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

[valleychicks]

I can't wait to find out how many eggs were set in the HAL. I wonder how many of each breed eggs were set too. Of course like mine some are barnyard mixes so I guess we would just have to go by what breed of hens the eggs came from. Just curious to see the breed/mix/type chicken (since EEs aren't a breed) eggs most set in the HAL.

 

[Roan]

So, I had a dream last night. Well, two dreams but the second one I won't get into too much detail about because it dealt with X-Men style mutants being raised in an orpanage by a staff that had no idea that these kids were special. I woke up after they had gotten the call that there was a major mission that they had to undertake. Of course, their first task was to escape from the orphanage without being caught or found out. Just when the security and one of the head staffers was trying to catch them all after they'd gotten out of the building and were on the lawn, I woke up so I don't know if they escaped or not.

The dream that I really wanted to post about was a simple one. I dreamt that on day 6 (which is today) of my HAL clutch, I went to the incubator to turn the eggs but they had all hatched!!! I was so surprised, confused and panicked. Here I was scrambling around, not to get things ready to transport them to the brooder but instead to get a camera, get them all together and still long enough to take a group photo. I had my brother helping me and all I could think was "it has to be a clear photo so Ron can count them."

I never did really question how they could have hatched that early. My only other real concern was that they were almost fully feathered so Ron might not believe that these were my HAL clutch.

LOL

 

[bantambury]

So, I had a dream last night.  Well, two dreams but the second one I won't get into too much detail about because it dealt with X-Men style mutants being raised in an orpanage by a staff that had no idea that these kids were special.  I woke up after they had gotten the call that there was a major mission that they had to undertake.  Of course, their first task was to escape from the orphanage without being caught or found out.  Just when the security and one of the head staffers was trying to catch them all after they'd gotten out of the building and were on the lawn, I woke up so I don't know if they escaped or not.

The dream that I really wanted to post about was a simple one.  I dreamt that on day 6 (which is today) of my HAL clutch, I went to the incubator to turn the eggs but they had all hatched!!!  I was so surprised, confused and panicked.  Here I was scrambling around, not to get things ready to transport them to the brooder but instead to get a camera, get them all together and still long enough to take a group photo.  I had my brother helping me and all I could think was "it has to be a clear photo so Ron can count them." 

I never did really question how they could have hatched that early.  My only other real concern was that they were almost fully feathered so Ron might not believe that these were my HAL clutch.

LOL

HAHHAAH thats so great! Made my day!

I remember (last year) a week before the HAL eggs hatched i had a dream that someone came in my room as i was sleeping and cranked that bator to the max! I actuailly started crying in my sleep....lol....then once i woke up i ran to my table with te bator and it was parfectly fine! LOL

 

[bantambury]

@Roan
Instead of the "visions of sugar plumps danced in their heads" its more like "visions of chicks danced in our heads" HAHA

 

[Roan]

HAHHAAH thats so great! Made my day!

I remember a week before the HAL i had a dream that someone came in my room as i was sleeping anc cranked that bator to the max! I actuailly started crying in my sleep....lol....then once i woke up i ran to my table with te bator and it was parfectly fine! LOL

LOL That's awesome! My 'bator is in my bedroom on my dresser and brooder is on the other side of the room from it. Right now, I've got 4 babies in the brooder so when I woke up, I heard them chirpping and had a sinking feeling until I realized it was them. lol

 

[Roan]

@Roan
Instead of the "visions of sugar plumps danced in their heads" its more like "visions of chicks danced in our heads" HAHA

LOL true!!!

 

[bantambury]

LOL  That's awesome!  My 'bator is in my bedroom on my dresser and brooder is on the other side of the room from it.  Right now, I've got 4 babies in the brooder so when I woke up, I heard them chirpping and had a sinking feeling until I realized it was them.  lol

Hahhaha! Thats great! My chicks are going in a huge tote with my heat plate...of course in my room....now how to keep the three cats out....

 

[jbenson]

Hahhaha! Thats great! My chicks are going in a huge tote with my heat plate...of course in my room....now how to keep the three cats out....

My chicks are also going in a huge tote, but not in the bedroom. They get set up in the basement near our work table with a heat lamp. I want to get a brooder heat plate like the brinsea some time but it is not the budget this year. We also have a cat but he hasn't been very interested in the chicks. He's old. I usually use a series of smaller totes (still like 20 gallon) and I have connected the bottom of one to the lid of another and then cut the center out so it snaps on top another tote to create a taller tote. This was good for when the babies start to feather and start trying to escape by getting on top of the feeder. The taller sides also keep curious pets from getting in.

 

[jbenson]

Last night DH was on a tangent about bantam dark Cornish and how we should raise them for meat and breed as well. His brain is always several years ahead of what can actually be done. . But it got me thinking. Anyone ever raise bantam Cornish? I don't want to raise crosses, I want something I could reproduce. Also I have an affinity for bantam birds. Partially because we have limited space being more urban than rural, but I also think they are adorable.

Second thing, anyone ever orde from Welp Hatchery in Iowa? They are one of the few places I can seem to find to get bantam Cornish (DH specifically wants the dark.)

 

[ronott1]

So, I had a dream last night. Well, two dreams but the second one I won't get into too much detail about because it dealt with X-Men style mutants being raised in an orpanage by a staff that had no idea that these kids were special. I woke up after they had gotten the call that there was a major mission that they had to undertake. Of course, their first task was to escape from the orphanage without being caught or found out. Just when the security and one of the head staffers was trying to catch them all after they'd gotten out of the building and were on the lawn, I woke up so I don't know if they escaped or not.

The dream that I really wanted to post about was a simple one. I dreamt that on day 6 (which is today) of my HAL clutch, I went to the incubator to turn the eggs but they had all hatched!!! I was so surprised, confused and panicked. Here I was scrambling around, not to get things ready to transport them to the brooder but instead to get a camera, get them all together and still long enough to take a group photo. I had my brother helping me and all I could think was "it has to be a clear photo so Ron can count them."

I never did really question how they could have hatched that early. My only other real concern was that they were almost fully feathered so Ron might not believe that these were my HAL clutch.

LOL

What a great dream!

Maybe it means that you will have great thatch?