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

[Cynthia12]

thankyou! and Cadbury is a Japanese bantam

haha

Ooops! How could I make that mistake. What a handsome Japanese Bantam boy he is! This is a great photo of him. Black tailed. Very pretty!

 

[Nonyah Biz]

Double yolker? We have one on here? I just lost two from that...the one chick in both eggs came along pretty good..for a while..now having said that...meanie me...I hope I didn't jinx anything...hoping this baby makes it. Wouldn't that be fun for us all on here to keep track of, then see the babies?

im hoping

it does have an air cell on each end and they are half banty soooooo hoping hoping hoping .,and posting pic's as they grow it is also part of my daughters science project

 

[Nonyah Biz]

wow! twins! I hope they hatch well! what breed are they?

that will be so cool to have twins! have you had twins before?

no this is my first time ever hatching anything~hoping for beginers luck lol ~well the hen is amercanaus (EE?) and dad is a bantam cochin lol and my hen lays a double yolker 1x a week along with normal eggs mayble's butt lol and my sweet colonel dipper lol

 

[Gardeningmama]

I was restocking the water in my 1588 so I decided to do quick candle. the eggs are at day 4.5 so no real development expected. Still the odd shaped egg had tiny air bubbles floating from the bottom to the top so it must have been leaking. I pulled it. No development. 4 of the eggs were too dark to see anything with a flashlight. I'm hoping for a few chicks to hatch but if not I'm blaming the hen age and the below freezing temps here. Currently there are 7 eggs still sitting. I may set some more in a couple of days if these don't work out.

Come on babies!

Quote: Do you mean shake stock salt over the carpet and then vacuum?

Quote: Where there is a will there is a way....and then there's that why on earth did I do that moment...

Quote:

Knew It!!

 

[ronott1]

I candled tonight and there are veins!

Of the 14 I set 4 look like clears. a couple are questionable but 8 look very nice!

The Rooster is doing his job!

 

[SilkieSensation]

On the other hand if you are watchful the horns of grown goats are good handles. Once you have your hand on their horn you control them even if they are large. But I ****** off my billy once by tugging his ear when he wouldn't follow me on the leash and he flicked his head and took the tip of his horn from just above the ankle to my hip. Longest bruise I have ever seen. Never grab goats under 18 month by the horns. They will slip off in your hand leaving he bone core bleeding like crazy. If it happens that they knock them off themselves or you forget and grab anyway, pour sugar on the bloody horn bone to stop the bleeding then wrap it in gauze and duct tape and change it every couple of days. The sugar will help the horn to swiftly grow and cover the bone. It will also stop the bleeding.

Haha, I'm a sheep person and they say the same thing about horns being good handles. When I chose a breed, I chose a polled (no horns) breed, cause I wasn't sure I wanted to test that theory! Lol

My goats are both still young but I have used my doe's little horns to steer her before. She is a bit stubborn & needs a bit of direction at times. I never pull hard. More just a tug or nudge to get her head out of my way or get her moving the way I want her to go. My little buck is only 5 months old so his horns are still pretty little. You know it if he clunks you with them though. He was a bottle baby & still has a habit of coming over to nudge you & try to nibble wanting a bottle.

Now that's what I'm talking about.  I will be excited to see if those work.  They sound pretty.  Will be setting soon now.  

Her eggs usually hatch well. I started hatching her eggs the week she started laying. I've also shipped her eggs many times. She has babies all across the country.

 

[Penny Hen]

Yep just scatter some handfuls out. It work best if you shove it around with the broom first. The rolling of the salt granules lift hair and dust right up out of the fibers. Finish with the vacuum but it needs the rolling action to pull the dirt up.

 

[Cynthia12]

Well, I set 39 eggs tonight..crossing fingers after that loong shipping time. Will know a little of how they are doing by tomorrow night.

Nonya...your little white guy is very nice looking!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Who else has an extremely dusty house that never seems to be clean. I have a field in front and in back of me, old carpet (like 20 years old, with BF that thinks there is nothing wrong with it

) 3 dogs, 2 cats and a brooder with 3 chicks in it. But once again BF blames chicks.....really. I have been at the dusting thing for an hour, and it appears as soon as I walk away

I'm not comparing to dogs and cats but IMO chicks generate an amazing amount of dust whether on shavings or not.

I have one that will hatch in the next couple of days, poor uno, I might have to pick up a friend so she isn't alone

Feather duster makes a good temporary companion/mother figure.

Do fridge eggs usually have lower hatch rates?

Ideal storage temp is 50-60 degrees so that's one factor. Also if one isn't careful about slowly raising temperature the abrupt change can affect them as would condensation.

Yes, it lowers the hatch rate but it may not be because of the cold so much as the frost free feature messing up the humidity.

That too. 60% is the ideal humidity for storage.

I know what to do, I just don't always do it.

Oh, so what do people do about shipping eggs during the winter?

Shipped eggs aren't outside that much. They're in post offices, sorting facilities, trucks and planes. When in trucks and planes, they're stacked with hundreds of other boxes that were in POs and sorting facilities. I doubt the well packed eggs in boxes have a chance to cool down that much.
Just the way I imagine it.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

The new save draft feature.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...ved-drafts-for-new-post-replies#post_12470169

If one is having specific issues with any of the features go here

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/troubleshooting-byc-problems-bugs-error-messages-other-issues

The only issue I've been having is I can't change text color.