The 8th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!!!!

[timon]

Well..... I was going to start collecting eggs for the HAL today as they have been steady away on the laying. Not an egg to be seen when I checked in the nest boxes

Little rascals !
Hope you find them.

 

[lilwildrabbit]

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Little rascals !
Hope you find them.

They hiding the eastereggs from you lol

 

[ChickAsThieves]

Well..... I was going to start collecting eggs for the HAL today as they have been steady away on the laying. Not an egg to be seen when I checked in the nest boxes

I also am trying to collect eggs for the HAL and I'm trying to focus on hatching out OE's and FBCM's only. Of course, my F2 OE laid an egg yesterday then managed to get poop on it and today my FBCM laid an egg, also with poop on it. Sigh. I just started using excelsior nest box pads this week. Prior to this I was using shavings. I cleaned out all three nest boxes... no poop. IT'S JUST ON THE EGGS.

Has anyone successfully cleaned poop off of eggs and had a successful hatch?

 

[ShrekDawg]

Crap, getting to be the time where I actually have to pick what I am going to put into the incubator!

Same lol

 

[I Love Layers]

If i am to store eggs for a week before hatching what should the temp be where I am keeping them

 

[ChickAsThieves]

If i am to store eggs for a week before hatching what should the temp be where I am keeping them

I think you want some place cool, but not cold. I have mine in the finished basement. The heat isn't on down there, so I'm guessing it's around 55-60 degrees.

 

[lilwildrabbit]

I'm officially in!!

I have eggs coming next week and will get the incubator out this weekend and get it ready. I hope I have some broodies before hatch day gets here. Right now, I have one pullet that has been sitting for a week. A friend is bringing some of her Welsummer eggs over to give her. Too early for the hatchalong but I didn't want to try and break her. I hope she can hatch some replacements for my friend...none of her Welsummers went broody last year so she need some replacements badly.

Hurray!!

 

[Pyxis]

Look what I got today!

First goose egg of the year. This one froze, so I'm gonna have to put a heat lamp up over the nest until the temps rise, but this is great! Hopefully I can get one or two more in the next two days and set them for the hatch a long.

 

[ronott1]

I'm officially in!!

I have eggs coming next week and will get the incubator out this weekend and get it ready. I hope I have some broodies before hatch day gets here.

Right now, I have one pullet that has been sitting for a week. A friend is bringing some of her Welsummer eggs over to give her. Too early for the hatchalong but I didn't want to try and break her. I hope she can hatch some replacements for my friend...none of her Welsummers went broody last year so she need some replacements badly.

That is great news!

 

[casportpony]

Look what I got today!



First goose egg of the year. This one froze, so I'm gonna have to put a heat lamp up over the nest until the temps rise, but this is great! Hopefully I can get one or two more in the next two days and set them for the hatch a long.

Happy you got one, and hope you get more!