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

[chicken pickin]

I have a couple of 10 week old cockerels that are just starting to show their voices. I already have 6 roosters (full grown) that try to make music and now got 2 more trying to join in.

Oh boy, I probably hear similar to what you hear. I have 7 crowing males. Luckily I will be down 3 next month which will help. I would like to have 2-3 total. We will see, I just love roosters.

 

[FuzzyHens]

if u are hatching bantams...and win worst hatch..u only qualify for 1/2 of the homemade chewing tobacco

icky!

 

[ronott1]

New contests have been added!

Thanks @Jadecomputergal!

9. First of any poultry fully hatched (local time) on New Year's Day by newest BYC member
Prize: Golden Feather
Picture required to be posted immediately after hatching.

10. First of any poultry fully hatched (local time) on New Year's Day (Picture required to be posted immediately after hatching.)
Prize: $15 Amazon gift card (electronic)
Please see note above for the first duckling hatched. The same applies for this contest.

11. Best duckling hatch rate
Prize: Colour Breeding in Domestic Ducks (Softcover UK import)

12. Worst duckling hatch rate
Prize: Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks: Chickens, Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, Guinea Fowl (Kindle Edition)

13. Most ducklings hatched
Prize: Magicfly Bright Cool LED Egg Candler

14. Most Bantam ducklings hatched
Prize: ABA Bantam Standard 2014 Mini Standard (Softcover)

15. Most Bantam chicks hatched
Prize: ABA Bantam Standard 2014 Mini Standard (Softcover)

16. First duckling fully hatched (local time) on New Year's Day
(Picture required to be posted immediately after hatching.)
Prize: $15 Amazon gift card (electronic)
Note for clarity: Winner will be determined by the hatch occurring the soonest after midnight in their local time zone. This means that the first to hatch worldwide won't necessarily win. For example, if a hatch occurs in Australia at 1 a.m. on New Year's Day, and a hatch occurs in England at 12:30 a.m. that day, the participant in England would win even though the hatch in Australia occurred hours earlier. You'll have to stay up late if you want to win this one!!!


17. Best quality duckling hatched (As voted by BYC community when ducklings are one week old. Prize contributor will submit a second vote in the case of a tie.)
Prize: Storey's Guide to Raising Ducks, 2nd Edition (*Choice of Softcover or Kindle Edition)
*Kindle edition highly recommended for easy searchability, portability, highlighting, bookmarking, and annotating.

18. Cutest duckling hatched
(As voted by BYC community. Prize contributor will submit a second vote in the case of a tie.)
Prize: Storey's Guide to Raising Ducks, 2nd Edition (*Choice of Softcover or Kindle Edition)
*Kindle edition highly recommended for easy searchability, portability, highlighting, bookmarking, and annotating.

 

[draye]

Is anyone else experiencing trouble posting pictures?

 

[bantambury]

draye im actually having trouble right now. my reply section doesn't have options anymore!

 

[bantambury]

draye im actually having trouble right now. my reply section doesn't have options anymore!

 

[bantambury]

and it sent twice....LOL

 

[bantambury]

for any of you that need some distraction....heres what we will be having in a few weeks....

 

[silly4buttons]

Looks great! Amazing picture also.

Thank you! it's pretty cool.

 

[FuzzyHens]

Whew...I just caught up!

Thanks for all the candling photos...I am trying to hold out till day 7, but I may cave. It's so exciting!!