3rd Annual New Year's Day Hatch!!

[rarely bored]

Have been putting my 3 chicks out all day for a while (nice weather here!) and think I'll leave them in their pen tonight (in a small box). It will probably get down into the low 30's. hmmm, they may need a little help keeping their heat in... ok, will go take them a blankie or something. So good to see what everyone else is doing.

 

[RareBreedFancier]

I love my warm weather when it comes to kicking chicks out of the house, I booted mine out weeks ago!

'Course it's been in the high 90's so no fear of them chilling!

 

[BHep]

I love my warm weather when it comes to kicking chicks out of the house, I booted mine out weeks ago!

'Course it's been in the high 90's so no fear of them chilling!

As soon as I posted that I was getting my chicks out this weekend.... the weather went bad.

Cold & damp, not a good combo.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I threw the ducks outside, it's 19 out but their brooder is filthy and needs the fan on it for a good few hours to dry it out. Going to be a high of 28 though, that's warm.... for Maine... They'll need to come in for the nights but it looks like Monday marks a new weather pattern where it won't be single digits at night anymore, for the most part. That's my goal date to get them the heck out of my house.

I spent part of yesterday in the ER at work with some weird heart arrhythmia. It's nice to work at a hospital, for the most part, but uncomfortable being half naked in front of people you work and attend meetings with. I am grateful that it wasn't bad enough to not send me back to work, but I wish it would stop, it feels strange.
I still think this hatch is cursed.

 

[featherz]

I put mine out when it was pretty low temps outside .. 30-40's day, teens at night.. but I have a small heat source in the barn that keeps the whole barn around 40-50, so they are fine. I'm cranking the heat down this week also to get them acclimated to 'outside' temps, so in a few weeks hopefully they can get out of the barn to make room for the valentine's day chicks! I had eight week olders last year outside in single digit weather and they were just fine.

 

[Mahonri]

Lately, I've been sitting in the grow out pen with my NYD hatch chicks and I've been giving them bread.

THEY ATTACK ME NOW when I walk in. They must think I'm made of bread!!!

I've got to get pics for y'all.

 

[NotAFarm]

Lately, I've been sitting in the grow out pen with my NYD hatch chicks and I've been giving them bread.

THEY ATTACK ME NOW when I walk in. They must think I'm made of bread!!!

I've got to get pics for y'all.

Yes!!

 

[Mahonri]

Eating broccoli



#29 is the one on the lower right.

My new Vindor icelandic is the one with the "do" on the lower left.

White one is a SWA X TraderJoe's Leghorn.

Middle is an Icelandic

Top and top left are SFHs... I think!

And here's a wide view of some of the same ones.

Most in this pic are Icelandics.

 

[karimw]

Here's some pics of my NYD hatch:


Here is some from my swap eggs.
Brahma cross I think, from Tuthillny


Tuthillny's EE on the left, Birchen IB on the right


Tuthillny's Barred/Cuckoo on the left, blue cochin AM on the right, IaBs in the back ground.


This is the single hatched from from Allbreeds - Old English Game/EE. It may be hard to tell from the picture but I think she's lavender?

 

[Blarneyeggs]

SCG: So very worried about you, hope you are okay and not burning it at both ends, remember to take care of you too.

Karimw: Oh MY! How beautiful! and are you using feed sacks as dividers? What a wonderful way to recycle.

I am desperately trying to get the NYD chicks out of my Laundry room, where my whole family gets a fine layer of dust on their clothing these days.... for free! It's in the 50's today so the chickies are playing outside in a dog crate, no bottom so they can scratch around. Here are my babies at 4 weeks:




The kids call this one 'Big Fat Meanie Head' He's constantly tromping on all the other chicks. I call him 'lunch', he'll be the first to go, quite a shame, he's so big and pretty.


I just LOVE this one with the Mohawk, can't quite sex him/her yet. Hope it's a girl, but behavior says boy, and has some big ole, thick legs.