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

[blackgoat]

gators got the emus

so... emu/gator crosses?

 

[Roan]

You guys kill me.

I LOVE those! So cute!

Yep. For the next 3 weeks we get to watch eggs just sitting there looking like eggs, no matter how much we beg and cajole them to do SOMEthing.

I actually bumped my incubator and winced, waiting for the inevitable sound of little eggs rolling around but when I didn't hear any I remembered I'm trying the carton method this time! whew!!!

 

[blackgoat]

We have a prize for contest number 4!

4. Number of eggs set for Hatch a Long
Prize: chicken wood cuts courtesy of @Cynthia12

Click here and post your guess for the total number of eggs set. Do not go back and edit the number and only enter once. The contest is open from now until Midnight Sunday 12/14 Winner will be announced by Tuesday. Open to all BYC Members.

But all the late comers are messing up my perfectly calculated guess!

 

[bamadude]

so..emu/gator crosses?

lawd no. The gators are total divas

 

[hockeydad6791]

Children ~ I love them dearly but I had to get rid of my littler giant incubators because they would touch them and the knobs just called out to them.

Lol the kids.... Uh well maybe I have the same urge every time the temp is a little off

 

[chickkrakidd]

Hello to all Hatch A Holics, I couldn't join in hatching, so I will be on the CHEERING sidelines!  :yiipchick :yiipchick :yiipchick

If anyone is hatching just for the fun of it, like you might have too many chicks already - if that's possible.
I'm looking for EE, OE, BCM, Americauna and Welsummer chicks.  

Sadly, I'll be on the cheering sidelines as well. I'm also looking for Ameraucanas and Welsummers.

Chickkrakidd
Want to get rid of a few of the wheaten Ameraucana/Ameraucana crosses that hatch?

I only set 5 of those egges.   But I notice your in west Virginia  I am in California.  Come spring time I can ship you some eggs.  All birds will be pen up and better chicks will be hatched.
But as I free range my chickens in groups during the summer  ( one pen gets out one day the next pen the next day)  but I cant not guarantee the neighbors chicken would fly in for  some afternoon delight.
Usually the rooster runs a stranger off.
keep in touch if interested
I was going to hatch until Spring  But  I am Addicted bad......

I would definitely be interested. I may set them to hatch on my own birthday.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

Quote:
I was constantly monitoring the temps. Now I paid for a digital cabinet and life is easier. Still I keep dreaming of a hatcher or at least a way to divide my hatching drawer.

 

[chicken pickin]

Wow, that is a great compliment! Thanks!

I think the father of the babies to be is pretty handsome, but as much as I like Silkies, I really don't like the roosters combs. They make up for it with their super sweet personalities though.

Your lucky to have a sweet male Silkie, mine is sometimes a fresh little thing. Your male is very handsome. Is he porcelain? Porcelain is my favorite.

 

[ronott1]

The shipped eggs were packed terribly!

Paper egg cartons, not bubble wrap on the eggs. the cartons were wrapped in large bubble wrap and the foam nugget spacers.

One egg was smashed and oozed onto two others.

Packed correctly, this shipment would have made it perfectly.

The yolk looked good though.

 

[chicken pickin]

The shipped eggs were packed terribly!

Paper egg cartons, not bubble wrap on the eggs. the cartons were wrapped in large bubble wrap and the foam nugget spacers.

One egg was smashed and oozed onto two others.

Packed correctly, this shipment would have made it perfectly.

The yolk looked good though.

Oh boy that sounds like a mess. I hope you can salvage some of it and have some eggs hatch. What type of eggs were they?