15th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

[The Cottages]

Good Morning BYC family.
We are all so excited to be part of the Easter Hatch again this year. Our residents are already keeping a very close eye on the progress in our incubators. attached are the 3 incubators set up in each of Senior Living Buildings... 60 eggs set to hatch Easter Morning. our residents families come to visit on holidays. So all get to have fun watching..Me Too!

 

[SheaLoner]

All but 1 of my home bred eggs are clears. Kind of excited for the one that's growing. I've wanted a chick from this hen for 3 yrs. None have ever been fertile.
2 of my Marans are clears, 2 are questionable, I was expecting way worse.

 

[lcvedder]

I set some chicken eggs over the weekend and would love to participate in thr hatch along!

 

[JennyHeidewald]

I have EE’s, RIR and a barred rock rooster. And I too have lots of hatching eggs. I am hatching Orpington eggs that I bought at the Maud Auction. Lavender and Buff. I want to incorporate some lavender with my barred rock. I accidentally got a blue barred pullet in last years hatch and I love that color. View attachment 3768855

Oh wow, she is beautiful! I got two French blue cuckoo marans at the feed store last week, I hope at least one will be barred like yours, and not be a rooster (be a $11.99 rooster!). Unfortunately, it was a day too late for my broody to accept them, so now I have a brooder set up.

 

[JennyHeidewald]

I candled the incubator eggs three days in, some are duds, and wasn't sure about some, so I am going to check those again tonight. I took my broody hens eggs and put them into the incubator because it looked like the air cell was getting too big. All of hers are viable. I put some of the "are they viable?" eggs under her to keep her occupied in the meantime.
I think I'll lockdown her eggs tomorrow. They are due the 17th, but there are a few bantam eggs in there, and the oldest ones are part bantam. I figured out I can put the eggs on the nuture right 360's kind of cross brace struts that are between the eggs on the inner circle. I put eggs on there when I was setting extra. Pain to have to turn them by hand, but it gave me the idea for how to keep the ones locked down while the others still get turned.

 

[WeeRadish]

Just candled some eggs this morning and grabbed pics. Here's progress at 66 hours in. (2 and 3/4 days)

It's hard to see in the pictures, but there's a lil heart and some veins already in the middle The second pic is a clear for comparison.

 

[NagemTX]

Power is out don't know when it will be back on.

 

[Debbie292d]

Good Morning BYC family.
We are all so excited to be part of the Easter Hatch again this year. Our residents are already keeping a very close eye on the progress in our incubators. attached are the 3 incubators set up in each of Senior Living Buildings... 60 eggs set to hatch Easter Morning. our residents families come to visit on holidays. So all get to have fun watching..Me Too!

This is soooo cool. Alexis, my granddaughter used to work there and she never told me you guys had incubators! I could have sent her there with a dozen or two silky eggs.

 

[Canadian Wind]

I... may have added more eggs now that I have a second incubator.

 

[Debbie292d]

I... may have added more eggs now that I have a second incubator.

I just got my new Brinsea 56EX that was on sale today. I may or may not add more eggs too.