The 7th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-A-Long!

[ToddQ]

She is Gorgeous! Is she a Heritage RIR?

no actually she is an australorp. Have a red light on for her and the babies.

 

[chickadeeNSC]

We don't have a mini, but an eco 20 ans I just love it. I suspect you will be very happy with it!

Thanks! I sure hope so!

LOVE my Brinseas! Yes plural. I have the mini, the Eco 20 and just bought the Eco 40. They are good incubators.

Oh my goodness, that is quite the collection! I guess that speaks volumes that you kept with the same brand! Do you have to adjust the Eco often as far as temp goes, or is it pretty steady?

 

[ToddQ]

Enter this first one in the mama with babies contest.

I certainly did

 

[ToddQ]

I placed 20 eggs for the HAL today. 8 BCM and 12 barred rock!!

 

[ShrekDawg]

A few years ago I seem to remember a group of scientists that had developed a chicken embryo that grew a longer tail. Put these two together and you have a dinosaur.

WHOA!! Someone should do that! Though of course, they still have chicken tendencies. Someone should do it with the original wild chickens (if they still exist?) Or OEGB or game birds. Something wild. OR. With an emu or ostrich and have a big dinosaur!?

 

[mlm Mike]

Set these today at 1 pm. I hope all 21 hatch!

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Just set! 43!

8 ISA brown X giant Cochin
17 giant Cochin. Some may be half bantam Cochin
18 Mille fleur bantam Cochins

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I set 30 eggs last night around 10; not the best idea since I could hardly sleep last night. I stayed up 'til 3 checking to make sure the temp stabilized. There are 12 French Black Copper Marans, 6 assorted silkies, 6 assorted Orpingtons, all picked up locally yesterday. The other six are from my flock: 2 Polish, 3 Cochin and one Ameraucana crossed with a Salmon Faverolles roo. The Maran eggs came from a really nice person who first told me they had lots of orders for eggs and young chickens who were not laying well yet. I told them about this Hatch-A-Long I wanted to participate in and that I really wanted to include a few dark brown eggs. I offered to pay more than their very reasonable price, and they agreed. When I picked them up they just gave me a dozen eggs! All they asked was that I let them know how well they hatch and if I have too many, they would gladly take them back! Feeling very blessed!

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I set 30 eggs
12 Americana
13 Araucana
5 Silkie
HAPPY HATCHING EVERYBODY

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15 eggs set. 1 of which cracked in the process.

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Sorry one cracked.

Last minute joiner! Set my eggs I received from @KYTinpusher . Some beautiful isbar eggs, 2 black Ameraucanas and some from a chocolate green egger project!

Welcome! How many did you set?

I just set 40 eggs

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Last week I set 16 Ancona duck eggs for the HAL. Just now I candled them and all 16 are developing! Both fertility and livability have improved over the batch I set four weeks ago. Hooray! On track for a great hatch. Good luck everyone!

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Just set 60 eggs! The countdown begins!

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set 37 eggs for the Hatch a long, Soooooo exited

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Hatching Participant / Number Set list is current to Post 6875

 

[cgmaster]

I set 17 blue and green eggs today

 

[mlm Mike]

Are you having fun Mike?

I am Cynthia! Thanks for asking!

 

[Poultrybonkers]

I set 16 ameraucana eggs today ...ill be happy if half hatch.

 

[Mirajane]

What about the family members who BUY you more chicks just because they "looked lonely" when they went to get something unrelated.

My first chicks were two Welsummers, and a couple days later, I come home to my Dad putting 12 more chicks in a huge brooder box he made out of cardboard! That's how it all started by accident. I kinda begged for the two chicks, because id always wanted chickens.