7th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2016 Hatch-A-Long

Mirajane said:

I can already tell I'm gonna be a hatchaholic, and my dad hears my mom and I egg shopping online, and he's been yelling all day, "I'm Not Gonna Build Another Coop!" and my Mom told him, "Then I'll just buy one of these expensive ones!" He shut up fast.

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Mirajane said:

Is it normal for one to go off by himself a bit? He's acting completely normal, pecking, curious, eating food with others, but just goes off by himself...

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shahtir101 said:

Is he the newest one you put in the brooder?

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Mirajane said:

No, he came out by himself when 3 others were in there, and three new ones arrived now, he went in about 4 hours ago...

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shahtir101 said:

I became a hatchaholic after my first batch! I am planning on a lot more hatches. But, I think I am going to take a break until spring. Maybe in March hatch some ducks...and then in May do one huge hatch for the whole year. I will set Seramas, silkies, Polish, cream legbars

if moeny allows

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shahtir101 said:

I have a little one like that... He is the first one to run from the food, and the first one to leave. He is healthy. Maybe they are just like how some people like to be alone?

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Mirajane said:

I know a lot of chicken breeds, and have done tons of research on origins and stuff. This was my first batch, and I want more... My mom has gone on hatchery websites I have told her about, and is making a list of all the breeds she likes, along with egg colors, and then apparently she's picking her top three and I have to hatch them for her. Every time she comes in here she starts opening the incubator, picking the eggs up, cooing, trying to break the shell open, while I'm like, " Mom, No, Mom, You can't do that, Please Stop, MOM!" She doesn't listen... Almost broke one shell fully in two while I left for a minute. Little guy was ok after I closed him up and amped up humidity. She was so sad she couldn't help, and realized she was hurting him after I literally lectured her on why she can't.

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Mirajane said:

But... You Should Never Be Alone! Friendship and Loyalty Is Happiness!

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