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

[carriebain]

He said he would get back to me tonight..and said he thought he could do this.  I just asked last night. 

I'm in Utah, he's in Tenn.  I hope he can ship a couple of days before, if not three.  Will probably only take a couple of days for them to get here from that area. 

My shipment will be sent dec 4th, I'm in Southern California. I want them to rest a couple days before I start incubation.

 

[Kalalyn21]

My shipment will be sent dec 4th, I'm in Southern California. I want them to rest a couple days before I start incubation.

I ordered from the same person as well. I asked to ship on Dec 2 as I have to set a few days early because we wont be home new years day. Easier to find a chick sitter than have to worry about someone watching my incubator for me.

 

[ronott1]

this sounds like lots of fun, count me in. such a awesome idea.

will have some ko shamo eggs and 3/4 ko shamo 1/4 shamo LF x either modern game bantam or ko shamo. might even get a serama egg to throw in aswell.

Welcome to the Hatch a Long!


Joining a Hatch a long is a great way to start on BYC!

 

[BoereMeisie]

I believe it's for noon local time, so that they hatch on NYD your time!

Yes! as close to noon local time as you can manage.

Oh. Okay. Makes sense

Silly me

Well... I'm off to go do the Chicken-shuffle-around... Moving the right chickens to the right pens for the breeding project... All the babies in one pen with one silkie mom (the only one that wants anything to do with them still... She kind of stole all the babies as well!) Then breeding pen 1 = RIR roo with RIR hen and 3 RSL pullets. Breeding pen 2 = Silkie roo with 2 Silkie hens and 3 RSL pullets... I just have to hatch some of those Silkie-fathered RSL eggs! Maybe I'll get some fair-laying frequent brooders??

 

[mstricer]

Woot this is going to be a blast

 

[Frankie Ruiz]

Oh. Okay. Makes sense

Silly me

Well... I'm off to go do the Chicken-shuffle-around... Moving the right chickens to the right pens for the breeding project... All the babies in one pen with one silkie mom (the only one that wants anything to do with them still... She kind of stole all the babies as well!) Then breeding pen 1 = RIR roo with RIR hen and 3 RSL pullets. Breeding pen 2 = Silkie roo with 2 Silkie hens and 3 RSL pullets... I just have to hatch some of those Silkie-fathered RSL eggs! Maybe I'll get some fair-laying frequent brooders??

i heard that when you breed RSLs the offspring will not nearly produce as many eggs as the parents do.

 

[Scottyhorse]

How many of you live in very cold areas? What are your plans for the chicks?

 

[Avlana]

How many of you live in very cold areas? What are your plans for the chicks?

Just brooding them indoors longer. The chicks I have now that are about to hatch, are slow to mature anyways. I don't plan on hatching a ton of chicks. Just a few. It'll be easier. I have a small room adjacent to my laundry room just for brooding chicks. I have a nice set up in there. Plenty of room for growth for them in the brooder. But as soon as I'm able, out the door they go

 

[chicken pickin]

How many of you live in very cold areas? What are your plans for the chicks?

I live in cold areas. It is 20 degrees out today and snow is covering the ground and the wind is whipping like crazy(I hope no trees fall today). We get into neg digits in the winter and get multiple snow/ice storms in the winter, getting up to 3-4feet of snow at times and power outages that can last roughly 7-10 days. I plan to sell most chicks I hatch and then over winter the ones I plan to keep. I will let the chicks live in the house for the first 4-6weeks in the basement and then another 6-8weeks in the garage hopefully. Then I will move them outside sometime in March or April.

 

[coldupnorth]

How many of you live in very cold areas? What are your plans for the chicks?

Mine will be in the basement in a plastic brooder for a couple of weeks and then they will go out to the semi-heated garage (40*) in a brooder with heat lamp until they are feathered out enough to go into a brooder inside of one of the out buildings with some heat (75 watt bulb). From there they transition into no heat when they are completely feathered.