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

[Myfourladies]

ive realized some of my mutt chicks have down pointing tails...some have upward tails.

so downward pointing = pullets, upward = males? if so this will help a lot. my chicks are 4 days old today.

I wish it was that easy! LOL And my grandmother told me when I was young that was the first signs of a roo, but isn't always the case.

 

[fosterson]

Well, I know I'm late, but my final results were 6 chicks from 36 eggs. *wince* I had a bad temp fluctuation on day 20, and I think that did in most of my chicks. I had 4 fast, natural hatches, 2 assisted hatches, and 4 additional pips. The last four were all mis-positions, as was one of the assisted hatches. I'm guessing that between my inexperience as a hatcher, my LG, and the temp going all over the place, I have reasonable explanations of my less than stellar results. Did a few eggtopsies -- they were almost all pipped into the wrong end and drowned in shell. :/

Well, it's only onward and upward from here! Well, except one of my chicks has a badly twisted leg and I'm not sure I'll be able to save it. Still, it's 5 very healthy, fuzzy chickies. Pictures as soon as I can.

 

[ronott1]

Well, I know I'm late, but my final results were 6 chicks from 36 eggs. *wince* I had a bad temp fluctuation on day 20, and I think that did in most of my chicks. I had 4 fast, natural hatches, 2 assisted hatches, and 4 additional pips. The last four were all mis-positions, as was one of the assisted hatches. I'm guessing that between my inexperience as a hatcher, my LG, and the temp going all over the place, I have reasonable explanations of my less than stellar results. Did a few eggtopsies -- they were almost all pipped into the wrong end and drowned in shell. :/

Well, it's only onward and upward from here! Well, except one of my chicks has a badly twisted leg and I'm not sure I'll be able to save it. Still, it's 5 very healthy, fuzzy chickies. Pictures as soon as I can.

The next hatch will be better with the new knowledge and experience!

 

[LogCabinFarm]

50% is not bad for shipped eggs!

Good job!

thanks...

 

[Aphrael]

Can Orpingtons be reliably feather sexed? If they can, then it looks like I have 3 girls and 2 boys. The RIRxEE I won't even venture a guess on. I already know from the ones I hatched this summer that their feathering is all mixed up. Some feather fast some feather slow with no rhyme or reason. I had 4 hatched under a broody this summer and 3 of them feathered out really fast and one feathered really slow. I thought I had 3 pullets and one cockerel. Nope. 2 of the fast feathers were boys and one was a girl and the slow feather was a boy too.

 

[msladyhawke]

I checked my trail camera and got a bunch of deer and turkey photos . These stood out to me. Figured I would share with all you guys!

Wow, that trail camera takes great pictures! How cool!

 

[michaelf]

Wow, that trail camera takes great pictures! How cool!

Thanks!!It's the new Bushnell game camera. My beautiful wife gave it to me for Christmas . I only had a little over 1100 pictures to check . I had it out for a few weeks.( She had gave it to me early).I was surprised about the quality of photos also.

 

[carriebain]

It looks like I have 4 French black copper marans and one blue! I can't tell the black ones apart! Here are my pictures!

and the 3 TJ leghorns

 

[Myfourladies]

Thanks!!It's the new Bushnell game camera. My beautiful wife gave it to me for Christmas . I only had a little over 1100 pictures to check . I had it out for a few weeks.( She had gave it to me early).I was surprised about the quality of photos also.

This one would be so cool to have. I caught a bob cat last year around this time of year and would have LOVED to have that nice of pictures. =)

 

[bantambury]

So, I have found the little silkie chick that had the crossed beak:

THE CROSS IS ALL GONE! im super excited!

the day she hatched

1 day after

TODAY!!!!

Im so happy!






BUT>>>
this chick also has a slightly vaulted head
when she hatched






.....before I found this out I kept running my finger over it....wondering ehat the heck was wrong with it....I just did that now. I hope I didn't press its head TOO hard.....

do you think it will be OK (because I pressed it)? know that I know what it is i wont press it anymore!

WILL SHE BE OK BECAUSE I PRESSED IT?!?!??!?!? God, im such a stupid worry wart.

Do any of you have vaulted chicks or grown birds? id surely like to see.




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Ok....so....today she is 4 days old.....is it too late to tell whether a male for female?


I tested her using an old wives tale.....the head hanging method. It proved it a girl.




I THINK she is a porcelain....am I correct on that? she doesn't have as dark chipmunk stripes as my partridge....so im thinking porcelain. I have seen pics of the porcelain chicks, and some have stripes....but is MINE a porcelain?


(she is the lighter silkie)





thanks guys for all your help!!!!

~Bantambury




< "WAITTTTTTTT WHY ARE YOU SENDING THIS!?!?!??! I STILL NEED A NAME!"




OOOhhhhhh yeah.forgot. any idea what to name her? I knew you all could help.....she wants a name. LOL
Maybe a name which could be for a girl or boy? thanks!