🎃🦇BYC's 2022 Spooktacular Halloween Hatch-Along!🦇🎃

[casportpony]

Who’s gonna be setting Muscovy ……..

I might be!

 

[casportpony]

Check out these two hatch-along contests!:

Fall Fun Photography Contest


Fall on the Farm Photo Contest​

 

[muddy75]

Bought our first bag of Halloween candy yesterday

 

[SassShenn]

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It's that time again! Every year, many members come together to set eggs to hatch on the exact same day - Halloween. If you are new to hatching, this is a great way to get a lot of help, tips, and advice. Join in the fun for the scariest BYC Hatch-Along of the year!

Set Chicken eggs on Sunday, October 10th at Noon (whatever time zone you are in). Other poultry breed setting dates are listed in the spoiler below:

Spoiler: Set Dates

Type of Egg	Days to Hatch	Set Dates
Muscovy duck	35	September 26
Goose	28 - 32	September 29 to October 3
Pheasant	22 - 29	October 2 to October 9
Mallard (derived) duck, goose,	28	October 3
Turkey, Guinea, Peafowl	28	October 3
Call duck and other bantam ducks	26	October 5
Bobwhite quail	23	October 8
Seramas other small bantams	19 - 21	October 10 to October 12
Chickens	21	October 10
Pigeons	17 - 19	October 12 to October 14
Coturnix quail	18	October 13
Doves	14 - 16	October 15 to October 17
Button quail	16	October 15

To join the hatch-along, simply post in this thread that you wish to enter and we will add you! Set dates for each type of domestic fowl are listed above in the spoiler above.

This thread is our main chat thread for the hatch-along where you can find anything from new friends, awesome incubation help, to the most detailed educational discussions possible, and how could we forget the laughter and fun!

This post of the hatch-along will be updated as we move along with all the important information you will need, but if you find yourself with a question, just post it on the thread, everyone is helpful!

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Places to find hatching eggs:

• Chicken Hatching Eggs
• The NEW Crazy 24hr AUCTION thread
• Just In Time Hatching Egg AUCTION and BIN Thread

Incubation, Hatching, & Baby Chick Forums​

• Incubating & Hatching Eggs
• Raising Baby Chicks

Educational hatching articles:

• The Beginner's Guide to Incubation
• Incubation Humidity
• Development of a Chicken Embryo Day by Day
• Candling Pics Progression Through Incubation Of Chicken Eggs
• Incubating And Hatching Muscovy Eggs
• Egg failure to hatch - Diagnosing incubation problems
• Guide to Assisted Hatching for All Poultry
• How To Incubate Hatch Eggs Using The Dry Incubation Method
• Fixing Curled Toes With Tape - Picture Tutorial and Video

Halloween Contests​

#	Contest Name	Host	Start Date	End Date
1	BYC's 2022 Spooktacular Halloween Hatch-Along—Fall Fun Photography Contest	All4Eggz	9/14/2022	11/30/2022
2	BYC's 2022 Spooktacular Halloween Hatch-Along—Fall on the Farm Photo Contest	oldhenlikesdogs	9/14/2022	11/30/2022
3	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
4	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
5	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
6	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
7	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
8	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
9	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
10	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

All of the contests are held in separate threads. To enter each contest you must visit each contest thread, read the rules, and enter the contest. Check back here on October 1st for links to the contests.

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The hatch-along is open to all BYC members.

All contest prizes are limited to one per person per contest.

All BYC rules apply: Terms of Service (Rules)

Hoping my docile Coturnix roo can get his business done and I’ll have eggs to set then!

 

[muddy75]

Lookie what I found today!!!
@ColtHandorf @Overo Mare

Hopefully there’s more to come and I can set them!!!!!! Too bad I dropped this one on my way inside

 

[casportpony]

Lookie what I found today!!!
@ColtHandorf @Overo Mare

Hopefully there’s more to come and I can set them!!!!!! Too bad I dropped this one on my way inside

Congrats! I gotta say I'm a little jealous, mine aren't laying yet.

 

[Painted Calls]

Lookie what I found today!!!
@ColtHandorf @Overo Mare
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Hopefully there’s more to come and I can set them!!!!!! Too bad I dropped this one on my way inside

Wow that's crazy. I guess they do still have about a few weeks until their laying season is technically over.

 

[casportpony]

@muddy75, is that egg from the ones you hatched this year?

 

[Painted Calls]

Congrats! I gotta say I'm a little jealous, mine aren't laying yet.

Mine quit in late July/early August. Moony's quit about 2 weeks after mine.

@HeatherKellyB are you getting any Call eggs?

 

[muddy75]

@muddy75, is that egg from the ones you hatched this year?

Yes…..I ended up with 4 hens and 1 drake and he’s been getting busy with them in the pool for at least a month now.
I was really surprised to find it today as in addition to having my hopes crushed I’ve had a predator issue over last couple weeks. But only other possible layer would have been pheasant but it’s too dirty, and once I dropped it, I could see that it was definitely a duck egg by yolk and white color, size, and consistency