The 9th Annual BYC Easter Hatchalong!

[Cynthia12]

 

[wicket 07]

Happy Spring everyone! No news here I don't candle my eggs only because they are marans and dark brown so I am sitting on hands and waiting.

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

Day 10.
The other one that looked like this has started to develop.
Do I toss It?

 

[pennyJo1960]

thats all I am doing here

 

[HenniesInMyHeart]

How many eggs did you set?

I set 7. Candling so far looks like I've got 3 very strong babies growing, 1 infertile and 3 borderlines (these have thick vascular rings, but the wee chick embryos are still dancing away in there!)...not sure if they will make it but we will see. These were shipped eggs so if I get 3 I will consider that a big blessing! What kind of hatch rates do you all typically get from shipped eggies? I have them in a Janoel-10 (forced air, manual egg turning).

Nice. I have Speckled Sussex started. Going to check Air cells tonight as I think they need more humidity.

Aww, I love those too! <3 I am also hatching Jubilee Orpingtons, they look very much like Speckled Sussex! I am having a hard time keeping the humidity up in the CS batch, I think the Janoel-12 is a better 'bator (my JO's are in there). Colorado is so damn dry!

 

[HenniesInMyHeart]

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Day 10.
The other one that looked like this has started to develop.
Do I toss It?

NO! As long as the ring looks bright red and nothing is decomposing/separating, it could just be a central vascular ring. Some of my CS are doing this, and I freaked out, but I've been researching the heck out of this and it seems many times people ditch them but they are actually viable! If you watch, you might see the little chickie embryo dancing in there...mine are doing that!

 

[Lazy Farmer]

 

[OneMountainAcres]

What kind of hatch rates do you all typically get from shipped eggies?

Everything really depends on how well they were packaged and how rough they were handled. I've had 90% hatch rates and 0% from shipped eggs. It's always a gamble.

 

[ronott1]

View attachment 1303700
Day 10.
The other one that looked like this has started to develop.
Do I toss It?

Keep it for now. What does it look like candled the other way?

 

[HenniesInMyHeart]

thats all I am doing here

LOL! YEP! The manual incubator song! ^_^