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

[Cynthia12]

Here's my first 3 Am Hatchers! I've got 2 JG x gold comet running around and 1 more Am drying out! And I have at least 2 silkies pipped!

So cute! That one has such a cute little owl face. I had one hatch like that this summer. Had to keep it to see what it turned out to be. Such a beauty..it's an EE that I'm waiting on, for an egg.

 

[JLaw]

Ok, so in order to sex a chick you can do this 3 ways.....but I prefer method one. it is strangely accurate!


1)If you pick a chick up with two fingers by the back of the neck, the cockerels will draw their legs up to their body and the pullets legs will dangle.
2)Look at their wing feathers....if you google this you should find some identification pictures....
3)THE NEEDLE TRICK:dangle the needle on thread over a chick ... if it moves around and around it is a female. If it swings back and forth it is male (said to work for chicks and eggs)

~Bantambury

Lmao number 1 and 3 don't work. If they did hatcheries wouldn't pay people out the rear to look into they're vent to sex them.

There are different ways to sex chicks.

1. Vent sexing you look in the vent to see a bump for male but even some females will have a slight bump and there is like 9 different bump shapes or something like that.
2. You have a chick that auto sexes.
3. You breed a sex link. example rooster over a barred rock. This is where you get black sexlinks and redsexlinks.
4. feather sexing. for this to work you need a slow feathering bird mated with a fast feathering bird. If I remember correctly.

 

[Cynthia12]

Chick pics! Chick pics everywhere! I'm having mixed emotions here..

and

. Lol. My one lonely little egg is showing no action yet at all.

I imagine I'm already in the contending for worst hatch rate but I may come even closer if this little one doesn't make it..haha.
Still, bring on the chick pics!

I still have one lonely egg too. Isn't going into lock down until Fri. though. I so hope this little one makes it.

 

[Cynthia12]

 

[GerbilsOnToast]

OK it's11:15 and I have six chicks now.

NICE!!!

 

[ShayBaby]

Chick pics! Chick pics everywhere! I'm having mixed emotions here.. and . Lol. My one lonely little egg is showing no action yet at all. I imagine I'm already in the contending for worst hatch rate but I may come even closer if this little one doesn't make it..haha.

Still, bring on the chick pics!

I still have one lonely egg too.  Isn't going into lock down until Fri. though.  I so hope this little one makes it. 

Good luck!!

 

[Cynthia12]

First chick, a
Myakka Silky @11:40 p.m. black feathers, but still all wet of course.

Noisy little critter, maybe just

"cheerleader" encouraging others.

Cheerleading the others to come on out!

 

[Cynthia12]

1st hatch 11.30pm.....15 to go.....pics 2mro

 

[ronott1]

OK it's11:15 and I have six chicks now.

That is so cute!

Ok, so in order to sex a chick you can do this 3 ways.....but I prefer method one. it is strangely accurate!


1)If you pick a chick up with two fingers by the back of the neck, the cockerels will draw their legs up to their body and the pullets legs will dangle.
2)Look at their wing feathers....if you google this you should find some identification pictures....
3)THE NEEDLE TRICK:dangle the needle on thread over a chick ... if it moves around and around it is a female. If it swings back and forth it is male (said to work for chicks and eggs)

~Bantambury

You have to hope the cross beak is not bad enough that the chick cannot eat. The beak can be trimmed of it is not too bad. I do not know of any way to fix cross beak.

I still have one lonely egg too. Isn't going into lock down until Fri. though. I so hope this little one makes it.

Are you going to get a chick friend for it if it hatches?

 

[JLaw]

4 more out of eggs another few starting to zip and a few pips.