4th Annual BYC NYD Hatch-a-long

[mrheinz77]

Here is the link to the caption contest.

And the picture



Post your entries over in the contest thread.

Good Luck

 

[Sweetly Silkies]

Good morning everyone.
What's going on inside our chicken eggs-Day 7:

By the seventh day digits appear on the wings and feet, the heart is completely enclosed in the thoracic cavity, and the embryo looks more like a bird.

Seventh day -- beginning of toes

Now I feel the need to candle, but I cant! well I can, but I wont. mainly bc its daylight so I missed my chance to do it in the dark this morning, but tonight I will candle. Bad news though, not alot are developing.

Its weird though, the silkies were stuck in the mail for a week and almost all those are good, I have ther eggs that got here in two days that I dont think any are developing in, and my four bantam eggs i set, arent fertile. I have three hens to five roosters.

but i think the bantams prefer to breed the bigger girls, but oh well :/

 

[mstricer]

Hello my fellow internet friends, I'm not even going to try to catch up since my internet has been down I'm about 1499 posts behind. Sorry. I hope things have gone well with everyone. You don't know how much you actually miss the internet until it is zapped away by a neighbor digging and how slow they actually are at getting it back together. I missed a lot. Sorry again

 

[Sally Sunshine]

And I pulled over a dozen eggs last night....these are from my birds. I am checking fertility on them. Nothing on the Sizzles

Hens are laying great ...rooster obviously not doing his job, SLACKER !!!
Phoenix just started laying again...the 1st 5 eggs were clear...that rooster obviously got it together.

Pulled 2 tiny pullet eggs from my Silkies..the rest are going strong.

ALL in ALL not surprised with my results and I am happy with what I have.

Plus... I added Legbar eggs and White Orp eggs just a few days ago.

I pulled alot too : ( Roo needs to step up to the plate!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Decoupage works too for egg art!!!


Duck egg incubation: (how we do it, doesnt matter what incubator)

Humidity -

• 30 or less during incubation
• 70% or higher during lockdown (80% is great)

Temp -

• we dont do any adjusting at all

Turning -

• upright, auto turner has always worked fine for the duck eggs (EXCEPT MUSCOVY, we hand turn on their sides)

no misting, resting or anything else is done


Goose eggs however have a ton of hands on and effort put forth to have good hatch rates.

 

[mstricer]

Quote: I believe that is what was going on also, after my father past we had pictures like that at Christmas time also, they were always in the pictures with my mom in it. Charish every minute of it. Sounds like you just made a new tradition.

Quote: Love it.

Sally you are one busy poster.

 

[SleepyOwl]

I tried to get pictures, but it was so dark and I kept getting some sort of wierd light in the corner of my picture with my phone. I thought maybe it was the flashlight, so I turned it off, and still, there was the streak of light. You can barely see my kids on their horse pulling the tree. I had a friend tell me once that orbs of light in pictures are the spirits of people that have passed on, so I told my kids that maybe it was Daddy with us... He was always our bright light...

We had a blast. My youngest son was a bit nervous about going out bareback in the dark, but he had a blast and said he can't wait to go out again! My daughter and I carried flashlights, and we went pretty far into the woods before we found a decent tree. We had a small hand-saw with us, so I cut it down and had a small ratchet strap to pull it with. My horse was a bit unnerved by something "chasing" him down the trail, so my daughter pulled it. Her horse handled it wonderfully!

I love this!

 

[missydcpc]

Decoupage works too for egg art!!!


Duck egg incubation: (how we do it, doesnt matter what incubator)

Humidity -

• 30 or less during incubation
• 70% or higher during lockdown (80% is great)

Temp -

• we dont do any adjusting at all

Turning -

• upright, auto turner has always worked fine for the duck eggs (EXCEPT MUSCOVY, we hand turn on their sides)

no misting, resting or anything else is done


Goose eggs however have a ton of hands on and effort put forth to have good hatch rates.

How come?

 

[missydcpc]

So I was not able to get online pretty much from Friday afternoon until Sunday. It took me from Sunday till just now to FINALLY catch up!

 

[Cynthia12]

I tried to get pictures, but it was so dark and I kept getting some sort of wierd light in the corner of my picture with my phone. I thought maybe it was the flashlight, so I turned it off, and still, there was the streak of light. You can barely see my kids on their horse pulling the tree. I had a friend tell me once that orbs of light in pictures are the spirits of people that have passed on, so I told my kids that maybe it was Daddy with us... He was always our bright light...

We had a blast. My youngest son was a bit nervous about going out bareback in the dark, but he had a blast and said he can't wait to go out again! My daughter and I carried flashlights, and we went pretty far into the woods before we found a decent tree. We had a small hand-saw with us, so I cut it down and had a small ratchet strap to pull it with. My horse was a bit unnerved by something "chasing" him down the trail, so my daughter pulled it. Her horse handled it wonderfully!

Wow. No pictures in hand, but always in your mind. Sounds like you had a great time! I have always wanted horses. Never could happen for me. But, I sure had ample opportunity to ride in my younger years..I always found a way. Loved it! Never though, did I ride in the snow. Shucks, sounds like fun to me.