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

[Sueg4332]

I got my eggs set at 12 PM on the nose. All from my eggs.
(I think I should call them shipped eggs . It almost took a boat to collect the last 2 eggs today here in California.
LOL) My hens refuse to come in out of the rain they all look like drowned rats.
The turkey are roosting on the 6 foot chain link fence. They all have houses to go in to but wont.
It is been rain for hours.
Happy Hatching to everyone.
eggs are from wheaten ameruacana hen/amerucana roo but they ran loose in the day time
nake neck hen/golden brahma rooster penned up
cuckoo maran hen and rooster penned up
oh a wheaten maran hen/ amerucana roo but running loose in the day time ...
so muts chicks Maybe 21 days
Boy feeding is going to be fun in the morning water very where. Horse pasture flooding to...I know we need it !!!!!!!

 

[LAChick]

Looking forward to all the hatch-along stories. Good luck all!

 

[jbenson]

Nice looking eggs!
You have really come a long way in a year!

Chicken Math?

Send me a pm with the total when you have it.

the chicken math hit me hard last year (my second year hatching). I hatched way more than I planner on, but it turned out okay. DH finally was okay with it because I sold well over 100 chicks. The deal was, I could hatch more if I sold them all. I actually had more demand than I had hatchlings. Near June I had to stop selling in order to broaden my own flock. DH is now entering enabler stage. I sold some of my layers I did not plan to breed or wasn't emotionally attached to and he actually encouraged the NY HAL participation. He didn't even blink when I showed him how many I set.

 

[ladycat]

I got my eggs today! This is what one of the boxes looked like:

It looks like it was used in an elephant polo match!

 

[LAChick]

Boy feeding is going to be fun in the morning water very where. Horse pasture flooding to...I know we need it !!!!!!!

Our 4 mules have mud caked on them. And when the farrier comes, it is an hour prep, getting the mud out of the hooves and them standing on something dry mud out of the hooves and them standing on something dry!
Here is our hog & dog in the mud.

 

[Sueg4332]

I have 5 slow pokes still in the incubator, taking their sweet time! So we might set a bit later in the day. Maybe I will find more fresh eggs in the barn to add

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I found 2 of the RIR eggs are cracked. I put a cost of fingernail polish over just that area. I wonder if that ever works

I had 2 eggs that were cracked earlier this year in a shipment. I use wax not finger nail polish 1 hatched 1 didn't

 

[ronott1]

Is it too late to sign up?

You are in!

 

[valleychicks]

Just set 7 under our two broody hens (a Silkie and an Orpington) sharing one large nest box. The Orpington has been broody for about a week now so I hope she will stay on them. The eggs are mostly barnyard mixes with one from a Silkie hen and one from an Easter Egger hen. This is my first time hatching eggs.

 

[FuzzyHens]

the chicken math hit me hard last year (my second year hatching). I hatched way more than I planner on, but it turned out okay. DH finally was okay with it because I sold well over 100 chicks. The deal was, I could hatch more if I sold them all. I actually had more demand than I had hatchlings. Near June I had to stop selling in order to broaden my own flock. DH is now entering enabler stage. I sold some of my layers I did not plan to breed or wasn't emotionally attached to and he actually encouraged the NY HAL participation. He didn't even blink when I showed him how many I set.

That's awesome...do you sell your chicks to a local grain/feed store, craigs list or a different venue?

 

[DevilsDenHen]

Well i set 10 eggs today!! Mostly australorp/EE's. this is my first time incubating. so excited !!!!