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

[Roan]

Ok I candle one of my silkies eggs,, look she growing!

Chicken Farmer candling an egg for the first time: AAAHHH!!! A spider in the egg!!!! *SMACK* *SPLAT*

I won?

I'm just excited that I won something. Is it for those beautiful Marans eggs? Those really really dark ones? Man, I wish I was going to keep hatching, but I won't be hatching again until the Easter Hatch A Long.
Did you pick another number? Go for it..I will let these go to someone else...thank you though..I won!! I like that part too.

Congrats!!!!

DON'T EAT THEM!!!! Hatch out more chocolate egg layers!!!!

 

[domesticzoo]

Thanks for the Ovation! @shlac it took me a while to figure that out.

 

[casportpony]

I sent some of my blue copper eggs to the Knoxville show in Tennessee . I was surprised to get these In the mail today. A second place with one and a third place with another . Our first time entering an egg show.

Congrats!

-Kathy

 

[Cynthia12]

That's a thought, I could wait until spring to get those eggs, if his girls are laying, I can wait. That would be fun! Ok.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

If they're laying now, they'll surely be laying in spring.

 

[Kaylish]

So the general concensus even for the Autstralorp is still a minimum of 4 sqft per bird? I think I'll go with about 6 sqft per bird since the breed is so much bigger than the RIR's and BR's that I give 4 sqft per bird to and way way bigger than the Ameracaunas which are in the pen with the RIR's and BR's so also have 4 sqft per bird. As for the run, I found that 10 sqft per bird just doesn't seem big enough for my taste which is why they are mostly free ranging. So I think I'll go with 20 sqft per run for the BA's. I think our run for the others is 15 sqft per bird, but I can't remember since we never use it. Thanks for all the answers.

I find the minimum to not be enough either and free range most days. However I find that the flock can make it work with multiple food,water & hiding spaces if necessary (vacation, really bad weather, etc )

Ok I candle one of my silkies eggs,, look she growing!

Yea! Nice picture.

We have a winner for the first random post contest! @Cynthia12 for post 2567! I will be setting up another random post contest--You never know what the number will be! (I do not know myself yet....)

I say keep the prize and have them shipped to you for the Easter hatch a long. That would be an amazing continuation of this hatch a long. Let me know what you decide though.

X1000! Keep them. Those eggs are gorgeous!

 

[Cynthia12]

Thank you everyone, I think I will. Hope the person donating them doesn't mind me asking for them in the spring. You're right CC, spring..they should be laying!

 

[domesticzoo]

Thanks @LindaB220 for the Ovation!

 

[blackgoat]

Ok I candle one of my silkies eggs,, look she growing!

I candled my Silkie eggs, too, and they looked like this, but my phone camera is not that good. They look more developed than the standard eggs. I have Silkie eggs and standard eggs in the same incubator. I didn't think about it until just now, but do Silkie eggs take less time to hatch? I read somewhere that bantams have a shorter incubation time. Is that correct?

 

[hennible]

I've read the same thing (19 days) but Ron said they are often late... I think that's what he said... I have standard and bantam in the bator too.