The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[coop410silkies]

I have some Chick pictures to share!

Sadly, the fifth little Wheaten with the prolapsed yolk did not survive...

but his 4 brothers & sisters are thriving and adorable!!!

My 4 Wheaten Ameraucana chicks!


I divided all the chicks between the two broody hens who volunteered - Wendy, a Buff Orpington, and Olivia, a Barred/Blue Rock. Just FYI, both of these new mothers were hatched in LAST year's Easter Hatch -Along, in fact Olivia was the very first chick to hatch last year! The adoption process went fairly smoothly, with a slight glitch this morning when it was discovered that Wendy was rather predjudiced towards ONLY Blonde chicks, and so the blue & black Marans chicks that I had given her were switched over to Olivia, who turned out to have a huge motherly heart that accepts chicks of all colors and breeds! Wendy was given a few golden Easter Egger chicks as replacements, and aside from a bit of suspicion at the random dark spots on their otherwise blonde heads, she seems to be tolerating them so far.

Here is Wendy with her Golden brood...



And the big-hearted Olivia with her multi-colored hatchlings...


They are each in a separate broody pen coop with a small enclosed coop on one end and a hardware cloth covered run on the other.

Thank you again to all the moderators, and others who made this hatch along so fun to be a part of!

Happy hatching everyone!!!

I have some Chick pictures to share!

Sadly, the fifth little Wheaten with the prolapsed yolk did not survive...

but his 4 brothers & sisters are thriving and adorable!!!

My 4 Wheaten Ameraucana chicks!


I divided all the chicks between the two broody hens who volunteered - Wendy, a Buff Orpington, and Olivia, a Barred/Blue Rock. Just FYI, both of these new mothers were hatched in LAST year's Easter Hatch -Along, in fact Olivia was the very first chick to hatch last year! The adoption process went fairly smoothly, with a slight glitch this morning when it was discovered that Wendy was rather predjudiced towards ONLY Blonde chicks, and so the blue & black Marans chicks that I had given her were switched over to Olivia, who turned out to have a huge motherly heart that accepts chicks of all colors and breeds! Wendy was given a few golden Easter Egger chicks as replacements, and aside from a bit of suspicion at the random dark spots on their otherwise blonde heads, she seems to be tolerating them so far.

Here is Wendy with her Golden brood...



And the big-hearted Olivia with her multi-colored hatchlings...


They are each in a separate broody pen coop with a small enclosed coop on one end and a hardware cloth covered run on the other.

Thank you again to all the moderators, and others who made this hatch along so fun to be a part of!

Happy hatching everyone!!!

these are real keepers!

 

[calientepocket]

Wondering if anyone had ideas on why my chicks are hatching so late. Days 23-24. I Had given up hope and went and bought eight Chicks at the feed store, and now two have hatched and two more are zipping.

 

[Ravynscroft]

Wondering if anyone had ideas on why my chicks are hatching so late. Days 23-24. I Had given up hope and went and bought eight Chicks at the feed store, and now two have hatched and two more are zipping.

Sounds like low temps... have you calibrated your thermometer lately?

 

[cree57i]

My total was not so good. I started with 19. Only one of my shipped eggs made it and 3 of my marans developed, but didn't hatch. I think the humidity got too high. Total hatch was 5 out of 19. At least I got 1 lavendar orph. out of the hatch and the BCM's that did hatch have new homes!

 

[ronott1]

Wondering if anyone had ideas on why my chicks are hatching so late. Days 23-24. I Had given up hope and went and bought eight Chicks at the feed store, and now two have hatched and two more are zipping.

Sounds like low temps... have you calibrated your thermometer lately?

Consistently late checks is usually low average temperatures during incubation. Raise the temperature half to one degree for the next hatch if using the same thermometer--or get a brinsea spot check.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Consistently late checks is usually low average temperatures during incubation. Raise the temperature half to one degree for the next hatch if using the same thermometer--or get a brinsea spot check.

Yep, your temperatures are too low.

 

[Cynthia12]

Wow, this was a really difficult contest to judge! There are so many fantastic submissions!


The winners of the Flapper Contest are...........


1st Place:

chickenlady099

2nd Place:

mayang

3rd Place:

toynutz

Congratulations to the winners! And thank you to everyone that entered!​

 

[Cynthia12]

Wondering if anyone had ideas on why my chicks are hatching so late. Days 23-24. I Had given up hope and went and bought eight Chicks at the feed store, and now two have hatched and two more are zipping.

Low temps. Now you have how many after buying chicks?

It has to be fun though, having your own little babies. In fact, that one right there is a ver pretty color!

 

[Chrysolinsbirds]

Well I candled the eggs and they are still kicking in there no internal pips... waiting game...

 

[prizepete]

Update: no new developments... Although one chirped so loud I thought it was our cocktail