BYC's 13th Annual New Year's Day Hatch-Along - 2022

[ShrekDawg]

It is hard to butcher your flock! Can you give them away?

Probably not as we have Mareks on the property I guess we could disclose since it’d probably be to friends anyway and they wouldn’t care I don’t think but still. Idk. They’d honestly probably eat them anyway. My dad doesn’t want to kill them but I’m like… neither do I. They’re pets. Idk. I’m like you won’t let me bring them but won’t kill them and we can’t really rehome sooo what DO we do? Lol

I guess we could possibly see if the new owners would want chickens? That way they could stay here and not spread it but not die. I would worry about how they were being treated and taken care of though.

Although all that said, we haven’t had any cases or symptoms in a long time now despite the flock being basically half unvaccinated birds now. The oldest of which is almost two years (hatched last summer) and the younger ones were hatched in February. Also fine. And the one bird with ocular died recently so she’s not spreading it around now. But of course I know it stays on the property a long time so it’s not “gone” per se but still. We were having tons die for a while.

Anyway. It sucks all around.

 

[ChickasMom]

Haha!!! Hoping to do a Silkie Barred Rock cross

Oh cute!! I have a silkie Rhode Island Red Cross that is a few months old now and very cute.

 

[kodster]

Unfortunately, I will have to pass for this coming NYE HAL. I have 15 chicks in my brooder now that are 2 weeks old, and no room for any more between now and then. Thanks for asking, though!

 

[Iluveggers]

I’ll be joining an April Hatch along, once our temps warm up a bit! I’m not brave enough to make my first incubator hatch the middle of winter! Lol

 

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

I have my 3rd broody now so looks like she won't be doing the NYE HAL but a 4th Silkie hen may just become broody around the right date so we'll see.

 

[ronott1]

Probably not as we have Mareks on the property I guess we could disclose since it’d probably be to friends anyway and they wouldn’t care I don’t think but still. Idk. They’d honestly probably eat them anyway. My dad doesn’t want to kill them but I’m like… neither do I. They’re pets. Idk. I’m like you won’t let me bring them but won’t kill them and we can’t really rehome sooo what DO we do? Lol

I guess we could possibly see if the new owners would want chickens? That way they could stay here and not spread it but not die. I would worry about how they were being treated and taken care of though.

Although all that said, we haven’t had any cases or symptoms in a long time now despite the flock being basically half unvaccinated birds now. The oldest of which is almost two years (hatched last summer) and the younger ones were hatched in February. Also fine. And the one bird with ocular died recently so she’s not spreading it around now. But of course I know it stays on the property a long time so it’s not “gone” per se but still. We were having tons die for a while.

Anyway. It sucks all around.

Mareks is everywhere so hopefully the people that would get them would be fine-- do disclose and suggest quarantine. They can also add a bird or two to the quarantine flock to see if they get sick.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Mareks is everywhere so hopefully the people that would get them would be fine-- do disclose and suggest quarantine. They can also add a bird or two to the quarantine flock to see if they get sick.

Hmm that’s a good point. I hadn’t thought of that. I really hate to kill them as most I hatched myself from my own birds, second and third generation, I did kill their brothers and fathers/uncles a while back because I had to but still

 

[_-Captain BRM-_]

Do we know how many people are hatching yet?

 

[muddy75]

Do we know how many people are hatching yet?

Not yet….still early

 

[_-Captain BRM-_]

Not yet….still early

More than 10?