4th Annual BYC NYD Hatch-a-long

[NotAFarm]

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Am I fired?

You're not getting off that easy!

You're going a great job! Hang in there!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

are peacocks hard to house?
do they eat too much?
how much space per bird?
haha sorry ill google

do you sell the eggs?

I have my trio of juvenile peas in a 10' x 10' x 6' chainlink run with a tarp over the top. I plan to expand it. At night time they're sleeping in shelter on the ground. They do not eat very much, for their size. I've fed them Gamebird crumbles, chick starter, whole oats, Flock Raiser..however they've done the best on the Gamebird crumbles. Not sure on space, the more the better. Right now my peacock is small, but once he starts getting his train in he'll take up alot more space. I will in the future.

Its all your fault Aspen

Oh, I feel so loved!



Phewy! Been working all day while all of you have chatted on here. Humph! Oh, there are three ducklings now!! The latest one that hatched is yellow. So adorable! I have pictures and will post them soon...promise.

~ Aspen

 

[mrheinz77]

He has these tiny tiny tantrums like an Englishman. I imagine him with a little post it he holds up that says " I'm miffed" . Then he solves everything. You can tell what an exceptional teacher he is.

My problem is my German temper and I hold grudges forever. (And no, I'm not proud of that)

I wish I was still a teacher but some evil woman had other plans. I thought a house fell on her and Dorothy threw water on her sister but I guess not.

Now, back to your normally scheduled hatch-a-long.

You may post broody pictures here but I'd also like them in the thread.

 

[mrheinz77]

I have 25 acres, but my chickens have to share it with my 9 horses, 6 dogs, 5 cats, etc...  I would be dangerous if I moved to a bigger property!!  I would actually LOVE to have more land, but this is the place my (late) husband grew up on, and I just built my dream barn, so I'm not going anywhere...

(I still can't get used to calling him my "late" husband...  After almost 3 years, he's still just my husband...  )

Hugs

 

[ChooksChick]

Ok hatchers we are going to have a daily prize today for a random post on this contest thread, post as much as you like to increase your chance of winning.

The winner can pick from 3 prizes

1)A bird swing by Melissa Rose- these are really cool I will try to get a photo
2)6+ mystery chicks in the Spring from Babymakes6- she has access to all my GFF birds and some very cool birds of her own think Auto-Sexing
3)A 3 page web-site with a year's free domain hosting from sunimaging.com

Ok post away and good luck

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/728912/nydh-contest6

Lovely...but I don't think I can keep up with one, much less multiple chat threads!!

My peacock is dying to show off his new set of head feathers that is coming in!

~ Aspen

He's lovely!! I have a pair of Purple Black-Shoulders from Deerman (bless his peace) and a BS hen and a pied cock. Ducky Deerman (named for Burt) is getting his 3rd year train now and I'm just awe-struck. They live high up in the trees over the field where I have my acre of breeding pens & runs. I'm going to have to figure out how to get the girls to lay in a reasonable spot again next year...

Ugh, I candled but I don't see anything yet I hope that's not the case! I did start out really slowly the first day. I didn't get it to 99 degrees until the second day, when I put a blanket on it deciding it wasn't gonna get there otherwise. It suddenly got cold this week and all my planning was for not! Now I've been keeping a blanket on the incubator and it's been running pretty smoothly. I just hope they're only a little behind and that I'll see some veins tomorrow??

The biggest problem I'm seeing is that your blanket may inhibit the air circulation if you are using a styrofoam incubator. Also, where do you have your thermometer sitting, and is it just one? Take a look at the link in my signature for a good, cheap thermometer to use- and get 3 that all read the same thing in the store so you know they're consistent with each other. Put them between the eggs at 'yolk height' if you can. That will give you close to an accurate reading of the inside of the eggs.

You can still cover the incubator, but if it is a styrofoam, make certain there is good air flow under it and out the top small holes. Maybe cover it in books, leaving the holes between volumes? Alternatively, put your incubator on top of something warm, like your computer. You can also put other things inside to increase the mass that is heated, such as baby food jars of warm water, etc. This will make the temperature far less likely to rise or fall easily, due to heat ballast.

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...who has the pleasure of accurately counting the bunny pellets?

Am I fired?

Only in the sense that you're tempered by fire, fine sir. Hosting this is a special honor, and dubious at that!! It takes a special kind of BYCer!!

this is the most active thread in the last 24 hours.

...imagine that...a hatchalong....BUSY!?!?!?

You still deserve a brand new lazy boy recliner and a lifetime supply of rum for putting all this together and putting upwith us all

Mmmmmm...nothing like a big batch of fresh egg nog from our own eggs...stiffened up a bit!

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Mine are on the loose now, but started in a 25' x 30' run with avian netting over the top after I moved them. They have to settle-in to a new location over a number of months or they'll take a hike, never to return. I have tall trees for them to roost in, or the bobcats would be a problem, but when they fly 50-60' up, it's past what those cats are willing to do to get a meal. When it's particularly nasty they might choose to go into the turkey coop (10' x 10' x 7') but that was their old coop so they are comfy in there. I'm thinking of building them a treehouse so they don't have to get rained & snowed upon.

Heh...as if we'll ever get precipitation again in the midwest.

 

[debs_flock]

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...who has the pleasure of accurately counting the bunny pellets?

Doesn't matter, as long as it's not ME!

Deb

 

[Brookhavens]

So do you think there is a resemblance?

 

[Brechin]

Yes! More eggies in my doorstep! Checked them all and out of 16 I have one little crack (repairable) and 5 clearly detached air cells. I will let them warm up before they go in later tonight. When is the cutoff for setting eggs? Do I need to take a new pic with the final total? Thanks!

 

[aka Rachel]

NYD hatch-along digest for 12/13/12
Statistics: #1 most active thread(304 replies)

The theme for the evening was waiting, home made incubators, incubator help and making room in the bator for members having bator problems.
Then the digest was posted!

gamebirdsony stopped by to tease us about joining the hatch. Who could resist so much fun!

nothinbutbirds is missing d'uccle eggs!
hardinpoultry has a broody Duck sitting on 11 eggs.

Blarneyeggs got her egg delivery today!

Post 2839 has a repost of the egg candling and air cell tips

Brechin has her eggs finally and is concerned. We gave her advice.
cochins1088 saw heart beats when she candled!

Shelshanam has crafty hens that hid their eggs! She would hatch them but does not want to incur the wrath of Kahn Broody hens.

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy wants Emu eggs to hatch, or shelshanam to hatch them for her. Aspen posted(2894) her Daily Chocolate Fix--Duck picture. Later in the
evening we started coming up with names for the Chocolate colored Duck. Is that the contest?

Gamebirdsonly joined and will be hatching very old eggs along with Banty Wellsummer eggs! Then, amazingly, the swap eggs were delivered!
farmerChef is Hatching Double Yolkers: 2967 has links! Sally Sunshine is concerned about dirty eggs!

TMNfarm posted broody Mom pictures with many little heads popping up out of the Hens feathers! Post 2900 is very touching! Have a tissue near by.

Chiqita told a broody story too! Way to go Sparkles!

We really can't get enough of the Broody Mom story!
Check out post 2889 for a duck embryo video! Way cool...

The Morning brought wishes for a good day. Several pages of them...I am still smiling.
Ebay has an amazing hatching find from a Storage auction. Huge incubators and some sportsmans. BYCrs are headed there right now! Post 2934

See post 2939 for a # of eggs set announcement! 18 days until hatch! Today we set Corturnix Quail.
tadpole98 had her scream on today! That Owl better watch out!
Dry hatch discussion started on post 2949 along with Humidity problems.
Aschenfire sees veins already! I am still waiting until Saturday...It's so hard to wait....ask Pele...Temperature lows and highs in the bators were
worried about and reassurances were posted. post 2963 has a link that was helpful too!

A random post prize was announced which resulted in a lot of very short posts.

A lot of BYCrs are following the post of Crazy Pet Lady.
pamc13 posted an Elvis celebrity look alike picture! Then Mrs. Fluffy posted Peacock pictures! Now we all want one of those! Christmas lights make chickens lay eggs! Clairebear joined us and asked for guidance. She was helped!
chiqita stopped by to give us the daily contest update and digest. See post 3024

Happy anniversary to chicken fever!

We stopped for a moment of silence and prayer for the shooting victims.

Shelshanam, the person with the Houdini hens that escape and hide eggs had them escape again! Time for an Easter Egg Hunt! Also, Shelshanam asked about tetris stacking hatching eggs.
Duck discussion: some are for eggs. Some are dual purpose. Some are wanted for meat.
Razadia has hot water problems but the girls are laying more and the bator is filled with Serama eggs. Then there were a lot of posts about contests, not seeing development, encouragement and etc.

Mrheinz77 asked if he was fired because of the contest confusion. No! Wingstone gave him a time out however.

Hurley gave Kudos to anyone that can keep up with this thread! How about putting together a digest of over 300 posts in a day!

This is so awesome, ty for doing it!!! I do read all the posts to catch up but I love your take on things

 

[TMNfarm]

"TMNfarm posted broody Mom pictures with many little heads popping up out of the Hens feathers! Post 2900 is very touching! Have a tissue near by.

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I made the digest!!