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

    Good morning! Easter was full of excitement at Aster Retirement. Our first chick hatched at 7:00am just as the residents were gathering for breakfast. and by 1:00pm we had 9 chicks. our total was 18 of 22 set. and we even had a special visitor watching the hatch...So many smiles and stories...
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    The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    Please DO! Your rewards will be 10 fold! I set up a portable touch less hand sanitizer next to the brooder box, because you know they want to hold the the little ones!
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    The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    Hello All! We go into Lock Down on Thursday..... I just wanted to share some memories of past hatches at Aster Retirement. Enjoy. We Do! Hand turning eggs twice a day.. never short volunteers for that duty. Brooder box all set up and waiting for fuzzy butts! They are HERE...
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    The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    On Monday we candled our 29 eggs, and had to remove 7. We are down to 22 in the incubator at this time. We have started our "Guess who Breaks Out First" contest here at Aster Retirement, and as usual have a lot of buzz going around the building in anticipation, and we get to share all those...
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    The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    Candling on Sunday Hoping for a better outcome than I had with my bantams in Janruary ( 50% not viable)
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    The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    I personally have a flock at home and bring in the eggs and incubator for our hatch. Some of you may know me as my BYC member name " Ridgeline Hens" I' am the Assistant Executive Director at our Community. Best Wishes Phil. It is also important to mention that most of the eggs we...
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    The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    Thank You ALL for the warm welcome to the group! Our residents are not newbies when it come to chickens, most of them raised during the depression of the 1930's, had chickens as children and truly are taken back to special place in time each time we hatch chicks. here is an excerpt from our up...
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    The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    Hello Everyone We are a Retirement Community in Wisconsin. with around 60 full time residents that love to hatch baby chicks every Easter. This year we have set 29 eggs. to hatch on Easter Morning or so..........
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