BYC's 17th Annual New Year's Day Hatch-Along—2026

[gimmie birdies]

Don't feel bad about the crowding, if you have one bad predator come through you will be glad you have extras.

 

[redinator]

Lol, I'm also gonna try to restrain. We just got -3 degree (fahrenheit! Can you believe it?) yesterday night, and weather is so bad recently that I can't even take the Halloween chicks out all day until they're at least 8 weeks old lol. Also all 4 of them turned out to be roosters. Also hawks been visiting every day terrorizing the chickens. Also have 17 chicks arriving in may and our run is desperately too small for 40 future chickens and we have to expand before we get any more chicks..................

Okay. I think that was enough rambling. I'll follow this thread!!!

Yeah I'm realizing my open air runs, which are great for 9 months of the year, aren't so great for raising chicks over winter.

 

[redinator]

Don't feel bad about the crowding, if you have one bad predator come through you will be glad you have extras.

That's one way to look at it

 

[gimmie birdies]

I am looking at my calendar and I cannot set until the 14 or 15th this month. I am looking at hatch day the 4th or 5th. Jan.

 

[redinator]

I am looking at my calendar and I cannot set until the 14 or 15th this month. I am looking at hatch day the 4th or 5th. Jan.

Shhh . . . just say your incubator is wonky and they might hatch late.

 

[ronott1]

That's what I did. The NR360 is in the basement.

Nice!

 

[ronott1]

I am looking at my calendar and I cannot set until the 14 or 15th this month. I am looking at hatch day the 4th or 5th. Jan.

You can join!

 

[ronott1]

First real snow.
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I love it!

 

[gimmie birdies]

My hens eggs., i have tan ones also i may set, but these gray ones look fertile.

I think I will just set on Friday after all. Tomorrow I will get more eggs from a near by farm. But it will be a small batch. Tan eggs will be included.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Here are the eggs I chose for the final count. I will not slip in extras once set, (so no staggered hatch for me.)

15 total. My eggs are the 2 small gray eggs on top. the other eggs I got from a friend, today, ang the white egg is from the feed store fridge. But I have hatched them before. A near by farm.