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

[msladyhawke]

I have a pip.

And I specifically told these babies they had to wait until. NYD!

Still not out yet, so MAYBE it is waiting for midnight!

 

[Cynthia12]

Here's my little guy from 3:30pm yesterday...lookin all SASSY with his two 'dime store' mammas He's so cute, cuddling between them. I had to take him out of the bator when he got stuck upside down in an egg cup *facepalm*


Sassy chick sez "What's unnatural about having two lime green feather dusters for a mamma when I came into this world in a white Styrofoam box filled with LEDs, river rocks, and a low temperature heating element?"

So CUTE to watch him cuddle the feather dusters...and apparently my meat roosters caused me more trouble than I knew...this guy has fuzzy feet...Goliath does NOT have fuzzy feet. Grrrrr. More of a barnyard surprise than I was anticipating! LOL!

That's just too cute.

 

[Cynthia12]

No, I set 50! Only nine went in lockdown I went from 50 to nine!

I really believe that when those eggs were sent during that real cold spell thruoghout out our country, messed up a lot of eggs. If they got there on time, but were cold..not good. I had a nice bunch from DMRippy, but only ended up with 6 for lock down. Those eggs were very very cold when they came. Had to toss a lot by day 10.

 

[Cynthia12]

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MY FIRST EGG EVER! in the second pic mine is on the right and a store bought one on the left! I'm so happy! it might be frozen tho

but still

Frozen eggs work. Just scramble it. Either eat it, or give it back to your chickens..dog or cat.. The chickens would like extra protein during this cold.
Nice egg! First eggs..fun! Even after you've gotten a few through the years you get excited, for example, I myself, just got a new egg layer today. Makes my third to start during the winter.

 

[Cynthia12]

Hey all just joined BYC and just got my first incubator! Obviously I've put the eggs in and we are due on the 17th is it possible to join in think I may qualify for worst hatch :S beginers haha!

And happy new year to all

xx

 

[JLaw]

4 pips no chicks and no webcam lol

 

[Cynthia12]

Man, I leave for the movies and we are on page 633, I come back and we are on 647! I was just 3 hours..... anyways. The wrong way chick has pushed itself out of what was left of the egg, and it seems that it may be the only one to hatch from my original 7 NYD hatch.



Before and after. LOL It seems to be a strong little one.

Fluffy photos please.

 

[Cynthia12]

Ok, I now have 24 due on the 14th & 25 due on the 21st. I just keep adding whatever we don't eat each week...lol

Lucky!

 

[Pozees]

I think I have a fail - the chick that was pipping and zipping in the pretty green egg suddenly turned and started zipping down the side of the shell, and the next time I looked there was yolk dripping out of the shell and it was trying to breathe but the shell is filled with liquid. I opened up one side so it could get air, but it looks bad, yolk and what appears to be something that should be inside is outside. I think I will have to remove and cull. The one that was pipping at the wrong end, as long as I had the lid lifted I put on clean gloves, picked of a couple bits of shell and saw blood so I stopped, put it back in sideways so it was more correctly oriented. I think that one might be okay, fingers crossed, but the other one I'm almost certain is dying anyway and I think I should remove it from the hatcher.

 

[msladyhawke]

and I JUST GOT MY FIRST PIP! first egg then first pip!

I heard it crack it was awesome

Yay! Come on little chickie!