Ended 2013 Easter Hatch-a-long Contest #7 "Natural Egg Photo Contest!"

[mstricer]

Quote: I got that free at the feed store, such a cute little basket.

 

[judge]

OK, not quite poultry. Sharing for fun until I get my poultry egg shots!

Hurley- are these yours? You hatch snakes!

 

[Hurley]

That's a clutch from ...let's see...2005 or 6, I think. Was just scanning random pippling photos and thought that one was cute and not so """blegh, icky, yucky, snake!""" for non-snake lovers.

Yeah, I raise corn snakes. Love the genetics, much like playing with the chickens. My snake breeding season is underway, first 3 clutches in the incubator, about 25 more to come in the next month. Been into corns since...1999, I guess. Got reptile incubation down to a science. Still perfecting chickens. LOL.

 

[AccidentalFarm]

Is it okay if the photo has a frame? I'm not sure if I still have a frameless copy.

 

[momo18clara]

OK, not quite poultry. Sharing for fun until I get my poultry egg shots!

That's so cool! I love the little snakes; not such a fan of the big ones tho. Have you ever hatched any other reptiles(turtles, geckos, etc...)? Also, can you hatch them in a normal chicken incubator?

 

[johnnyg07]

[URL='https://www.backyardchickens.com/content/type/61/id/5566784/']
[/SIZE]a-id="5566784" data-type="61" src="https://www.backyardchickens.com/content/type/61/id/5566784/width/350/height/700" />[/URL] Here is my first entry,! Trying to stick with the "Natural" theme I tryed to get creative because i reallllllly want to win, but everybody has such great pictures it will be close ....So here it is, A variety of standard, bantam, and quail eggs arranged in a "Natural Egg" basket on a bed of moss

 

[chirpingcricket]

#1
This is our Roo, Curley. Like us, he's wondering if any of these hens will go broody?

 

[chirpingcricket]

#2
Anticipation. . .Egg. . .ticipation. . .is making me wait!

 

[Hurley]

That's so cool! I love the little snakes; not such a fan of the big ones tho. Have you ever hatched any other reptiles(turtles, geckos, etc...)? Also, can you hatch them in a normal chicken incubator?

Have hatched geckos, though I don't have them any longer. Never really wanted to keep turtles or tortoises to breed.

These snakes do well at 82 degrees, closed box incubation on moistened vermiculite or perlite. Snake eggs will tell you if the humidity is too low or too high as they are soft shelled. It's a little easier to observe and adjust if needed.

 

[tadpole98]

Quote: those eggs look so familiar. do you have a youtube channel? i once saw that breed hatching on youtube