Daily Digest for The 5th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[pickitfarm]

Ron that is good picture with the cat and chicken. You see who rules there.

Thanks for the update.

Have to go--->

 

[ronott1]

Springtime chickens

Welcome to the 5th Annual Easter Hatch a Long Daily Digest!
3-9-2014 Issue

And don't forget about the open contests:

Enter you guess here:
Contest #1: Guess How Many Eggs Will Be Set
Go here to enter: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/859735/contest-1-guess-how-many-eggs-will-be-set-5th-annual-byc-easter-hatch-a-long/0_50

And your brooder pic here:
Contest #2: Creative Brooder Contest
Go here to enter: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/860044/contest-2-creative-brooder-5th-annual-byc-easter-hatch-a-long/0_50

Watch for a new Contest –Poultry in the Snow! Post 1510

Gamebirdsonly joined!; mikkles joined, maybe again!; Tantum is *IN*!; gryeyes is in!; Marco is in Too!; Joshua G joined Us!;


Jbenson posted more frizzle pictures and showgirls!

Pickitfarm has DH picking up hatching eggs from a fellow BYCr! Mentioned needing drugs for the Chicken Addiction. Cindynkidsd said her Daughter is planning and intervention!


Cynthia12 reminded us to set our clocks ahead tonight!

Sally Sunshine changed her Avatar!

Micahelf was the first to wish us a Happy Sunday! Gardeningmama said Good Morning with a picture Grapefruit for Breakfast!

Uphilljill posted a picture of a Cheese wheel that has been curing in the Cheese cave. It made me very hungry….

Chicken pickin has eggs going into lockdown tomorrow!

OEs, Sexlinks and CLs! Procrastinating may be on the agends—looking at chicks at the Local TSC—that is dangerous and I think her Chickens Anonymous sponsor should be called…

Happy Chooks checked in after a 20 mile hike!

Cynthia 12 has some in lockdown!

I have Uof A Blues and OE chicks hatching! Hatching video in post 1815.

Happy Chooks and jbenson’s DH have Bees! Lots of Bee tips in post 1784. Happy Chooks has Asparagus growing in a raise bed!

Jbenson has very small roosters but they have crowing contests!

Angelobutter has 35 chickens and only got 3 eggs! Well they are very pretty eggs

….Penny Hen: take egg pictures outside in natural light to avoid the artificial colors from light bulbs.

Picketfarm posted a picture of egg love!

Montanadolphin found Spring and took pictures of it. I hope everyone finds Spring soon too!

 

[ronott1]

Ron that is good picture with the cat and chicken. You see who rules there.

Thanks for the update.

Have to go--->

Thanks!

I am trying to pick a picture that goes along with something in the Digest.

 

[ronott1]

Welcome to the 5th Annual Easter Hatch a Long Daily Digest!
3-10-2014 Issue

Currently there are 4 open contests (with plenty more to come)!

Contest #1: Guess How Many Eggs Will Be Set
Go here to enter: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...e-set-5th-annual-byc-easter-hatch-a-long/0_50

Contest #2: Creative Brooder Contest
Go here to enter: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...ooder-5th-annual-byc-easter-hatch-a-long/0_50

Contest #3: Poultry in the Snow
Go here to enter: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...w-2014-easter-hatch-a-long/0_50#post_12971199

Contest #4: Cutest Baby Fowl Photo Contest
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/861802/contest-4-brinsea-s-cutest-baby-fowl-photo-contest-5th-annual-byc-easter-hatch-a-long


AVHalls is arranging eggs to Hatch!; EnnisLakeFarm is back after two years. Australorps is a good choice!; austinbndr28 is IN!; flitter joined the Hatch a long!;

Bantambury will provide some eggs for the Hatch a long! Send a PM!

JoyfulPromise had to read 20 pages to catch up! (read the Digest!)…Spring has been sighted in Michigan! Nice Avatar picture!


Christabelle and chicken pickin arrange the colors in the egg cartons! We all do that right?

BHep, read the Digest! 290 posts to read is silly!

Chicken Pickin has Pink and Peach colored eggs! Lucky!

Kismet is weighing eggs. Weight Loss questions asked. Sally Sunshine posted detailed moisture loss by weight in post 1896.

UtterOblivion has a DIY contact incubator method—A towel is placed over the eggs in the incubator.

Penny Hen posted that Colloncas can lay Lilac colored eggs.

Pozees reads the digest! Hatching Dominiques and EEs based on Dominiques…What does the comb look like on those?

Hangtown Farms offered some White Empordanesa eggs for hatching!

Jbenson offered to help AVHalls get some hatching eggs!

Abmaddox1981 has a new incubator! It is bigger than the car roof! How many eggs will that thing hold? Post 1909 The picture is now Her Avatar photo!

We helped FarmerJayne get into incubating. The new Genesis is ordered!

Cynthia12 wished us Good Night and 5 hours later Chicken pickin wished us Good Morning! We do not have any Night Owls this hatch a long?

Michaelf has more Reds Hatching! The Boys are winning this year so Girls are wanted for this hatch!

I switched to a new Avatar—this time a Pita Pinta Pullet!

Sally Sunshine has a Massive DIY Incubator made out of a large ice chest. Post 1933 has videos and lots of information. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...bator-how-we-did-it-and-test-run-ready-set-go

CibolaChooks posted a series of baby chick pictures!

Today is Cynthia12s 22 anniversary! They are a blended family with 12 kids and 32 Grand Children!

Gryeys posted a selfie! She has House chickens too!

Happy Chooks has Peaches blooming. More signs of spring

 

[Happy Chooks]

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Love the contests! Great job with the Digest, Ronott1!

 

[abmaddox1981]

Awesome as always Ron!!

 

[bantambury]

Great job ron! ive already had one person ask me about my eggs! thanks! I cant sell too many, im only getting 2 eggs a day here, if not 1, but I can fill in any one's empty turner holes in that bator! LOL

 

[ronott1]

Awesome as always Ron!!

Thanks!

Great job ron! ive already had one person ask me about my eggs! thanks! I cant sell too many, im only getting 2 eggs a day here, if not 1, but I can fill in any one's empty turner holes in that bator! LOL

My three Penes went down to 1 a day but are now gong back up. We had some wild weather last week.

Yesterday and today they laid two.

 

[Pozees]

The Dom EE I hatched this weekend has a rose comb - I expect most or all will, it is dominant.