7th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2016 Hatch-A-Long

[shahtir101]

Just leaving work, so happy for everyones new chicks! Can hardly wait to get home & check & see if any of mine have pip'd. I had one egg with 2 dimples when I left for work.

Awesome! I can't wait to get home and check on my eggs either!

 

[silly4buttons]

I am sure! There is always one that catches your heart.

I only a few that did

 

[BullChick]

You have an Akhal-Teke????

Here he is.. He is perlino color with ice blue eyes. He's a character!

Hmmm... kinda like your auctions are watched with much huh?

Just wait till spring when everything is laying!

I think a EE serama would be awesome! hmmm... I think I want the gypsys.... Im Just kidding Tj... But if you ever need help getting rid of animals... I know plenty of people who would love them... I have a friend that really wants a gypsy but can't afford a 10,000 dollar horse

Here's your gypsies....

I am actually planning on breeding an EE serama. TJ will you have any EE bantams for sale next year?

I have extra EE bantam roosters that I would give to anybody wanting to start a breeding program......

I am taking your property!

You might have to arm wrestle my boys for it...Unless you want to trade Duckling... No way! I've given up too much to keep that baby safe this past year!

Nothing hatched. Yes, that is chili with cheese. More of the canned stuff. Canned as in from the store. My chili is much better, but I wanted to get rid of old canned goods first.

When I first saw the picture, I thought it was the egg in the boot Then I realized they were separate deals....Glad it's just chili and cheese! Lol! I saw that too.

thats cool! so far 3 yellow chicks have hatched hoping for a differant color now

Yeah!!! Little tiny chicks!!! :yiipchick

Beautiful!

Thank you!

I have been playing chicks hatching videos to get them moving

Motivational videos for eggs!

 

[Twoandhelp]

Whoa! Already!! Am not prepared lol. Premature quail.

 

[shahtir101]

Congrats!

 

[TJChickens]

Seriously, you are tempting me!! I

all animals, but horses are my fave...

And I hear ya on the Calls... mine are mixed right now and Snowy isn't laying yet... couldn't resist setting cuz, well... you know...







Io, the white one, is the only one not from our stock...

Ooooohhhh...baby ducks! They just melt me.....

 

[Ravynscroft]

Whoa! Already!! Am not prepared lol. Premature quail.

Is it New Year's yet?

*No! Get back in the shell!!*

 

[silly4buttons]

Seriously, you are tempting me!! I all animals, but horses are my fave...

And I hear ya on the Calls... mine are mixed right now and Snowy isn't laying yet... couldn't resist setting cuz, well... you know...

Io, the white one, is the only one not from our stock...

I try to hatch calls last summer and failed out if 16 4 made to lock down 3 piped and died 1hatch but didn't absorb the yolk completely and passes away few hours later I cried like a baby pack up the incubator and told my bf I was never going to hatch again. He just rolled his eyes at me

 

[Ravynscroft]

Ooooohhhh...baby ducks! They just melt me.....

Me too... then I gotta clean up after them...

My main flock came from minihorse and clousert... lovely little Calls... just need to add some from yours...

 

[wornoutmomto3]

Sorry, I have been gone so long. With Christmas (the day, plays, etc), the kids starting rec league soccer, and family visits I have been extremely busy; but I am back. The HAL chicken eggs were locked down a day late (I forgot to warm up the hatcher soon enough, oops). I hope the extra day rotating won't be to hard on them. Out of the 20 chicken eggs set, 7 were tossed as clearly being quitters. The BCM eggs don't look too good, but I can't be 100% certain they are quitters, so they locked down too. Of the 15 quail eggs only one was tossed for being clear. However, the quail won't lock down until Friday (due to hatch Jan 3).

One of my hens went seriously broody and I considered allowing her to finish the hatch. However, she is one of three hens going to a new home in January along with several older chicks. So, I gave her three fertile eggs (that can go with her) when they hatch.

We do have a new addition to the family. A couple weeks before Christmas someone abandoned a litter of 2 month old puppies in town. We ended up taking one while others took the remaining pups. The pup we took was in pretty bad shape: malnourished, sick, and flea infested. Thankfully she didn't have a major worm issue, but we dewormed her anyway. She is doing much better now, healthy, happy, and up-to-date on vaccines. It frustrates me to no end when people are so careless with their animals.

Her name is Angel! She is very sweet, not mouthy at all, loves to play fetch and follows us everywhere.