3rd Annual New Year's Day Hatch!!

[BHep]

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[BHep]

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I love my feather legs too! My AM/Cochin crosses are my favorites

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/53430_cochin_and_am-cochin.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/53430_mix_roo.jpg

I hope I get some of those.

 

[BHep]

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so sorry .........

for at least some.

 

[Blarneyeggs]

SCG: is your BF the bomb, or what?? I would love to come home to a brooder.

#7 is hatched! Another EE, this one's egg was a terrific pale blue, I SOOO hope it is a hen!

3 pipped and 2 zipped.

We snuck the incubator in the hotel back door and up the back steps (all 7 floors). It says 'no dogs allowed'. But absolutely nothing about poultry... we're just not taking any chances. My DH says 'they're Chicken of the Sea'. Har har har!

Farmerboy: any pips yet??

 

[superchemicalgirl]

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Next time I go to a hotel and it says NO PEEPS! I'll know who to blame.

And yes, he's amazing. The brooder isn't done yet, it still needs the "windows" cut out and different hinges.

 

[Jeffross1968]

Lot of pipping going on. I haven't heard any peeps or anything yet, but everything left in the bator was doing great on lock down day.

Just to be sure, having set 11am on the 11th, what is the optimal hatch time. Were we looking for new years eve, or day? When is zero hour (keeping in mind they rarely hit very close to zero hour)....

 

[superchemicalgirl]

We set around noon to get them to hatch at midnight (the beginnings of 2012).

I always have a few early birds and some people set a bit early.

 

[AK Michelle]

No pips at my house yet but I did get some pics of my Icelandic rooster Kelinn

 

[Dingo]

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My wonderful husband vaccuumed out my brooder box!

Only cuz he is putting shelves in the little shed where the brooder box is kept and he likes things clean. Won't last long, eh??

Went to the feed store to get some hay, mainly for the horses but also cuz I like to give the baby chicks alfalfa as a nice high protein green food, and they are out, have been out and are unsure when they are going to have more!

Sure hope we get rain soon...

love the hamster on a string and all the cute baby chickies!! And Michelle your roo is very pretty!!