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

[ronott1]

For Day 6, I found a video on You Tube!

 

[lilwildrabbit]

For Day 6, I found a video on You Tube!

Just one question there where is the airsac?

 

[Jessimom]

Just one question there where is the airsac?

It sure looks like it's at the pointy end of the egg.

 

[ronott1]

Just one question there where is the airsac?

At the top. To see the air cell, you need to candle from the top of the big end.

I will get some photos with air cells Tomorrow.

 

[ChickAsThieves]

UPDATE: Candled last night on Day 7. One obvious clear, one questionable clear, and 5 developing. I'll take it! I put the questionable one back in and I'll candle it again on Day 10 or 14. It's a Marans eggs and it's speckled so it was tough to tell.

Hope everyone is well! Much love and prayers to chickendreams!

 

[Cynthia12]

I got some white spitzhauben eggs given to me, so couldn't resist candling one a little earlier than normal since it would be so easy to see! So exciting!!!

Nice! Shows up really good! Those are nice birds.

 

[Cynthia12]

For Day 6, I found a video on You Tube!

Great video. I posted some still photos a few pages back. Those are day 6. Those babies were swimming pretty good. A lot of movement.

 

[Cynthia12]

Here's a still, day 6 of one of mine. The air sac is at the bottom. The light doesn't let you see it well though. Nn..hope it's a Nn!

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Candled my eggs tonight, day 6. 48 eggs set, All shipped eggs, looks like 34 are developing, 13 were definitely completely clear and 1 had a blood ring. 28 chicken and 6 duck eggs now left. Will candle again at day 12.

Egg update: goose egg is still doing really well. After candling the shipped Call eggs there were four clears but the rest are coming right along. And I got my new turner end so the problem with my autoturner is fixed. I do need to email Brinsea though as they said they'd be sending me a return label to return the one that wasn't working right but they didn't.

Great to hear the goose egg is doing well! I'm hoping mine are too when I candle on the turner.

Hi guys. I don't have time to catch up right now. Things are crazy here. I would appreciate it if everyone could please read this post I know it's long but the lowest half is what's most important to me. The upper half will give you a laugh. We set chicken eggs for the Easter hatchalong on Monday at noon. Yesterday we discovered something had damaged our kitchen cupboard under the sink. And later learned it's a groundhog. It would seem it hibernated in the crawl space under our kitchen floor and became stuck. Everyone remember those holes last fall under our porch? I believe we know the cause. Well apparently the thing can't find its way out and of course has no access to water. Yesterday it chewed through the water line to our sprayer knozzle on the kitchen sink as well as chewing at the cupboard itself. There is a flap of wood that goes around the pipes that lifts out that is it's entrance point. We were up until past 4 am last night trying to get the thing out. It's large for a groundhog and although I'm not frightened of it I do respect it and feel for it's plight. We are trying to shoo it out through the kitchen and out the back door. Unfortunately this has not proved easy. Hopefully tonight we can manage to get it out. It is very fearful but not aggressive although if it felt cornered I'm sure it could be. In fact after it got out of the cupboard(pushed the cupboard door open) last night the wood fell and it wasn't able to get back down the hole for some time. We weren't able to get the door open and get it out before it got the flap up again. It was quite the fiasco with me trying to soothe the frightened panicked creature. And eventually it turned and walked right up to me in between the kitchen and the dining room. No fear what so ever and sniffed the tote lid that I held as a barricade before looking up at me. I told it gently it didn't want to go that way and turn around and it did. Lol Quite the night. Hopefully tonight we will be more successful. Now my friends please I need your thoughts and prayers for my Grandpa. I was informed today that he was rushed from his Alzheimer's care assisted living via ambulance a couple of days ago. His doctor had changed his meds and taken him off his pills for his mood. From what I understand. It was a short conversation. I will know more later. My Grandpa, who is the kindest most respectful man you'd ever meet, except for his Alzheimer's acted up without his pills. Any change at all is hard for Alzheimer's or dementia patients and he began to act out to the staff. From there they sent him to a hospital with a psych ward. However upon admission tests were run and he has bacteria in his urine which we knew about but his elderly doctor chose to ignore when he saw him Friday. They also did a CAT scan and discovered he has pneumonia and a sinus infection as well as a urinary tract infection. He was not running a fever. For those that don't know illness in patients who are elderly or have dementia or Alzheimer's often confuses and worsens their mental state. In the last three weeks he has not been recognizing family at all which has been spotty. He has good days and bad days but lately there all been bad. We are hoping that treating these illnesses will improve his mental state and lesson his mood swings. If he remains violent or threatening of violence the place will not take him back. Everyone please keep my Grandpa in your thoughts and prayers and keep my family in them as well. My Grandpa is being monitored and treated with IV antibiotics. He did recognize my Grandma for the first time in three weeks yesterday when he looked at her and said her name. I will keep you all up to date on Grandpa and on the groundhog when I know more. Thank you guys

Thoughts for your grandad Good luck with the groundhog!

Of course now I have those 5 in the incubator, they are laying like crazy

What is wrong with my girls lol

Same here, I've had more eggs from my polish in the last three days than I had in ten of collecting for the hatch a long!

me too, I always candle at day 10, when do you usually take a peek?

I try to resist until day 7 Then again day 14 and once more before lockdown.

I just bought a new coop today. this is not a good thing.

Oddly enough, I only have 1 broody Silkie right now! Eta: thanks, recovering slowly... nasty flu bug...

Hope your felling better from the flu, it sure is nasty

For Day 6, I found a video on You Tube!

Stop tempting me Ron!

UPDATE: Candled last night on Day 7. One obvious clear, one questionable clear, and 5 developing. I'll take it! I put the questionable one back in and I'll candle it again on Day 10 or 14. It's a Marans eggs and it's speckled so it was tough to tell. Hope everyone is well! Much love and prayers to chickendreams!

Sounds good and hopefully your questionable will be developing and it just tricking you!

Great video. I posted some still photos a few pages back. Those are day 6. Those babies were swimming pretty good. A lot of movement.

They were great pics Cynthia

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Some wiggles are coming from Emu Egg C 

I don't know when the emu eggs were due but any news?