4th Annual BYC NYD Hatch-a-long
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hello and good morning happy people!
or potentialy happy people...
I saw this discussion a few days ago about sexing Marans, and as someone who hatches a TON of Marans chicks, I just want to say that sexing is not always accurate. You can pull out the early roosters, but that will not be all of them, and I have been fooled by hens we get an early comb too. As soon as you get red in comb, early wattles or color on the neck or back you now you have a Roo. But some roosters can trick you till about 12 weeks. Or longer! I have only been hatching chicks a year, so I'm sure some people are better at it then me, but I have found no set of traits that pull out every boy, some always sneak through. The only thing that works is to make Ron hatch them, he gets almost all pullets.
Ok, I'm going to see what exciting contests started today, be posting in a few, happy morning!
or potentialy happy people...
DH calls the showgirls the Lannisters, because Ester ONLY loves her brother. She gets so upset when he courts other girls, ha.I am just recently addicted to GOT.... I have downloaded and watched the first 2 season. I didn't even know that there was a cookbook. I already have some chickens named after the characters.
Gift bags!! I did everything in gift bags this year. I had to use a feed bag for one, it was a 3 foot high candle and I could not fit it in anything else. Dh was too sick to make it to gift night, not sure how it went over in the bag, lol.
I saw this discussion a few days ago about sexing Marans, and as someone who hatches a TON of Marans chicks, I just want to say that sexing is not always accurate. You can pull out the early roosters, but that will not be all of them, and I have been fooled by hens we get an early comb too. As soon as you get red in comb, early wattles or color on the neck or back you now you have a Roo. But some roosters can trick you till about 12 weeks. Or longer! I have only been hatching chicks a year, so I'm sure some people are better at it then me, but I have found no set of traits that pull out every boy, some always sneak through. The only thing that works is to make Ron hatch them, he gets almost all pullets.
Ok, I'm going to see what exciting contests started today, be posting in a few, happy morning!
Love wrapping presents, mine have been under the tree for a week, LOL. I used to wrap all the presents when I lived at home, even my own.
Mom would just hand me a blank box and say "Wrap it, don't look".
The boys (2 and 3) have been a little hard on the presents this week, but the wrapping paper is mostly still intact. Tomorrow's the big day, they'll be so excited!
Hung my new door on the coop this am. Will finish trimming it when it isn't so frickity frick frick frick cold out, but it's snug and secure for now. All pleased with myself, never built a door before, but pleased with the results.
Also attached, a few photos of the IBs out exploring while I was fixing their coop. Love them, tough little birds.
The boys (2 and 3) have been a little hard on the presents this week, but the wrapping paper is mostly still intact. Tomorrow's the big day, they'll be so excited!
Hung my new door on the coop this am. Will finish trimming it when it isn't so frickity frick frick frick cold out, but it's snug and secure for now. All pleased with myself, never built a door before, but pleased with the results.
Also attached, a few photos of the IBs out exploring while I was fixing their coop. Love them, tough little birds.
Week 3 contests are now open!
Contests for today:
Contest # 4: Brinsea's Most Ingenious Chicken Product Design Contest
Thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/728932/nyd-hatch-along-contest-4-most-ingenious-chicken-product-design
7. BHep's Cutest Baby Picture Contest
Link to thread:https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/728913/nydh-contest7
8. Southland Organics Best Incubator Design Contest:
Thread:https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/728930/nyd-hatch-along-contest-8-best-incubator-design
9. Egg Art Contest
Thread:https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/730324/nyd-contest-9-egg-art-contest
10. Southland Organics Flapper Contest
Thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/728983/nyd-hatch-along-contest-10-flapper-contest
13. Celebrity Chicken Look Alike Contest
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/contest13
Thread : https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/729975/4th-annual-nyd-celebrity-chicken-look-alike-contest
14. SunnySideUp Micro Farm's
"Holiday Poultry" Calendar Photo Contest
BEST and WORST Hatch rates: In order to be eligible you need to fill out the form of how many eggs you set
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHQ1MUQxRHBmMDNkbEZHT0V6LVpzd2c6MQ
WEEK 3 CONTEST WITH FULL DETAIL
2. Crazypetlady's Poultry Short Story Contest
WEEK THREE CONTEST
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/731156/contest12crazypetladysshortstory
Write a less than 1500 word short story regarding and starring poultry. You must include a picture or a drawing of one of the characters. Post your short story on the hatching thread and PM it to crazypetlady between Dec 24-31. A BYC poll will be made with the entries for voting. OPEN TO ALL OF BYC, NOT JUST THE HATCHERS!
Prize: 12+ Mystery hatching eggs courtesy of crazypetlady!
25. GUESS THE BREEDS OF THE FIRST 3 CHICKS Mrheinz77 HATCHES
This contest is open to all BYC members. This will be a week 3 contest. From December 24, 2012 thru December 31, 2012 NOON. All answers must be posted before NOON 12:00PM on December 31, 2012. mrheinz77 will list the breeds that he will be setting on page one. You can then post your guess on the the link that will be posted during that week. In the event of a tie, we will refer back to the total amount he set and the one that is closet to that amount will be the winner.
(The tie breaker is only for the this contest and doesn't take away from the total set prize)
List of breeds coming soon
Prize: 6 + eggs from his Exhibition Line Breeds
19.
Best Overall Hatch Participant
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/contest19
At the end of the hatch, PM your choice for best hatch participant to MrHeinz77. This should be someone who you thought was supportive, helpful, funny, encouraging... The person with the most votes wins! Votes will start on Dec 24th and end on Dec 30th, 2012.
JUST THE HATCHERS!
Prize: 1St 12+ mystery eggs this Spring from Babymakes6
2nd BYC calendar and a BYC bumper sticker from 202roosterlane
15. Green Fire Farms
Guess How Many Eggs We Will Hatch?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/contest15
Think you can figure out how many chicks will hatch during the NYD Hatch?
THIS NUMBER NEEDS TO BE REPORTED BY Dec 31TH, 2012 AT 11:59:59PM EST.
OPEN TO ALL OF BYC, NOT JUST THE HATCHERS!
Prizes
First Place:12+ Rare Chick Special from GFF
Second Place Prize: $100 Gift Certificate from GFF
GREENFIRE FARMS
Contests for today:
Contest # 4: Brinsea's Most Ingenious Chicken Product Design Contest
Thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/728932/nyd-hatch-along-contest-4-most-ingenious-chicken-product-design
7. BHep's Cutest Baby Picture Contest
Link to thread:https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/728913/nydh-contest7
8. Southland Organics Best Incubator Design Contest:
Thread:https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/728930/nyd-hatch-along-contest-8-best-incubator-design
9. Egg Art Contest
Thread:https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/730324/nyd-contest-9-egg-art-contest
10. Southland Organics Flapper Contest
Thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/728983/nyd-hatch-along-contest-10-flapper-contest
13. Celebrity Chicken Look Alike Contest
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/contest13
Thread : https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/729975/4th-annual-nyd-celebrity-chicken-look-alike-contest
14. SunnySideUp Micro Farm's
BEST and WORST Hatch rates: In order to be eligible you need to fill out the form of how many eggs you set
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHQ1MUQxRHBmMDNkbEZHT0V6LVpzd2c6MQ
WEEK 3 CONTEST WITH FULL DETAIL
2. Crazypetlady's Poultry Short Story Contest
WEEK THREE CONTEST
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/731156/contest12crazypetladysshortstory
Write a less than 1500 word short story regarding and starring poultry. You must include a picture or a drawing of one of the characters. Post your short story on the hatching thread and PM it to crazypetlady between Dec 24-31. A BYC poll will be made with the entries for voting. OPEN TO ALL OF BYC, NOT JUST THE HATCHERS!
Prize: 12+ Mystery hatching eggs courtesy of crazypetlady!
25. GUESS THE BREEDS OF THE FIRST 3 CHICKS Mrheinz77 HATCHES
This contest is open to all BYC members. This will be a week 3 contest. From December 24, 2012 thru December 31, 2012 NOON. All answers must be posted before NOON 12:00PM on December 31, 2012. mrheinz77 will list the breeds that he will be setting on page one. You can then post your guess on the the link that will be posted during that week. In the event of a tie, we will refer back to the total amount he set and the one that is closet to that amount will be the winner.
(The tie breaker is only for the this contest and doesn't take away from the total set prize)
List of breeds coming soon
Prize: 6 + eggs from his Exhibition Line Breeds
19.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/contest19
At the end of the hatch, PM your choice for best hatch participant to MrHeinz77. This should be someone who you thought was supportive, helpful, funny, encouraging... The person with the most votes wins! Votes will start on Dec 24th and end on Dec 30th, 2012.
JUST THE HATCHERS!
Prize: 1St 12+ mystery eggs this Spring from Babymakes6
2nd BYC calendar and a BYC bumper sticker from 202roosterlane
15. Green Fire Farms
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/contest15
Think you can figure out how many chicks will hatch during the NYD Hatch?
THIS NUMBER NEEDS TO BE REPORTED BY Dec 31TH, 2012 AT 11:59:59PM EST.
OPEN TO ALL OF BYC, NOT JUST THE HATCHERS!
Prizes
First Place:12+ Rare Chick Special from GFF
Second Place Prize: $100 Gift Certificate from GFF
GREENFIRE FARMS
Someone (pages of posts ago) asked me to better explain how the diy chicken feeder we made works, so here goes--
It is designed so that you put a small amount of feed, to be eatten in 2-3 days into the coffee can in the center.
You'll notice down at the bottom of the coffee care there is a cut up 2 litter plastic bottle mounted so it makes a cone shape taking up a lot of the space inside the coffee can.
There are 2 reasons for this:
1) The shape helps guide the feed toward the 4 small holes cut at the bottom edges of the sides of the coffee can, so the feed will flow out & not just pile in the middle of the can.
2) It takes up part of the space so it holds LESS feed -- this is important b/c I can't afford *any* feed waste & I've found that if I try to put out large amts of feed in advance something
always goes wrong, esp. w/ the humidity we get, and big storms, and just silly things that happen, I don't want more than 2-3 days food supply at risk at any given time.
So the feed flows out the holes of the coffee can into the plastic bucket, just the circular area between the outside of the coffee can and the inside of the bucket,
again not too much food at once, just enough to provide some for the bird to eat by pecking though the little cut out areas in the bucket.
Notice that the cut out areas are not all the way at the bottom, there is a small amount of plastic wall holding in the feed,
to prevent it spilling on the ground where more of it is wasted than eaten.
The hole in the bucket are rounded and intended to be a larger version of the type of holes those little red plastic trays they sell for feeding chicks from.
The purpose of having the lid & part of the side walls of the bucket still in place is again to keep wetness away from the feed, and reduce the amt of feed spilled or pecked out but not eaten.
Here are pictures which should make this more clear now...
Fill inside coffee can, covering plastic bottle in center:
Food flows out small holes in coffee can into area between coffee can and plastic bucket, hens reach beaks in the holes in plastic bucket to eat dry feed
it hangs from the coat hanger , which still allows the lid to open for re-filling while hanging
Hope this helps - I'll let you know how it actually works
- we have had over 10 inches of rain the past 4 days, w/ more forecast plus winds gusting to 80 mph w/ poss hail &/or tornadoes & sleet & snow this week-- hence my preoccupation w/ keeping feed DRY w/ a 2-3 day supply available just in case of well, anything.
It is designed so that you put a small amount of feed, to be eatten in 2-3 days into the coffee can in the center.
You'll notice down at the bottom of the coffee care there is a cut up 2 litter plastic bottle mounted so it makes a cone shape taking up a lot of the space inside the coffee can.
There are 2 reasons for this:
1) The shape helps guide the feed toward the 4 small holes cut at the bottom edges of the sides of the coffee can, so the feed will flow out & not just pile in the middle of the can.
2) It takes up part of the space so it holds LESS feed -- this is important b/c I can't afford *any* feed waste & I've found that if I try to put out large amts of feed in advance something
always goes wrong, esp. w/ the humidity we get, and big storms, and just silly things that happen, I don't want more than 2-3 days food supply at risk at any given time.
So the feed flows out the holes of the coffee can into the plastic bucket, just the circular area between the outside of the coffee can and the inside of the bucket,
again not too much food at once, just enough to provide some for the bird to eat by pecking though the little cut out areas in the bucket.
Notice that the cut out areas are not all the way at the bottom, there is a small amount of plastic wall holding in the feed,
to prevent it spilling on the ground where more of it is wasted than eaten.
The hole in the bucket are rounded and intended to be a larger version of the type of holes those little red plastic trays they sell for feeding chicks from.
The purpose of having the lid & part of the side walls of the bucket still in place is again to keep wetness away from the feed, and reduce the amt of feed spilled or pecked out but not eaten.
Here are pictures which should make this more clear now...
Fill inside coffee can, covering plastic bottle in center:
Food flows out small holes in coffee can into area between coffee can and plastic bucket, hens reach beaks in the holes in plastic bucket to eat dry feed
it hangs from the coat hanger , which still allows the lid to open for re-filling while hanging
Hope this helps - I'll let you know how it actually works
- we have had over 10 inches of rain the past 4 days, w/ more forecast plus winds gusting to 80 mph w/ poss hail &/or tornadoes & sleet & snow this week-- hence my preoccupation w/ keeping feed DRY w/ a 2-3 day supply available just in case of well, anything.
Merry Christmas to All BYCers!
Hope you have a wonderful Christmas and Christmas Eve.
Most of my presents are wrapped. I still have many to do though. I was supposed to do them yesterday while the kids were at my mom's house, but I slept all day long. I still haven't gotten them finished. I just feel weak and not completely with it. I still have about 30 bars of soap to wrap, and I'm afraid to wrap them and afraid to go to the family xmas eve party, because I don't want to infect everyone else with whatever I've got!!!
~ Hatched ~
I hatched a little fluff ball
as cute as can be,
I held her, I loved her,
And let her sleep with me!
She was such a little sweetie,
when she came running to me,
Oh, how swiftly she has grown,
She was as cute as can be!
Then one morning
unbeknownst to me,
My little darling came running,
But OH NO, She was now a He!
I miss those snuggle mornings,
but alas it was not to be,
Now I have a BIG boy,
just to CROW with me!
SallyAnn
R.I.P.
Melvin, Silver Laced Wyandotte Roo
May 13 ~ December 24, 2012
~ Hatched ~
I hatched a little fluff ball
as cute as can be,
I held her, I loved her,
And let her sleep with me!
She was such a little sweetie,
when she came running to me,
Oh, how swiftly she has grown,
She was as cute as can be!
Then one morning
unbeknownst to me,
My little darling came running,
But OH NO, She was now a He!
I miss those snuggle mornings,
but alas it was not to be,
Now I have a BIG boy,
just to CROW with me!
SallyAnn
R.I.P.
Melvin, Silver Laced Wyandotte Roo
May 13 ~ December 24, 2012
Aww Sally..today? I was just enjoying his crow. I have to come on to BYC to get my rooster crowing fix because I can't have them. I was showing my DH, and said, bet that's a Wyondotte, just beautiful. RIP beautiful boy!
pork pie??????Yee! My sister sent us a Game of Thrones cookbook for Christmas as an early present, and we finally got to try a recipe in it! Here's the pork pie recipe from The Wall. It was sooooooooooooooooo good!
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