6th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2015 Hatch-A-Long

[ChickyChickens]

When I woke up this Moring I had 6/6 chicks in my bator

There are 4 black ones and 2 white ones!! I cant wait to get them out of the baot~!~!!!! Now that they all have hatched, can I open up the bator???

 

[ronott1]

When I woke up this Moring I had 6/6 chicks in my bator

There are 4 black ones and 2 white ones!! I cant wait to get them out of the baot~!~!!!! Now that they all have hatched, can I open up the bator???

You can open it--take them out when they are dry though. They can get too cold if you take them out too soon.

Is the brooder ready?

Post Pictures!

 

[emvickrey]

I have an auction up on the just in time thread for silkie eggs.

 

[Book]

So I bought a single leghorn hen and put her in quarentine and for those weeks I collected her eggs and incubated some of them from the 3rd week, almost all of them are fertile! She was in with just her own breed so I should have leghorn babies in 10 days. Course this means it is a staggered hatch when I add the HAL eggs but it should work out I think!

 

[ChickyChickens]

You can open it--take them out when they are dry though. They can get too cold if you take them out too soon.

Is the brooder ready?

Post Pictures!

OKay....lol I opened the bator quick to take pics!!!

Yep the brooder is ready!!

 

[ChickyChickens]

The first two pics were earlier on when there was still 4 eggs left!

 

[ronott1]

OKay....lol I opened the bator quick to take pics!!!

Yep the brooder is ready!!

they look great!

 

[Book]

I also have one lone mystery egg. It is off white and they are often found out in the yard. I don't have a hen that should lay that color. I do have 2 young Cayuga ducks, but those are not due I thought to lay till spring and aren't they supposed to lay black eggs? However I looked them up and some lay this off white color so..... maybe it is a duck and due on the 22nd. Out of 6 eggs of this kind I put in, only one was fertile.

So now that I am thinking about it, maybe it is the duck that likes to be with on her own. (We have 4) and we free range. She hangs out on a fallen log, and the rest explore all over the place. Maybe is laying, or sick of the 2 males. Not sure......

 

[ChickyChickens]

they look great!

Thanks!!

 

[gilchicken]

Too bad none of you are local that want eggs. I have plenty. A little dirty but they are still good.

you are only like 3 hours away from me! .. lol