The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long

[chickenbaby9194]

Please keep those final hatch numbers coming in so we can close out the "Guess How Many Will Hatch" Contest and get that fantastic prize out to the winner!

When is the contest completely closed? Do we have to wait for every egg to hatch? Or do you eventually just cut it off and say they took to long?

 

[Razadia]

Congrats to all the winners!

I have some great news! My appointment was today and they told me the results of the test and I DON'T have gestational diabetes!!!!! They said that I passed it with plenty of room to spare. It's such a relief to find out I don't have it.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Okay: I DID get 3 miracle babies that somehow survived this overnight just before hatch day:




I don't EVER want to see that again. Tonight I'll candle the other 200 eggs and see if any of them survived, as early as it was for them...I'll have to look at development issues due to a heat spike days 5-7 to see what I can expect if there are any survivors.

I'll be shoving the 3 babies under my Raraku hen, who goes broody like clockwork. I'm not sure if she'll adopt, because I've always let her hatch, but we'll see.

Congrats everyone!!

My condolences, everyone else!

Hope you all had a nice sunny day.

I hope your feeling better sorry about the bator issue : (

 

[Happy Chooks]

Quote: Note: We do our best to get everyone to report back how many eggs will hatch. We'll give members until April 5th to report back, but we'll have to cut off the reporting at some point and that's the number we'll go with for this contest! Winner will be announced on Sunday, April 7th.

Congrats to all the winners!

I have some great news! My appointment was today and they told me the results of the test and I DON'T have gestational diabetes!!!!! They said that I passed it with plenty of room to spare. It's such a relief to find out I don't have it.

Yay! Great news!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: With Betty broody I only get two a day : ( until the others are put in the pen come spring, COUGH COUGH! hello spring???? you out there??

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I had a BCM Hatch with the joint of the Leg Backwards Is there anyway to fix this if not I need help with what I need to do with the Chick?

I am so sorry, all I can do is give you my saved links the poor girl : (

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101

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CHICKEN ORTHOPEDICS ~​

https://sites.google.com/a/larsencreek.com/chicken-orthopedics/leg-braces
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/72885/boot-for-curled-toes-on-3-month-old-chicken-update-w-pics
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/02/spraddle-leg-in-baby-chicks-what-is-it.html​

http://poultryhelp.com/spraddle.html​

Curled Toes
http://www.chickenchatter.org/view_topic.php?id=2586&forum_id=30
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Culling ~​

Small Animal Euthanasia at Home http://www.alysion.org/euthanasia/index.php
How to cull chicks http://www.waldeneffect.org/how_to_cull_chicks/
How to Dispatch a Chicken.http://poultrykeeper.com/general-chickens/how-to-kill-a-chicken
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[chickenpooplady]

Sally Sunshine, those cochin chicks are such a pretty color!

 

[Pele]

Oh my god, I am SO angry right now. The seller who gave me 10 infertile eggs? She just denied my paypal claim by saying that I was lying.

Now I'm down 30 dollars. I'm seeing red. Nobody buy from Coups Coups on E-bay. Their lack of ethics is appalling.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Oh, I forgot to ask......whats the best way to clean and disinfect your styrofoam bators?

I use bleach in a spray bottle with water and a drop of dish soap and rinse

 

[coldupnorth]

Congrats to all the winners!

I have some great news! My appointment was today and they told me the results of the test and I DON'T have gestational diabetes!!!!! They said that I passed it with plenty of room to spare. It's such a relief to find out I don't have it.

Wonderful news! Pregnancy is so much easier without dealing with gestational diabetes, not that pregnancy is easy in the first place

All worth it though!