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post #341 of 1762
4/24/12 at 5:47pm
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66 ?!?!?!?!  66 BYCers and counting have joined the mother's day hatch-a-long?!?!?! th.gif WOW, I did NOT think we would have so many join up with so little time that I had to set this up!! hide.gif

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post #342 of 1762
4/24/12 at 5:52pm

Thank you!! My first hatch-a-long!! I'll post my pic of the bator tmrw once its up & running!

Do what you love & love what you do. Simplicity is the essence of happiness.
I have O.C.D...Obsessive Chicken Disorder!!!
My little piece of heaven is in the northeast..me & my DH, 1 DD, 1 DS, & owned by 18 chickens ~ 3 Wellies,  2 BO's, 2 GLW's, 2 EE's, 3 Barnies, 2 FBCM, 1 SS, 2 SF & 1 Aussie!  "Member of the Derperella Club-- We're just all goin' round' the rooster, here!"

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Do what you love & love what you do. Simplicity is the essence of happiness.
I have O.C.D...Obsessive Chicken Disorder!!!
My little piece of heaven is in the northeast..me & my DH, 1 DD, 1 DS, & owned by 18 chickens ~ 3 Wellies,  2 BO's, 2 GLW's, 2 EE's, 3 Barnies, 2 FBCM, 1 SS, 2 SF & 1 Aussie!  "Member of the Derperella Club-- We're just all goin' round' the rooster, here!"

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post #343 of 1762
4/24/12 at 6:08pm

I need to go take a picture of my broody

Can't you see I am laying an egg? Stop opening the nest box!!

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Can't you see I am laying an egg? Stop opening the nest box!!

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post #344 of 1762
4/24/12 at 6:21pm
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I set my 12 Marans eggs on Sunday, and tomorrow I am adding 12 Olive Egger eggs that I just picked up tonight. Lord help me, I still have spots left in the egg turner tray for more eggs.
 

 

oh you're fine then...

 

wait til you start stacking eggs in the bator .....    hide.gif


Or you have 4 bators going at one time and it still isn't enough
Lots of pets. Not enough chickens, a bad hatching addiction and a great DH. ;)I SWEAR I'm gonna unplug the incubator soon. I NOW sell hatching eggs/chicks/chickens!!. Serama 3 coat types, Hedemora, Tolbunts 2 frizzled pens,1 smooth. Cream-Crestedlegbar, Isbars, Oladnsk Dwarf, SQ Mille Fluer d'uccles, Cuckoo Silkies, Russian Orlaff, SFH, Rhodebars, Bielefelders, Partridge Barthuners, White...
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Lots of pets. Not enough chickens, a bad hatching addiction and a great DH. ;)I SWEAR I'm gonna unplug the incubator soon. I NOW sell hatching eggs/chicks/chickens!!. Serama 3 coat types, Hedemora, Tolbunts 2 frizzled pens,1 smooth. Cream-Crestedlegbar, Isbars, Oladnsk Dwarf, SQ Mille Fluer d'uccles, Cuckoo Silkies, Russian Orlaff, SFH, Rhodebars, Bielefelders, Partridge Barthuners, White...
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post #345 of 1762
4/24/12 at 6:24pm

 

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Or you have 4 bators going at one time and it still isn't enough

 


I have 4 going right now.. and I am also stacking eggs... so.... yeah  hide.gif

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I don't have poultry.. I have mini feathered velociraptors
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I don't have poultry.. I have mini feathered velociraptors
Turkey Incubation and Hatching Guide     

 

Emu Egg Hatching Info 2013     

My Emu Hatch 2012     Sexing Emu Chicks     

Blowing Out Emu Eggs for Crafting     Our Hoop Coop build     

Hatching Muscovy Eggs     

 

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post #346 of 1762
4/24/12 at 6:38pm

 

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Since I'll be reading along, I thought it would be fun to do a contest!  

The Chicks 'N Kids contest will be for pictures of chickens or chicks with children, since this is a Mother's Day Hatch! 

  • Those who do not want to post pictures of their children on the internet or can't find a child to photograph can do pictures of chickens with another type of animal, such as a dog, cat, horse, etc. instead.
  • The prize is two children's books: a little children's book, Chick to Hen, and an old copy of the out-of-print Window Into An Egg which is also cool for kids, but more educational.
  • It will be during Week Three, so start looking through your pictures and get ready! (Limit of 3 pictures per participant)

 

Here are my favorite pictures. The first one my little Buff Orp is looking at me as if to say "NO WAY" to going out of the coop and near my dog.

 

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My daughter went out to the coop with her Doctors kit to see why our chickens have not laid any eggs. She didn't seem to understand that "cockerel" means no eggs!

 

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And this is my other dog, looking for a snack lol

 

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Jakk... Homeschooling mom of four kids, two dogs, three cats, 6 Buff Orpingtons hatched on Christmas Day, 16 Hatchery Choice Pullets, 6 TSC Red Pullets all hatched on 2/22, 8 babes hatched 3/21, 9 babies hatched on May 11th. Sixteen Easter Eggers hatched Sept 1, two White Ameraucana hatched Sept 5th...and trying to resist the urge to fill the incubator!

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Jakk... Homeschooling mom of four kids, two dogs, three cats, 6 Buff Orpingtons hatched on Christmas Day, 16 Hatchery Choice Pullets, 6 TSC Red Pullets all hatched on 2/22, 8 babes hatched 3/21, 9 babies hatched on May 11th. Sixteen Easter Eggers hatched Sept 1, two White Ameraucana hatched Sept 5th...and trying to resist the urge to fill the incubator!

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post #347 of 1762
4/24/12 at 6:51pm
Heres my eggs, all 40 of them.


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post #348 of 1762
4/24/12 at 6:55pm

My first hatch along!!  I set 14 silkie eggs tonight.

 

Where do we enter the story about a mom and kids?

If it isn't an Arabian it's just a horse.
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post #349 of 1762
4/24/12 at 6:55pm
I also have 2 broody hens right now setting on 8 eggs each. I also have another hen who is looking to go broody as she has now decided my bag of shavings is the perfect place for her to lay her eggs. She usually lays a clutch of 10-13 eggs before she sets. I thought my hen was the only one to choose the shavings bag I think it is cute.
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post #350 of 1762
4/24/12 at 7:18pm
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66 ?!?!?!?!  66 BYCers and counting have joined the mother's day hatch-a-long?!?!?! th.gif WOW, I did NOT think we would have so many join up with so little time that I had to set this up!! hide.gif


A little overwhelming huh? But I have never done this before either. I thought it sounded fun! I wish I had chickens laying eggs because I would be totally happy to donate something as a prize!
I'm looking for a local meeting for PHA (Pervy Humor Anonymous) and PFAA (Poultry and Fowl Addicts Anonymous). PM me with any meeting info...
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I'm looking for a local meeting for PHA (Pervy Humor Anonymous) and PFAA (Poultry and Fowl Addicts Anonymous). PM me with any meeting info...
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