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

[Yorkshire Coop]

I'm joining in! I'm doing a trial run with my incubator right now with my own barnyard mix eggs before I use purchased eggs. Hopefully all goes well and I'll be ready for the hatch-a-long!

How's your trial run going?

 

[Happy Chooks]

Quote: You can't candle them. You tap on them and wait for a tap back. Someone here is hatching emu eggs, but they were set earlier. Wonder how they are doing?

I just realized that easter weekend is probably not a very good time for me to be hatching eggs....

My mom brought bad spirits to our family. When she was a little girl she lost two dogs on easter Sunday each a different year, she almost died on easter Sunday 10 years ago during a horrible miscarriage, my dads dog from his bachelor years had a stroke and died on easter Sunday, and last year we were visiting friends easter weekend and a car crashed in their driveway while we were there, killing a 17 and 21 year old. Let's hope I do not have any problems. I'm not too superstitious, but then again......this seems to be a trend.

Time to change that.

 

[wornoutmomto3]

Are we still accepting hatch-a-holics? If so can I join? Still collecting eggs so I don't know how many will be in this hatch. But, since Easter isn't until April 17th, there is still time.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

You can't candle them.  You tap on them and wait for a tap back.  Someone here is hatching emu eggs, but they were set earlier.  Wonder how they are doing?

Time to change that.

I wonder too
It's @IHeartPoultry who has them set. Hope they are well

Are we still accepting hatch-a-holics? If so can I join? Still collecting eggs so I don't know how many will be in this hatch. But, since Easter isn't until April 17th, there is still time.

We sure are! Welcome

Plenty of time yet, set date's are ~

Set Chicken eggs on Saturday, March 25th at Noon (whatever time zone you are in)

Other poultry breed setting dates listed below...

We want to hatch on April 15th, (the day BEFORE Easter Sunday)
button quail: 16 days to hatch; set March 30th
coturnix quail: 18 days to hatch; set March 28th
seramas: 19 days to hatch; set March 27th
other bantam and LF chicken: 21 days to hatch; set March 25th
bobwhite quail: 23 days to hatch; set March 23rd
call duck and other bantam ducks: 26 days to hatch; set March 20th
pheasant: 22 to 29 days; set March 17th - March 24th
mallard (derived) duck,goose, turkey, guinea, peafowl: 28 days to hatch; set March 18th
goose: 28 to 32 days to hatch; set March 14th - March 18th
muscovy duck: 35 days to hatch; set March 11th
emu: approx. 53 days to hatch - set Feb 21st (for you "serious" hatchers)

 

[Cynthia12]

I'm joining in! I'm doing a trial run with my incubator right now with my own barnyard mix eggs before I use purchased eggs. Hopefully all goes well and I'll be ready for the hatch-a-long!

 

[Cynthia12]

Are we still accepting hatch-a-holics? If so can I join? Still collecting eggs so I don't know how many will be in this hatch. But, since Easter isn't until April 17th, there is still time.

Yes! Set date is MARCH 25th. Plenty of time.

 

[Cynthia12]

I wonder too

It's @IHeartPoultry who has them set. Hope they are well

We sure are! Welcome

Plenty of time yet, set date's are ~

Set Chicken eggs on Saturday, March 25th at Noon (whatever time zone you are in)

Other poultry breed setting dates listed below...

We want to hatch on April 15th, (the day BEFORE Easter Sunday)
button quail: 16 days to hatch; set March 30th
coturnix quail: 18 days to hatch; set March 28th
seramas: 19 days to hatch; set March 27th
other bantam and LF chicken: 21 days to hatch; set March 25th
bobwhite quail: 23 days to hatch; set March 23rd
call duck and other bantam ducks: 26 days to hatch; set March 20th
pheasant: 22 to 29 days; set March 17th - March 24th
mallard (derived) duck,goose, turkey, guinea, peafowl: 28 days to hatch; set March 18th
goose: 28 to 32 days to hatch; set March 14th - March 18th
muscovy duck: 35 days to hatch; set March 11th
emu: approx. 53 days to hatch - set Feb 21st (for you "serious" hatchers)

This is great..need to save this somewhere so you don't have to type it up again...maybe you already have?

Share it every now and again. Maybe you already have! lol..

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

 This is great..need to save this somewhere so you don't have to type it up again...maybe you already have?      Share it every now and again.  Maybe you already have!   lol..

I stole it from the first post in the thread. It's always there for reference

 

[cforrester]

How's your trial run going?

Just started it back up a couple days ago. So we shall see when I candle in a few days

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Just started it back up a couple days ago. So we shall see when I candle in a few days

Fingers crossed the candling goes well
It's always so exciting taking that first peek into them