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

[bamadude]

Choot him

 

[BullChick]

I'll feed him this morning. See if that wipes the look off.

 

[Lozuufy]

Ratty died

He just wasn't growing and stopped wanting to eat.

 

[shahtir101]

Ratty died

He just wasn't growing and stopped wanting to eat.

 

[prizepete]

Ratty died

He just wasn't growing and stopped wanting to eat.

Im so sorry!

 

[Wickedchicken6]

The chicks that hatched on NYD are two weeks old now!

This is what I hatched for about $12 bucks--eggs from Trader Joe's and Whole Foods:



They were wondering what that thing was -- not a treat? And then snap!

Oh my gosh...chickies!!!

That's a whole lot 'o chicks. Very nice!

More chickies!! And they're black.

Very nice too!

My hens have gone on strike since I locked every one up in the finished and weatherized coop.
Before Winterizing.



After winterizing.

Nice pictures! I like the different color of your roos.

 

[ronott1]

Ratty died

He just wasn't growing and stopped wanting to eat.

I am sorry!

I hope the next time works better.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Quote:

Maybe they are mad at you...lol. I wish we could switch chickens. I DON'T want mine laying right now. It's been cold and I'm addicted to incubating. My pullets are only getting 8 hours of light at the very most...more like 6.5-7 hours. I've stopped the laying pellets, and they won't eat the chick or grower and were wasting it so I took them off of it and am giving them a half/half mixture of red prosso millet and scratch...and some wheat when someone brings me a pail. (I am adding the proper mineral mix with it.) I haven't started giving oyster shells yet. The first girls started laying when they were molting in November; we mixed 4 coops together into one big coop with the guinea fowl so major stress overload I'm sure...and I have too many roosters. I just separated the guineas into my brooder and separated most of the roosters from the hens. They didn't stop laying and now new pullets are coming online and starting to lay...lol. I think some of the eggs I've set have gotten so cold when I've been late at gathering them that the air cells have been damaged because they roll. But they're still developing. So I have two week olds, I've got a bunch hatching out today, some due in two weeks and another carton full of eggs...and no brooder now. Thank goodness I dropped the last carton of eggs and broke most of them.

Spring better come soon...

 

[Wickedchicken6]

I'll feed him this morning. See if that wipes the look off.

Eek...I hope that works. He's scaring me too!

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Ratty died

He just wasn't growing and stopped wanting to eat.

I'm so sorry that he didn't make it.