4th Annual BYC NYD Hatch-a-long

[cochins1088]

No, I mean a page with all the contests.

Post number 174 on page 18 lists the different contests.

 

[featherz]

I'll sign up for a small hatch IF I can find some local eggs with something interesting. Can't afford much right now and eggs are pricey to ship, unfortunately. I probably shouldn't, but if I keep it to a dozen it should be manageable .

 

[mrheinz77]

Is there a way we can get a special page (like the rules) for all the contests that are being held.

Thanks
Bea

 

I put it in the first post and on the important info page. Sorry, I do most of my internet on my phone and its not easy to do some of this on my phone. Things will get done but may take a day or two.

 

[mrheinz77]

Please visit post #1 or the info page for updates. The egg swap has been posted.

 

[debs_flock]

I'm ordering some silver laced cochin eggs off ebay, but I believe that they will come too soon. For the hatchalong, I plan to add some silkie eggs from my neighbors to the incubator with you all. The catch is I'm doing a little experiment, I want to watch an embryo develop. I have a few ideas in my head, all of which involve removing the top half of the shell around the air sac, so that the clear inner membrane remains intact. I then am going to cover that membrane with clear hot glue to act like a "shell". I was also thinking of covering a different one with clear nailpolish. Another idea is using clear candle wax to act like a "shell", and finally, I will also simply cover the top of an egg with sarran wrap to act like a "shell". I won't do this to all of the silkie eggs, just a couple to see what will happen. What do you think?

Not to be negative, but none of those sound like viable options to me, between the heat and the chemicals. There are actually several threads on here of people trying the same thing. You might want to do a search, at least it would give you a starting point of what they tried. I think it was last year I was reading a thread that someone was trying. I think they tried several different options and gave up.

Good luck,
Deb

 

[delisha]

I've seen many stories of cracked eggs that were covered with nail polish in which chicks hatched out just fine, but sorry about yours. I'm considering just doing the hot glue and sarran wrap anyways. I'll figure out what I'm doing exactly in a couple of weeks.

Surgical tape can be purchased in larger sheets for covering larger wounds.

 

[Razadia]

I'm in now! I'll be hatching some of crazypetlady's seramas, butI don't know how many yet. I'm glad I won't be missing out on being a hatcher!

 

[Blarneyeggs]

Couldn't resist, huh? : )

 

[Razadia]

Couldn't resist, huh? : )

No. Just like I couldn't resist the Easter hatch and won't resist it next year.

 

[mstricer]

Quote: Tell him you could be doing worse things on New Years

Quote: I go away to a Poultry show and I'm over a hundred post behind and it isn't even that close yet.