'm under attack but despite how tired I am or may become I refuse to give up.

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[ronott1]

OH my... I candled real quick last night... and I think I have twins!!!

Here's the story: I sometimes randomly grab an egg and candle it and last night was one of those times. I just so happened to grab the biggest serama egg that we got. I never thought this egg maybe a double yolker, probably because I mail ordered these eggs. I've never seen a serama egg before i got some in the mail... so I'm not sure what's considered a big egg... Anyway, so when I first shined the flashlight into the egg it looked weird, more red for its age. I continued to look at it and saw one baby's eye and body. I'm thinking at this point "okay great one is alive and good to go" then as I turn it over I see another!

Two embryos moving separately from each other. Two eye spots and bodies. I was so shocked and a little shaken that, to spare the egg, put it safely back in the incubator. During today's turning sessions I did take how heavy it was compared to the other eggs... Tonight i will candle again to tell 100% if it's twins...

Any tips for twins? I know I'll probably have to help out with hatch... What's the chance they'll both survive? I have helped 3+ chicks out of eggs successfully if that makes a difference...

Hoping they'll be okay...

The ones I have set died before hatch. From reading up on it, there is a low chance that either embryo will make it.

It is worth trying though!

Keep us upated.

 

[CGilbert]

The ones I have set died before hatch. From reading up on it, there is a low chance that either embryo will make it.

It is worth trying though!

Keep us upated.

Every time I've gotten a double yolker, I always throw it in the incubator, hoping. And although EVERY other egg that hen lays is fertile, anytime I get a double yolker, it never progresses.

 

[CGilbert]

I built a cabinet incubator and my plan was to have the drawer up top be the Hatcher. But the temperature is usually about 93 degrees. How could I raise that temperature in the drawer without raising the temperature around the eggs in the turner? I'm assuming 93 degrees is too cold for them.

Heating pad attached to the ceiling?

 

[NotAFarm]

I built a cabinet incubator and my plan was to have the drawer up top be the Hatcher. But the temperature is usually about 93 degrees. How could I raise that temperature in the drawer without raising the temperature around the eggs in the turner? I'm assuming 93 degrees is too cold for them.

If the drawer bottom is solid, maybe remove some of the wood and replace with 1/4 hardware cloth to allow more warm air to rise into that part. Make very small adjustments, it may not take much and it may affect the temps in the temps in the incubator.