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  1. ASteelman

    October 2021 Hatch-A-Long

    Pics as promised! One had a leg splayed out so s/he gets a bandaid
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    October 2021 Hatch-A-Long

    Well unfortunately only 6 out of 11 eggs I put into lockdown hatched. I'm thinking this might be my fault due to careless placement of the incubators... The desk they're on is in front of a window AC unit, and also next to the washing machine - I noticed a day or two before lockdown that the...
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    October 2021 Hatch-A-Long

    They're ameraucanas! Not very recognizable just out of the shell, haha
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    October 2021 Hatch-A-Long

    My chicks started pipping Saturday night and one finally popped out yesterday evening. Woke up this morning to two more! And I actually got pictures this time: Looks like a black and two blues so far! Eight eggs left, most of which have pipped.
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    BYC's 2021 Spooktacular Halloween Hatch-Along!

    I almost bought a new incubator yesterday and just barely managed to exercise some self control!
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    Official BYC Poll: Why Do You Incubate/Hatch at Home?

    My "other" reasons would be to 1. keep a closed flock and 2. breed for improvements.
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    BYC's 2021 Spooktacular Halloween Hatch-Along!

    I have some ameraucana eggs in the regular October HAL already, so I think for this one I will set some of my leghorn eggs. They're covered by a back-crossed 'olive egger' rooster, and I need to find out what egg color genetics he's carrying.
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    BYC's 2021 Spooktacular Halloween Hatch-Along!

    Your first hatch, how exciting!!! Good luck!
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    October 2021 Hatch-A-Long

    I candled last night on day 11, typically the only day I will candle. Deja Vu to my last incubation, once again I have 11/14 developing, with two duds and one early quitter. There is something odd going on in one egg that I have never seen. There is a healthy embryo but it seems to be...
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    October 2021 Hatch-A-Long

    Fourteen more eggs started today. All from blue ameraucanas! My trusty blue rooster is probably six years old now but he has such a docile temperament I feel it's worth it to keep breeding him. These are the first I've hatched for myself in a very long time due to having a baby last year...
  11. ASteelman

    September 2021 Hatch - A - Long

    I didn't even think of that but it would be worth a shot!
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    September 2021 Hatch - A - Long

    Well, my hatch is complete. 9/11 eggs hatched! Of course I had hoped for all eleven. One ameraucana egg never even pipped, and one marans egg pipped but never zipped. I did open the air cell on the marans just to make sure it wasn't alive and stuck in there. I don't have the heart to really...
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    Transporting Baby Chicks by Car - Question

    I realized that my brooder heater fits perfectly inside an insulated HelloFresh box :D and I have a car power adapter. So these little ones will be under the heater until we get to the meetup point, and then switch to a smaller insulated box - I picked up some excelsior from the craft store...
  14. ASteelman

    Prettiest Easter Egger Contest! Ended

    This photo is so beautiful!! I love it.
  15. ASteelman

    Transporting Baby Chicks by Car - Question

    I will definitely get NPIP certified when the time comes, I just feel I am not there yet. I am very much small time, only have 19 adult birds currently. Once I feel ready to expand, then I would want to be able to ship eggs or have customers from Texas, or wherever. For now I'm actually happy...
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    Transporting Baby Chicks by Car - Question

    I'm not crossing state lines, this customer is traveling most of the way to me from a city across our state. I'm not NPIP yet but it is something I want to do, in order to be able to ship hatching eggs. Towels are also a great idea, how did I not think of that?? Thank you.
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    Transporting Baby Chicks by Car - Question

    Yes, eating the paper was my main concern! I like your idea.
  18. ASteelman

    Transporting Baby Chicks by Car - Question

    Hi, I will be transporting some day old chicks to a customer tomorrow. I plan to use a small cardboard box with holes for air, similar to how chicks are mailed. They will be traveling a few hours overall. I'm mainly wondering what you would stuff the box with - I have access to shredded copy...
  19. ASteelman

    September 2021 Hatch - A - Long

    Chicks started hatching last night! A couple of ameraucanas were the first ones out. I'll be running home at lunchtime to see how things are going and get some pics.
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    Prettiest Easter Egger Contest! Ended

    This guy was so big and beautiful, but so, so mean. Here he is pictured in his temporary pen waiting to go to a new home. Wheaten marans x blue ameraucana got me this. Edit: I realize I didn't give him a name, so let's just go with Guy :idunno
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