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

dowgirl71 said:

One baby Silkie, so far! There seem to be more but she's keeping them tucked under.

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KYTinpusher said:

Quote: Svarthöna literally translates to "Black Hen". They are also known as Swedish Black Hens and are all black - inside and out - combs, wattles, feet, meat, bones, etc.

ChickaLong said:

I got 3 hours sleep. At 5 chicks now.

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Congrats on the chicks! Mine are still hatching, too.

Jessimom said:

Good Morning!!

Congrats to everyone else with Chickeis!!


I have 7 chicks!! All 7 HAL chicks hatched.

I still have 2 from the 12/26 hatch in the "bator, I candled them last night. they both have movement, but no chirping, so I might crack them today to see what is going on.

I have 6 that I slipped into the bator a couple days after the 11th, 2 of those were clear, but one of those pipped last night.

I have 12 that I set on 12/26. They looked good at day 7.

Thanks for everyone's help getting this far!

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Congrats on your chicks!

We can have another HAL! I set 9 eggs on the 26th also, but I pulled 3 clears yesterday. Two of the clears were from my new layer in the project pen. I opened a couple she laid after those and they were fertile, so more went in yesterday, along with more Isbars and more Svarthöna.


I am up to 2 chicks now for this HAL, both Svarthöna, although one is blue. I have heard about the blue ones, but this is the first one that I have hatched. I'll get pictures when I take them out of the incubator. At least 2 more Svarthöna eggs are pipped. I can't tell on the rest. Nothing from the 2 project eggs yet (1st project pen), but they were set 2 days after the Svarthöna.

Ooooh...black.

They're gorgeous! Thank you for the info and pics.

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wornoutmomto3 said:

One of the BCM chicks died!!!

I don't know what happened. The chicks were all fluffed out and safe in the brooder. Had to go out this afternoon for several reasons. When we got back I checked on the chicks first thing and a BCM was on its back dead. Everyone else seems good. They are walking around the brooder as if nothing is wrong.

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Pensmaster said:

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It happens. Some chicks, as much as we want them, are not meant to be.

cree57i said:

Quote: I have an email in to the company, but I will probably not hear anything until Monday.

dowgirl71 said:

One baby Silkie, so far! There seem to be more but she's keeping them tucked under.

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Very cute!

Congratulations!

ronott1 said:

I am back after the Internet outage here--The cable that goes under the street was bad. It has a temporary fix now so I am up!

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Welcome back! I wish we had cable internet. The only thing we can get, beside dial-up, is Hughesnet (satellite).

Here are my 5 Svarthöna that have hatched. I am having trouble uploading pics, so this is the best I can do for now. Blacks are hard to photograph so I had to shine the light right on them just so you can see there are five. They are darker than they look in the picture. I'll try for better ones tomorrow after they are rested, fed and watered. One may need a bath as it was a little sticky. I have one more Svarthöna egg (set a day later than these) and one project egg (set 2 days after these) still going. I hope I can keep the humidity good for them.

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Cynthia12 said:

Here are a few photos of my silkies now.

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Cynthia12 said:

Here are a few photos of my silkies now.

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bamadude said:

12 plus.
I am a total newbie.
U know any good helpful threads?

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Cynthia12 said:

Here are a few photos of my silkies now.

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KYTinpusher said:

Is anyone else's BYC acting funny tonight, or is mine the only one with pasty butt?

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