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

[ChickenCanoe]

1 penedesenca chick hatched. 9 more pipping/zipping

Bonus, you have chickens!!!

Me too right now some other equipment is broken here and I need to get it going. Argh. Never ends.

I started my winter water project over 2 years ago. I'm still working on it today.
That said, providing warm circulated water in all conditions to up to 9 flocks of chickens is no small engineering task.
It will save me a tremendous amount of time though.
While I'm finishing this, my trap nesting build is on temporary hold.

I am the worlds greatest procrastinator

I truly doubt that.
You haven't seen me in inaction.

 

[bamadude]

Bonus, you have chickens!!!

I started my winter water project over 2 years ago. I'm still working on it today.
That said, providing warm circulated water in all conditions to up to 9 flocks of chickens is no small engineering task.
It will save me a tremendous amount of time though.
While I'm finishing this, my trap nesting build is on temporary hold.



I truly doubt that.
You haven't seen me in inaction.

3 have hatched.
All happy and healthy. These penedesencas are super cool looking chicks.
Thanks again Guy.

 

[Pensmaster]

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I started my winter water project over 2 years ago. I'm still working on it today.
That said, providing warm circulated water in all conditions to up to 9 flocks of chickens is no small engineering task.
It will save me a tremendous amount of time though.
While I'm finishing this, my trap nesting build is on temporary hold.

That sounds like a two year project to me

 

[Lozuufy]

Congratulations!!!

He's a bit different than I imagined...but very cool! I can see why the pigeons would be "what the heck??" if it was a chick...lol.

LOL yeah they got very confused last summer when I stuck quail eggs under them and they hatched

What? It's so ugly it's cute!!

Thanks for posting!

yeah they are kinda interesting looking. But their little squeeky noises are so cute... until they are 2 weeks old, then they get REALLY loud begging for food.

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[littlenessie]

Sierra Nevada Torpedo is my fav drink. They make several excellent beers. Try hop hash if u can ever find it. Beer camp is also a great ipa

Sierra Nevada did a hop harvest (I think that's what it was called) with the Neomexicanus hops and it was fabulous! If you get a chance you should try it

Staying on task here what type of ducks are they? Lucky to have such a dog. Mine weren't so nice but they learned. I like the porters. Brewery here does a whiskey barrel porter style at Christmas.

Back on task...lol! They are Ancona ducklings I was super surprised that he was so good with them. He went to hunting school and is a trained hunter, so I thought he wouldn't be compatible with ducks. He's been great though! He knows the difference between "mine" and "his" things. The ducklings are "mine." Lol!

 

[Hennypenny15]

Thanks!

 

[bamadude]

Lol. 4 kids staring into the bator watching chicks hatch. Feels like a the beer commercial "it doesnt get any better than this".
5 chicks out and more coming. They are excellent cheerleaders

 

[Hennypenny15]

Ooh, I can tell there is going to be some pretty colors going on. Nice.

Thanks! I am hoping for some good color.

 

[PDPercherons]

Only got the 4. The other 8 never absorbed their yolk sac. One was almost absorbed. Would have been an amazing hatch of 10 pullets and 2 cockerels if all 12 made it.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I'm up to 8 so far. They've been popping out like crazy since last night. There's still 11 in the bator but most of the ones that were due Friday are out. There are only a couple of them left. The ones that were due today, I feel certain will be a few days late.