CONTEST UPDATE!! McMurray $25 -Check out the new Topic-Lock this up

[weaveagarden]

Thanks for the suggestions. Very helpful.

Just so you can study up.....

Hints:

None of them are supposed to be Bantam..... But I have my doubts on one or two..... You will see!

I will also include a group shot of all of the like colored chickens. With chicks often having 2,3,4 or even 5 colors, this means their predominant color. Of course some of them have changed color dramatically, so don't forget to access the baby pictures too for comparison.

I had:

3- Brown
4- White
5- Buff
13- Red
11- Black
2- That were 1/2 each Black/White


If there is time, I may also include weight on picture day..... But my photographers assistant is going to be busy that day now, so I may not be able to do all of that.

 

[weaveagarden]

I have to postpone due to illness.

I made myself sick yesterday trying to do this in the heat.

Taking the day off today to keep cool and rehydrate. (Of course today, it isn't hot at all!)

So the contest will now start on Monday at 6PM PST.

Thanks for understanding everyone. I am just not up to rushing to get the prep for this done. I hope it hasn't inconvenienced anybody. We will be ready and on top of things for Monday.

I have enlisted the help of a friend who is pretty good at photography to help this weekend.

The extra pair of hands will make the process go much more smoothly than the last couple of days.

I hope I recieve lots of guesses. They are growing feathers like crazy these days, so the extra day or two may make gender clearer.

 

[wordgirl]

I hope you're feeling better!

We'll see you and the chooks Monday, then! Sounds good to me.

 

[weaveagarden]

Getting closer to being ready. Pictures of all 38 are taken. I do need to get a few more by myself tomorrow, but these look pretty good for clarity. Just would like a couple of different angles if I can get them.As the day wore on, we and the chickens got a bit more ruffled. But all in all, it wasn't a bad day.

I didn't say previously, but I am going to exclude any Murray McMurray staff. This should make it more fair I think. I don't know if anybody here works there, but you never know.

I will post a new Topic for this contest about 10AM tomorrow with the official details and a link to my BYC Member page. So recheck the What Breed or Gender Area after that to find out how to enter.

I hope I get lots of participants.

 

[StrawberryHouseMouse]

Curious, does the guesses get PMed or emailed to you or are you going to have everyone just shouting out guesses on the thread?

 

[faykokoWV]

do you want us to PM the answers so we can't cheat and look at others?

 

[chickenwhisperer123]

So the pictures will be posted on this thread at 6PM PST, TOMORROW. Right?


I wanna try!!


How long will the contest go on?

 

[weaveagarden]

Email or PM. Then post on the tread that you have emailed or PMed. Also would be great if there were a little bit of chatter just for fun, but no giving away your guesses, because I don't want anybody to have unfair advantage. If there isn't a good view of something, you could ask in the chatter if you like, or by email. I will plan to be up late on Monday night. Also, I will answer on the topic thread if a question is answered there.... I think I should limit the number of entries..... But maybe not to one. But to two. That way you can enter once early if you think you know it. Then again later if you second guess yourself on a couple. But it will be the person who guesses the most right who wins. If there is a tie, I am assigning points to the chickens and those will help to decided ties. If there is still a tie. I am going to use a tie breaker to be announced at that time.

I figure I will post a time for the contest to end so that people can have fun guessing for awhile even if somebody has all of them guessed.

 

[weaveagarden]

Any suggestions on how long it should last?

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

You may want to clean out your PM box! I would say let it run until somebody gets it right, but if you want to set a timeframe, I would suggest 2-3 days. Then, maybe give hints for missed ones?