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

[casportpony]

Sad news... I decided against setting any eggs, so no chicks or ducklings for me.

Will just have to live vicariously through all of you.

-Kathy

 

[bantambury]

Sad news... I decided against setting any eggs, so no chicks or ducklings for me.  Will just have to live vicariously through all of you.

-Kathy

Kathy i love your profile pic! Hahha i did te same. I set 3 eggs for christmas though, and one clear. Hoping everything goes well...

 

[ronott1]

I wish I had of seen this earlier!!
I put eggs in very late on the tenth because they were posted and needed to go in ASAP.... (but I don't expect them to hatch until the 1st, as I had to transport the incubator all the way home without power a few days later and then it ran on the cool side when we were back.)
Good luck to all with your hatches, I shall watch from the sidelines

@FreeRanging Hen


Send me a pm letting me know how many you set.

Sad news... I decided against setting any eggs, so no chicks or ducklings for me.

Will just have to live vicariously through all of you.

-Kathy

Sorry you did not set any this year!

I bet you will set some for the Easter hatch though.

 

[jbenson]

@bantambury I was reading this morning about inbreeding and line breeding of chickens. You'd be okay to breed milkshake to malt, but don't then breed their offspring to eachother or back to either of the parents. You can basically get away with it once, maybe twice for increase of certain genetic traits, but after that, there are too many identical genes and it's likely to cause low fertility and other problems. I am actually breeding some of Fog's daughters back to him right now to gain greater gold base coloring in feathers and increase the strength of the mille fleur crescent and spot on the ends of the feathers while keeping the beards and muffs strong. I was planning to replace Fog in my program next year, but I hadn't really made the full on decision to seek out a new roo. I needed to find out what the actual genetics of it was. So I will be on the hunt for a very nice roo to fill in for him next year, because I won't be crossing him back to his grandkids and my other d'Uccle roo is Fog's son, so he's not any better to breed to his mother or his sisters. Now that I have a very good idea of what I'm looking for in characteristics, I will be seeking out a roo with specific qualities that I want to continue to bring out. Chicken genetics are awesome.

 

[Dish chickens]

Roan this what I came up with and where things set right now. I'm very worried about the spike but I hope I caught it in time and quickly got temps back down. should know soon

Eggs set ​

35​

Start date

12/11/2014​

Pen #1

Pen #2

Pen 3​

Eggs hatched​

​

End date



Blue

Blue

Black

Hatch rate​

0.00%​

Breed



Blue

Buff

Mix

Day

Good

Bad

#1

#2

#3​

Notes​

7​

14​

17​

Total:​

Day

High​

Low

Average

Humidity



Notes

1

100

98.7

99.35

25​

2

99.8

98.5

99.15

32​

3

104

98.5

101.25

28​

adjusted

spiked

104.7 approx.1hr

4

100

98.5

99.25

35​

5

0

0

0​

​

6

0

0

0​

7

0

0

0​

8

0

0

0​

9

0

0

0​

10

0

0

0​

11

0

0

0​

12

0

0

0​

13

0

0

0​

14

0

0

0​

15

0

0

0​

16

0

0

0​

17

0

0

0​

18

0

0

0​

19

0

0

0​

20

0

0

0​

21

0

0

0​

22

0

0

0​

23

0

0

0​

24

0

0

0​

100.95

98.55

99.75​

Average Temps​

 

[casportpony]

Quote: That'll be fun, x-mas chicks!

-Kathy

 

[Cynthia12]

 

[hennible]

You have not seen me in the morning

 

[Amberjem]

You have not seen me in the morning

you do some changing round last night while you slept?

 

[Cynthia12]

You have not seen me in the morning

Is that you hennible? Are you pulling our fingers, toes, and nose? Nice looking guy..and..I knew someone would say that. I think we all need a moment or two of getting ready for the day.

I know I do! I've already had those moments, and I was thinking as I left the mirror just this morning, ok, I guess that's as good as it gets today.