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

[ronott1]

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

That is a very nice example of an embryo and veining!

 

[Aphrael]

This is one of the coolest trees I've ever seen. Love it!

I went into full on baking mode this afternoon. I have a gal I usually sell my eggs to like 10 doz at a time, but she did not need any today. So, I went to work trying to use some and also posted them to my Facebook to drum up interest. Got a couple takers now so I don't need to panic about how to use 12 doz eggs. Gals are laying more than a doz a day and the bator is full and I won't be collecting for the next set until Christmas day. So far I made bread and banana muffins and will be hard boiling a dozen (DH loves hard boiled in his lunch). French toast for breakfast tomorrow maybe. Never thought this would be a real problem. Egg math is worse than chicken math!

Hehe. We had quite a glut of eggs during the summer and fall even though we eat a LOT of eggs and I use quite a lot in my homemade dogfood. But they keep for a long while and now that the cold weather has slowed egg production to a crawl, it has mostly evened out.

ty for answering about the gloves I was partly worried maybe the latex or nitirile might be bad for the eggs .. so can you use alcohol to clean the gloves and once dry then handle the eggs? or will some sort of residue be bad for the eggs then?

I'm not sure on that one. I know alcohol evaporates quickly, but I don't know if it might still leave a residue that could harm the eggs. Anyone else have any idea?

Love it. Fits me just perfect!

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

Nice! That is a really good, clear pic too. Good job!

 

[ronott1]

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....)

 

[hennible]

Way to post Cynthia!

 

[Amberjem]

 

[michaelf]

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.

 

[draye]

I do the same. I fall behind sometimes also and at those times each page gets a quick skim and I also look for keywords in a post that might stop me so I can read the entire post through. It seems to work for me.

That's exactly what I do. Skim thru and pick the key words. I was only three pages behind today. When I'm at work I can't do to much checking.

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.

That is so true! And don't answer when they ask how many chickens you have or how many eggs you trying to hatch out.

That about what I tell folks. I say "not too many, maybe 25 or 30." And then they go "that's a lot". And I say " go to the chicken houses and look at theirs". I have a few more than 25 to 30. Right now I din 't have a current count in them. Try not to coz the wife says"how many chickens you got now". I say "don't know ain't counted 'em in a while." She says how many eggs you set this time". I say" not too many".

 

[Amberjem]

darn no luck

 

[ronott1]

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.

 

[Bazy]

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Congratulations!!! I wish I could do something like that!