4th Annual BYC NYD Hatch-a-long

[Cynthia12]

hapjr..congrats on your first chicks! Hoping for more..pictures when they are in the brooder..right? )

 

[Cynthia12]

It's 3 degrees here right now. Better than the - 2 yesterday morning. I've already heard the egg song from someone out there. Best get that egg. Went out the other morning to a split frozen egg. Never had that happen before.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Here's the little loudmouth right after it got put in the brooder yesterday.

LOL cutie I have a loudmouth too!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Oh boy, I'm loving all of the baby pictures! I have a few of my own. My Nankin started to really make noise around 4:30 in the morning, you know I had to get up to check. It started zipping real around 5..was out by just before 6. I put a towel in the brooder for her, she thinks it's mama, when she hears a noise, like me walking in, she ducks right into the towel. Cute.. I call all of my babies "she" when they hatch. Wishful thinking on this one for sure.






She started liking the handling, and was snuggling up against my hand, then I held her
close, and she snuggled right up under my chin. I love chick babies. Precious.

awwww look at her head!! CUTE

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: awwww just take it easy with her, and dont stress, she probably wouldnt have made it this far without you chicka!

 

[tadpole98]

lol i blew eggs last night (7 of them, haha)
then i mod-podged a sticker on to them, lol! its sticks better than it looks

 

[Sally Sunshine]

After this sudden death of my Roo, Melvin....

I am wondering how many others had issues with Styrofoam and/or Plastic and their chickens????

after two sudden deaths in less than a month and finding styro in the run, we are pretty sure this was the cause.
I have heard a bunch of others that had deaths due to styro and plastic...
I am sooo glad I did NOT plastic the run for protection this year!!!
I also noticed that my DH had put a black trash bag in the trash can feed bin and pulled it around the outside edges and by the time I got to seeing it the trash bag was half eaten and frayed, they attacked it like no tomorrow!!!

 

[RosecombRIR]

One of my hatched chicks rolled the eggs that. Just pipped so the pip is on the bottom. Wondering if I should reach in and turn the egg.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

lol i blew eggs last night (7 of them, haha)
then i mod-podged a sticker on to them, lol! its sticks better than it looks

COOL Tad!!

 

[Sweetly Silkies]

One of my hatched chicks rolled the eggs that. Just pipped so the pip is on the bottom. Wondering if I should reach in and turn the egg.

nope, he should be fine