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

[HugHess]

  I am proud to be weird.  Normal is way overrated.  

X10! Lol

 

[hennible]

Weird chicken people unite! It will be an extra happy New Year's!

 

[ronott1]

Good night All!

 

[SilkieSensation]

Not sure if I will set my bator up for this one or not. We are in the middle of having a cabin built

Congrats on the new place!

What is the elevation?

Not in the mountains, just the boonies. Not sure what the elevation is, but I'm in North East Ohio.

Do it and divorce

Well, he did put a metal roof on the chicken run _before_ this current cold snap for me, so guess I'll have to keep him.

 


LOL you sound like me. I know I shouldn't hatch eggs as last year I went way overboard with the amount I was hatching. It was a little crazy. I promised DH I wouldn't hatch until the Easter Hatch-a-long. But of course following along with you all and reading what everyone has planned and all this talk about eggs has me with a little less will power than I before this thread started lol.

I shouldn't hatch eggs, I shouldn't hatch eggs, I shouldn't hatch eggs... Ill keep telling myself that. DH definitely will not be happy if I start hatching this soon again  .

Yes, I haven't hatched or even been on BYC for several months, got the NYDH email reminder & peeked into the thread knowing full well everyone here would be firmly on the side of SET THE EGGS !!! (Hi Ron, so glad to see you back again this year, lovely first page info to get things going this year too!)

I'm in east TN and my hens are still laying like crazy, but lol I have no roo so it does no good for the hatch along

Figures, I have 4 very well feed lovely looking extra cockerals that were scheduled to be my winter laying pullets (plus 3 Roos I actually want). If you or anyone needs a great looking well behaved mutt boy chicken asap to make hatching eggs for NYDH just pm me, I got spares ready willing & able ; /  (They are basically mutts F3 EE mixed w/ Orp, or Marran, or SFH all I hatched here from green eggs and heading to freezer camp sooner or later so I can keep just the 3 SFH Roos over the flock).

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Question -- I have a few hens who finished their molt ages ago & really I think should have started again but are holding out for spring, I've never done the add light trick, but my current coop is in extension cord range of the house. Anyone have first hand experience to know, if I did add light now (a) would it work in time for eggs to set Dec 11 & (b) would I be committed to extra light all winter or could I just do it to get some eggs now then stop w/o hurting the flock? 

Lights worked for me last winter in about 4-5 days. You can shut them back off any time & they will go back to hibernation mode within a couple days. Thinking I need to get lights into my coop here real soon too. No eggs in a while except from the silkies. They are still on strike from the move.

 

[Blarneyeggs]

Weird chicken people unite! It will be an extra happy New Year's!

Weird? Oh, no. I prefer the term 'crazy' - as in Crazy Chicken Lady.

Silkie sensation! LTNS Chica! Where ya been hiding? Don't tell me you've joined the Ohio Thread....we miss you on the PA thread.

 

[PeepsALot]

No pictures, sorry.
Colors range from white, buff, lighter brown to darker brown. Some of the brown ones are speckled.

 

[shlac]

okay, count me in... assuming I can get my hands on some Dorking eggs (maybe Brahmas and Cream Legbars too).

 

[sunshinechick83]

Oh my this is tempting! Im going to start begging my sweet hubby tonight for an incubator so I can join in. Wish me luck!

 

[chicken pickin]

Oh my this is tempting! Im going to start begging my sweet hubby tonight for an incubator so I can join in. Wish me luck!

Good Luck!!!

@ mentioned to my DH 2 years ago that I wanted an incubator, he was so sweet and got me one for and early Christmas present that year and then to my surprise he got me another one for the following Valentines Day. This year around Easter(also with the help from @Sally Sunshine ) DH helped me build a huge home made cabinet style Cooler-bator. He now curses the day he bought me my first incubator lol.

 

[Aphrael]

Im in Mt Juliet, TN. and getting about a dozen eggs daily if you want a BYM. Ive got an incubator but have been intimidated to try to use it. Just read every post in this thread and I may be about to get brave. Anyway, ive got fertile eggs if any middle tn peeps need some.

Im in Mt Juliet, TN. and getting about a dozen eggs daily if you want a BYM. Ive got an incubator but have been intimidated to try to use it. Just read every post in this thread and I may be about to get brave. Anyway, ive got fertile eggs if any middle tn peeps need some.

This hatchalong is a great way to get your feet wet in hatching! There are lots of very knowledgeable people here to help you along the way so you have a great experience. Plus it is just loads of fun!

Oh my this is tempting! Im going to start begging my sweet hubby tonight for an incubator so I can join in. Wish me luck!

Good luck!