5th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2014 Hatch-A-Long

[bantambury]

Here are a few. These are old pics when I just had this single coop. The coops are now set up like a chicken village lol

wow!!! I want my silkie coop like this!!! do you have plans??? or a coop page? I need to find these directions! the one coop I have ever fell in love with!

 

[bantambury]

ron, we decided we didn't have time to clean our bator.....

is that ok?!?!?! because its bran new, you said about toxins.....could those do damage to my chicks? is it ok if I don't clean it? I could quickly clean it, but its been running all day and I was going to run it into tomorrow and just load the eggs in.


aahhh!! I don't want this to interfere with my babies!

 

[mstricer]

how crazy excited are all you!?!?!?!?!?!

Ron, if you want, I can donate a drawing for a contest......whoever wins will get a drawing of any chicken they would like!

here are some of my drawings I've done:





if you don't want to, that's fine! its just an offer I thought of! haha

Nice drawings I would love to win that kind of a prize

 

[ronott1]

Wow, this is one fast moving thread! Can only imagine when we actually have eggs hatching lol. This will be my first incubator hatch. My Doomsday 'bator is going to be a pain the neck to work with due to cramped space, but it will comfortably fit a full dozen mixed-breed eggs!

It is great having first time hatchers here!

Looks like I will be out this year - this cold snap has made it impossible to get eggs to incubate. Too many -20*F+ nights and negative to near 0* days. The girls are refusing to lay (I don't blame them) and the ones that have, I've found frozen. No TJs here and the whole food co-op didn't have anything. I will set the 2 or 3 eggs that I do have just because I can. Glad there is so much global warming going on!

I walked outside to feed the kittens this morning and thought that it felt warmer and then I looked at the thermometer and it was -11*F. Must be acclimating! Ugh

I understand! Keep warm!

how crazy excited are all you!?!?!?!?!?!

Ron, if you want, I can donate a drawing for a contest......whoever wins will get a drawing of any chicken they would like!

here are some of my drawings I've done:





if you don't want to, that's fine! its just an offer I thought of! haha

Yes, I would like to use this as a prize. I have one more hatching egg prize and this one. I will set up a couple more contests soon.

ron, we decided we didn't have time to clean our bator.....

is that ok?!?!?! because its bran new, you said about toxins.....could those do damage to my chicks? is it ok if I don't clean it? I could quickly clean it, but its been running all day and I was going to run it into tomorrow and just load the eggs in.


aahhh!! I don't want this to interfere with my babies!

The chances of them being hurt bye something in the new incubator is very low. You will be fine.

make sure the plug is out or the vent control is open!

 

[Pozees]

Congrats to Tadpole98! Hope you will let us all know when you hatch those eggs!

That study done in Egypt is fascinating, I wonder what ever made them think of trying AA?

 

[msladyhawke]

Nice drawings I would love to win that kind of a prize

X2

 

[bantambury]

It is great having first time hatchers here!
I understand! Keep warm!

Yes, I would like to use this as a prize. I have one more hatching egg prize and this one. I will set up a couple more contests soon.

The chances of them being hurt bye something in the new incubator is very low. You will be fine.

make sure the plug is out or the vent control is open!

should my vent be open the entire 21 days? I have two vents and it says in the bator directions not to unplug them for the first few days,....

 

[Blarneyeggs]

how long should the incubator be on to stabilize the temperature? its been on for about 5 or 6 hours now and is fluctuating between 99.5 and 99.7. i also have been adding water every hour because the humidity wont get above 42% i have all day tomorrow to get it right before setting my eggs. my eyes are glued to my incubator and i dont even have eggs yet... i think im anticipating too much

I wouldn't worry about getting it over 42% or even keeping it there, I don't worry about humidity being too low unless it drops below 16%

 

[chickee]

yeah it really is... and its only going to get worse lol
okay thank you, what kind of incubator do you have?

I'm spoiled

I have an Octagon 20 ex Advance that I incubate in, then hatch in my Hovabator Genesis 1588.

Good Luck with your first hatch!

 

[Penny Hen]

Good research. I'm sorry, I oversimplified.
I was hoping anyone going that direction would do due diligence research.

Well that paper was not bad too bad about sounding Soooo Scientific that it makes it hard for most to make sense of what is being said. Some get so into technical jargon that its almost as bad as reading a legal document.