The 9th Annual BYC Easter Hatchalong!

[ronott1]

Well, my Ameraucanas finally started laying... way too close to the deadline to set anything. Yeah, thanks, birdies. <<grumble>>

Maybe I'll stick the one I did get in the incubator anyway. I highly doubt it is fertile, and it's too small for optimal hatch conditions... but y'know. It'd be worth a try.

Of course it will go into the incubator!

Did you set eggs today?

 

[BantyChooks]

Of course it will go into the incubator!

Did you set eggs today?

No, I put cots in yesterday.

 

[ronott1]

No, I put cots in yesterday.

Then you have time to collect them for incubating! Two days after set date counts....Love it!

 

[BantyChooks]

Then you have time to collect them for incubating! Two days after set date counts....Love it!

I guess three eggs would be better than none, eh?

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

No I didn’t mist them. I didn’t know if I needed to or not.

Not to worry, have a quick read of the link I left you. This will set your mind at rest on how long it can take to hatch from initial external pip.

 

[ronott1]

Not to worry, have a quick read of the link I left you. This will set your mind at rest on how long it can take to hatch from initial external pip.

Ducks can take a long time too. Patience is very necessary....

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Ducks can take a long time too. Patience is very necessary....

Extremely necessary! They tested my nerves to the limit last year.......

 

[Mysticalys]

Yeah I’m hoping the other 2 eggs in there pip soon so he won’t be lonely

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Yeah I’m hoping the other 2 eggs in there pip soon so he won’t be lonely

So you have 3 eggs and only one is externally pipped?
Have you candled the other 2 to check for internal pips?
If so how long have they been internally pipped? Sometimes you need to make an air hole for them if they don’t externally pip before the oxygen becomes low and the c02 high.

 

[Mysticalys]

I just candled both of them. Both are internally pipped one internally pipped around 21 hours ago and the other one probably internally pipped sometime early this morning