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

[CGilbert]

News flash...... One external PIP!!!!

Congrats!!! Would that be the first pip for this HAL?

 

[RattleCan]

News flash...... One external PIP!!!!

I'm jealous. Everyone's talking about peeping and pips and rocking eggs, and I'm just over here staring at a bunch of eggs doing nothing XD I have to keep reminding myself it's only day 19...

 

[BantyChooks]

Congrats!!! Would that be the first pip for this HAL?

Dunno; would be cool if it was! It is only day 18, so I am sorta surprised..... Humidity is only at 47%, I just put in a dish of water with papertowel in it in an attempt to boost it quickly.

 

[BantyChooks]

I'm jealous. Everyone's talking about peeping and pips and rocking eggs, and I'm just over here staring at a bunch of eggs doing nothing XD I have to keep reminding myself it's only day 19...

Lol!


Thanks yall, this is SO exciting! e

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I'm jealous. Everyone's talking about peeping and pips and rocking eggs, and I'm just over here staring at a bunch of eggs doing nothing XD I have to keep reminding myself it's only day 19...

X2 lol

 

[RattleCan]

A bit unrelated to the HAL but... if you're collecting fertile eggs to incubate and you won't be incubating them for at least several days, do you have to turn those eggs? My two turkey hens are laying and I'd like to collect several days worth of eggs before setting them. I'm collecting them in an egg carton in the coolest room of my house, but I'm wondering if I should tilt the carton back and forth or put them in a turner or something.

 

[ronott1]

A bit unrelated to the HAL but... if you're collecting fertile eggs to incubate and you won't be incubating them for at least several days, do you have to turn those eggs? My two turkey hens are laying and I'd like to collect several days worth of eggs before setting them. I'm collecting them in an egg carton in the coolest room of my house, but I'm wondering if I should tilt the carton back and forth or put them in a turner or something.

Idealy, you want them at about 55-68 F. with 75% humidity in a caton big end up. The carton should be tilted 45 degrees and the eggs should be turned one or so times a day.

Some use a spare egg turner for storing hatching eggs.

This pdf has information on flock health, collecting and storing and shipping hatching eggs. It is from the 3rd Annual Hatch-a-long:

 

[Penny Hen]

A bit unrelated to the HAL but... if you're collecting fertile eggs to incubate and you won't be incubating them for at least several days, do you have to turn those eggs? My two turkey hens are laying and I'd like to collect several days worth of eggs before setting them. I'm collecting them in an egg carton in the coolest room of my house, but I'm wondering if I should tilt the carton back and forth or put them in a turner or something.

Yes you should turn them. If you turn them when you get up and just before bed that should do the trick.

 

[IHeartPoultry]

News flash...... One external PIP!!!!

YAY!

 

[pjnbill22]

What a nail-biter of a day! At work, hubby at work. Turkey eggs on day 28. 6 of 8 left, 2 of those with very low saddle air cells. Since they are "babies", I say this qualifies a short day/FMLA, right? (=