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

[carcar80]

[COLOR=333333] They came from @PapaBrooder in Redding, CA to Blacksburg, VA.  [/COLOR][COLOR=434343]2730 miles! Plus, the hatch rate was fantastic. 7 of 8 hatched. [/COLOR]

Excellent!! He does pack very well. What kind? LOVE all his birds!

 

[carcar80]

To update.. I left the house for an hour and a half.. Came back and my chicks had tripled, from three to six- including the yellow-membrane one. No idea which one that is but all look just fine.

One to go and I'll have a 100% lockdown-to-hatch rate. I'm getting the hang of this!!!!!

 

[ronott1]

To update.. I left the house for an hour and a half.. Came back and my chicks had tripled, from three to six- including the yellow-membrane one. No idea which one that is but all look just fine.

One to go and I'll have a 100% lockdown-to-hatch rate. I'm getting the hang of this!!!!!

Nice!

Membranes are bad when they turn brown.

 

[blackgoat]

Excellent!! He does pack very well. What kind? LOVE all his birds!

I got some Lavender Marans. They are very pretty.

I really, really want some of his Gold/Blue Partridge Brahmas for the Easter HAL.

 

[carcar80]

I got some Lavender Marans. They are very pretty.     ​ I really, really want some of his Gold/Blue Partridge Brahmas for the Easter HAL.  

I got some brahma eggs from him last summer (I'm in GA).. All developed but I killed them :doh

So I snagged some Partridge Brahma CHICKS from his cyber Monday sales.. They'll be here before I know it!! Can't wait to add some new blood to my own PBs

 

[Nomibear]

[COLOR=333333] They came from @PapaBrooder in Redding, CA to Blacksburg, VA.  [/COLOR][COLOR=434343]2730 miles! Plus, the hatch rate was fantastic. 7 of 8 hatched. [/COLOR]

That's awesome! That gives me hope for my eggs that I just set yesterday from Oregon to South Texas.

 

[blackgoat]

That's awesome! That gives me hope for my eggs that I just set yesterday from Oregon to South Texas.

I think packaging, and how the postal service handles them are more important than how far they travel. They were the best hatch rate out of 4 sets of shipped eggs. They did have the best packaging, and a heat pack, but if the box gets tossed around, then even the best packaging won't protect them completely. I got 7 eggs from LA, which is half the distance, that all had wibbly wobbly air cells, and none developed. I was super sad about those, they were Pencil Rocks. I had another set that had no development, either. It's just a roll of the dice with shipped eggs. I hope yours arrive safely!

 

[Peep_Show]

Winner Winner Chicken..... Prizes!

Congratulations to blackgoat and nomibear! Your award goodies will go out in tomorrow's mail.

Enjoy!

 

[blackgoat]

Winner Winner Chicken.....  Prizes!

Congratulations to blackgoat and nomibear!   Your award goodies will go out in tomorrow's mail.

Enjoy!

Thanks!

 

[Cynthia12]

We have more contest winners.

@Amberjem wins best hatch a long participant!

@blackgoat had the farthest shipped egg that hatched

@Nomibear had the worst hatch rate!