Mahonri's 3rd Annual, BYC Easter Hatch-a-long! - Page 563

Here's a picture of my pedigree box I made to go in the incubator.  I made it out of plastic needlepoint canvas and zip ties.  It took about 30 minutes to make and cost less than $1.

I put a tie on the lid before placing it in the incubator, so the chicks couldn't climb out.  All six eggs hatched.

In this case I used it to identify four campines so I would know the breeding and I put in the two lightest marans eggs I was hatching.  Those two chicks are now banded with a zip tie.  If they turn out to be roos, they won't make it into the flock.  If they are girls I can judge the color of the egg they produce.

I had a second smaller box that held two marans eggs that were a specific pure line.

Deb

With gazillions of different eggs all in one bator, how do you tell who is who when they hatch  I am thinking I need to separate mine, and I think it was Java Girl who referred to hatching baskets a while back. Got pictures? 

We've got three weeks to kill   so talk to me peeps, how do YOU do it?

Here's a picture of my pedigree box I made to go in the incubator.  I made it out of plastic needlepoint canvas and zip ties.  It took about 30 minutes to make and cost less than $1.

I put a tie on the lid before placing it in the incubator, so the chicks couldn't climb out.  All six eggs hatched.

In this case I used it to identify four campines so I would know the breeding and I put in the two lightest marans eggs I was hatching.  Those two chicks are now banded with a zip tie.  If they turn out to be roos, they won't make it into the flock.  If they are girls I can judge the color of the egg they produce.

I had a second smaller box that held two marans eggs that were a specific pure line.

Deb

Kathy, I made corned beef, carrots, onions, cabbage, colcannon, and Irish Soda bread. For dessert, Baileys Irish Cream cupcakes with chocolate ganache and Bailey's buttercream frosting baked in little canning jars.