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Here is a link to a St.pattys day hatch I started.

I am doing one, me and Bhep swapped green eggs, and I got more from the egg swaps, EEs and turken EEs. I will also be setting a few of my green eggs, Chicken eggs need to be set tomorrow.

No pips yet for me either, but I didn't get to set my eggs until that night, so maybe I start seeing pips in the morning. I do see some wiggling though! And I can here a peep everyonce in a while!

Did you get an extra egg? Maybe they tossed in a cochin egg.

I've made a few cages out of hardware cloth and bread ties. They are tall enough they don't flip over and the bottom is open, like a upside down box.

I candled a few last night when I added 36-ish eggs, and all the ones I checked are growing. Im probly going to candle all of them on the 8th when my Duck eggs go into "lockdown". They came a few days early, and I didnt want them to sit all weekend. If anyone on here can bake, please signup...

Hopefully I wil have a teaser pic tomorrow, I have 1/3 eggs pipped, hoping I willl have a chick when I get home in the morning. I have to work tonite, Yay ;) . It always seems like I get called to work the overnight bake the days I have eggs hatching. :rolleyes: I will also be setting 3 dozen...

I'll have some eggs hatching tomorrow, no pips that I can see yet. 3 serama, 3 bantam Shamo, 2 EE, 2 Ancona/Dominique, and 1 Malay.

Quote: I have an Emu egg due around Valentines too! I just did the math because I added another one Saturday.

Sounds like you need to build a materity wing on on of your coops.

Quote: Open it in Youtube copy the address to your clip board paste between these tags *** remove the *** Can you upload a video without using youtube?

It would be valentines themed though Don't forget, you only have until noon (central time) tomorrow to sign up for the swap! (Right Jim)

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Quote: A very sharp small needle. Then I use a 1cc syringe with a 25g needle (like an insulin needle), Mom works at a vet, so I just get them there.I think you can buy syringes at a feed store that sell those 5 in 1 vaccines. I also use the gel food coloring (like wilton), the color is much...

Quote: This sounds as if you dye them while still in the egg??? Yes, you do it at 2 weeks, .5 cc of food dye. Have to poke a little hole and eject it under the membrane, then wax over the hole. I did green, blue, and orange, but I didn't take any pictures, I think. I sold 2 and kept one The...

Has anyone even dyed their chicks before? I did it once with 5 eggs, 3 hatched. They were sooo cute Maybe some pink/red chicks for Valentines???

Quote: Do you have eggs to swap? You could join the january egg swap

I am in. Haven't officially signed up for the swap yet though, waited til a little closer to the deadline. My luck, whatever I say I'm goin to send, I won't have laying then. I guess I could just say all mixed though…… My silkied hens need to hurry their butts up, , so I can get started on my...