Tis Time for a March 2020 Hatch-a-long!

[gimmie birdies]

I have six so far, my 2 BCM/BA, and a dark BCM egg that was an olive egger chick, Buff Orpington chick, Blue Andelusian chick, Cream legbar chick, I have 2 LO chicks in eggs that have pipped, I also have another olive egg and cream legbar egg that pipped, some of the other eggs I will wait till Sunday, I candled the slower eggs, they just looked a couple days behind. I also have some hatching Mon.-Tue.

 

[gmjarvi]

D21 for my Broody Judy. It looks like she stepped on one of the eggs where the air cell is (miraculously?). It is NOT a pip. I can actually see into the air cell and the chick is not even internally pipped, but it is alive. Should I sit on my hands? Should I make it a breathing hole just in case? Agh!

Nothing yet on her other two eggs.

 

[FortCluck]

D21 for my Broody Judy. It looks like she stepped on one of the eggs where the air cell is (miraculously?). It is NOT a pip. I can actually see into the air cell and the chick is not even internally pipped, but it is alive. Should I sit on my hands? Should I make it a breathing hole just in case? Agh!

Nothing yet on her other two eggs.

Oh broody Judy you squished my egg with your big fat booty

Sorry I had to

 

[beth1004]

Since you're fairly comfortable with assisting and it's already so late I would carefully open the air cells as if it were an assist to see if the chicks have passed.

That's what I was thinking. At least it's not the middle of the night like the last time.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

D21 for my Broody Judy. It looks like she stepped on one of the eggs where the air cell is (miraculously?). It is NOT a pip. I can actually see into the air cell and the chick is not even internally pipped, but it is alive. Should I sit on my hands? Should I make it a breathing hole just in case? Agh!

Nothing yet on her other two eggs.

Can you snap a picture without disturbing your broody? If it's bad I would probably put that egg in an incubator to monitor and sneak it back under her at night after it hatches.

 

[beth1004]

That's what I was thinking. At least it's not the middle of the night like the last time.

They were DIS. Looked like fluid in there. I didn’t go any further. I added water during lock down as the humidity had started to drop. It had also gotten to high at one time.

 

[gmjarvi]

I've left the egg with her for now, we are headed out to get some more supplies in case more states follow suit with the shelter in place orders. My in laws are high risk for covid19 complications so we are making sure they dont have to go out at all for the next 6 weeks. Luckily their freezer is full, they just need some other basics.

I digress.

I will check again when we get back. She has got to be the calmest broody hen in the world. I can lift her up, check the eggs, and she will set back down on them no problem. I will take a picture and see what you guys think. If the chick doesnt make it (I hope it does, though!) she still has two eggs that should make it. And worst case scenario, I have lots of chicks I can sneak under her lol.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Chicks in a box for President!

Olive egger out of BCM egg.

Buffy Orpington, who will be named "Buffy" since I name all BO that.

BCM/BA hatched earlier in the week, they are kinda mean to the other chicks. I have them in a separate box with a screened window.

Cream legbar

My blue Andelusian is photographing lighter than she is, light blue. But not splash.

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

Chicks in a box for President!
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Olive egger out of BCM egg.
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Buffy Orpington, who will be named "Buffy" since I name all BO that.
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BCM/BA hatched earlier in the week, they are kinda mean to the other chicks. I have them in a separate box with a screened window.View attachment 2057777

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Cream legbar
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My blue Andelusian is photographing lighter than she is, light blue. But not splash.View attachment 2057781

Your legbar look female to me!

 

[Trisseh]

Checked my Icelandic eggs last night (d14) all alive and wiggling (as much as they can now that they’re bigger!). Silkie eggs are also doing well, 7/7 viable and developing. They’re on d12 but some of them are going to be early bloomers I think... I’m trying to get my old styro bator set for use as a hatcher but it’s being miserable. duck eggs may have to wait a bit. Or be turned by hand... hmmm...