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

[Aphrael]

New contest announcement:

7. Worst Hatch Rate
Prize: Line Drawing of the chicken of your choice! (Courtesy of @bantambury )

For this contest during this hatch,​

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participants will need to be setting a minimum of 6 eggs, with confirmation picture posted to this thread​

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These can be under broodies or in your incubators.Tell us how many you set and then let us know how many hatched(or did not hatch....) We'll need that info​

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by the 3rd of Jan at the latest​

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to be included in the contest. The picture must be of sufficient quality to count all the chicks.​

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In the event of a tie, the one who set the most chicks wins.​

That's a great idea for a contest!

I snapped some better pictures of uno!

Such a little doll!

So far, if looks like I have 2 live embryos out of 9 eggs. Some were frozen and seeped. The slw eggs were infertile and I had 2 blood rings. I'm bummed. But looking forward to a chance at a drawing now

I really hope my last two live chickies make it to hatching.

I hope they do too!

Well, I got uno a friend! Sign says araucana, but isn't that usually a fancy name for an EE?

Yay! Yes, she'll be an EE. But EE's are great chickens. I love mine and love the pretty eggs.

good luck! I hope the three you do have hatch!
is it possible for the air cells to reattach?

Yes air cells can reattach if the eggs are treated properly and the damage isn't too bad.

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yes, they do like each other. Chipmunk ( not her name) has already shown uno how to drink! Good girl!

That is great news! So glad they are getting along well.

How do you know if an air cell has detached????

When you candle and tilt the egg the air cell will "roll" around with the motion of the egg rather than staying anchored at the top like it should.

Hey fellow chicken psychos- er- I mean people. It took me forever to get caught up! I haven't been on since last night. My husband wrecked his semi in Iowa late last night due to the fact that the idiots at the truck stop did not put deicer or salt or sand or anything on their parking lot so he ended up sliding into another truck. So now his looks like someone took a can opener to it. Ugh!
So I candled my eggs and culled 5, I'm now down to 27 eggs. 3 that I called were EQ and 2 were clear. Not too shabby I say.

Oh no! That is awful.

I do hope he is alright. I use to worry so much when my husband drove a truck.

Just finished my brooder,I love it theres a front window and 2 side windows with hardware cloth over them and a nail on top you just have to lift up to open the door and put the nail back in the hole at the top that goes into the door to close it and we screwed a hole on the top right corner to screw the brooder lamp into can't wait till the chicks hatch 2 eggs are due Sunday I'll post pictures with the chicks in it too

That is one beautiful brooder. Lucky chicks!

 

[Cynthia12]

I snapped some better pictures of uno!

Oh my goodness, that is the cutest little thing!

 

[Cynthia12]

Just finished my brooder,I love it theres a front window and 2 side windows with hardware cloth over them and a nail on top you just have to lift up to open the door and put the nail back in the hole at the top that goes into the door to close it and we screwed a hole on the top right corner to screw the brooder lamp into can't wait till the chicks hatch 2 eggs are due Sunday I'll post pictures with the chicks in it too

Wow, nice job! Had to show DH.

 

[JLaw]

Here you have to buy a minimum of 6 chicks.

same here in ny. but if it's like a mom pop style store not TSC you could probably get away with it easier. And if they know you they might let it slide even more. Or say I have them sell my chicks they might not put it on books and it toss them a kick back off each chick.

 

[JLaw]

I could understand if they were shipped, but if you go in person you should be able to choose! I had a really hard time only buying one!

I agree to a point of only buying one. But that's if they know you have chickens or say you bought some the day or week before and you have receipt. But I see the point of only letting people buy 6 at a time. Too many people think chicks/ducks are cute and then have them for a month or two and need to rehome them. Buying six makes people think about it alittle more.

 

[MarineCorpFarmr]

Hey yall! Good to be back. Ill be watching along with ya as I wont be hatching anything right now. 4 moves since April and 2 psycho landlords totally wiped out my flock. Trio of geese few ducks and a handful of turkeys all that's left :/... its gunna be a slow year trying to rebuild the flock to its former glory. May take a year plus just to recover financially from the moves alone. Another long uphill trudge. Semper FI

 

[carriebain]

I agree to a point of only buying one. But that's if they know you have chickens or say you bought some the day or week before and you have receipt.  But I see the point of only letting people buy 6 at a time.  Too many people think chicks/ducks are cute and then have them for a month or two and need to rehome them. Buying six makes people think about it alittle more.

Good point. Chickens are a trend right now

 

[Gardeningmama]

Quote:
It's normally a 6 chick minimum because of warmth for the chicks. HOWEVER...if I buy chicks on a 90 degree day in mid July, it's still a 6 chick minimum..hmmm

 

[carriebain]

[COLOR=800080]It's normally a 6 chick minimum because of warmth for the chicks. HOWEVER...if I buy chicks on a 90 degree day in mid July, it's still a 6 chick minimum..hmmm:/ [/COLOR]

Should I go back and by 4 more?

 

[carriebain]

Hey yall! Good to be back. Ill be watching along with ya as I wont be hatching anything right now. 4 moves since April and 2 psycho landlords totally wiped out my flock. Trio of geese few ducks and a handful of turkeys all that's left :/... its gunna be a slow year trying to rebuild the flock to its former glory. May take a year plus just to recover financially from the moves alone. Another long uphill trudge. Semper FI

im sorry, what happened? If you need any chicks, let us know!