INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[mrleeroy]

What if I don't?

I'll keep my hands off, but you know you always have a

here... If you want it...

 

[kwhites634]

Good Morning Everyone!

Hey Mike

 

[lozerface79]

Shes out!!!! So far its 11/12! Not a bad first hatch eh?

 

[flocktastic]

Good morning mrleeroy! I'm doing well. I hope things are doing good out your way. Glad your hatch is going well! You are staying busy! Good luck with the hatch. You should take some photos of those cupcakes and enter this contest:

[COLOR=333333]https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...test-7th-annual-byc-easter-hatch-a-long/0_100[/COLOR]​

[COLOR=333333]Deadline for entry is [COLOR=FF0000]April 7th[/COLOR] [COLOR=FF0000], 2016 at midnight PST[/COLOR][/COLOR]​

[COLOR=333333][COLOR=000000]Contest # [COLOR=FF0000]11[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR]​

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[COLOR=333333] [COLOR=0000CD]Peeps Art Contest! [/COLOR][/COLOR]​

[COLOR=333333]7th Annual Easter Hatch-a-long![/COLOR]​

Thank you Mike! I will definitely enter! Hopefully the cupcakes come out looking like what I'm imagining and what I've discussed with my son

 

[mrleeroy]

Shes out!!!! So far its 11/12! Not a bad first hatch eh?

Way better than mine! Great job!

 

[tao chick]

Quit my job today. How's everyone else's Thursday?

I'm going to look for a follow up. I hope everything is ok with you.

 

[flocktastic]

Shes out!!!! So far its 11/12! Not a bad first hatch eh?

That's awesome!! Congrats!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: GOOD LUCK!!!!

Quote: I worked at 11 washing dishes under the table at a restaurant, and washing cars for family, cleaning out cars, cleaning houses, mowing, babysitting, and on and on!! Anything I could I did!

Quote: Great news!!

Quote: Dang out of ovates!!

I got a couple buyers lined up for the chicks!!

@Sally Sunshine do you remember what you sent me. I'm assuming the 7 blue are cream legbar and the white are sapphires but what are the 2 huge brown and he big blue/green ones?

Projects

F2 and next gen too.....
was there 18 or 19 eggs in there?

I've been so swamped (still am) - 1000 posts behind, can't possibly catch up. But.... an update...

LOCKDOWN for the EHAL!!!!!

Weight loss looks great (11-13% at 18 days, right on target), air cells look good (though with two there wasn't draw down on one specific side, so it was a little hard to predict pip location). Moved them over to the R-Com, which I'm using as a hatcher (which had been set up for a few days with the calibrated thermo/hygro in it to best determine settings/offset).




Worked on getting the brooder built (something came up yesterday, so I got delayed). You know you need to stop when your drill bit overheats and begins to burn the wood (smoke and all) - it was a sign from God to STOP AND TAKE A BREAK ALREADY!!!

Meanwhile, the babies went outside last weekend, and they've been doing fine - their first night outside was a freak 38F after nights in the 50s-60s for weeks, but, of course, with their great big MHP, they were totally fine (I put a towel on top to extend the reach of it. I've been putting them to bed each night for a few nights because the MHP is elevated and they're taking a few days to learn to get up there in the evening (I don't want them to get into the habit of sleeping on the coop floor). The Cream Legbars (9 days older) have all gotten it now, and put themselves to bed tonight (on top of the MHP, which they prefer). I only had to put the little Aloha NNs "to bed" under the MHP tonight, @Blooie , I never cease to be amazed by this!!!!

Here's the arrangement on the first night outside - 38F (previously only experienced as low as 50F) - there are TWENTY 4-5.5 week old chicks comfortably snuggled under there!!! (it's BIG):




Tractor coop is working well as a growout pen. Here's a cute photo of three of the Aloha NN boys from today "standing guard" overhead (Day 4 out here, first time they've gotten to the top level). They are from the shipped eggs I hatched recently:



And although they are all scared of me (not a lot of handling while in the brooder), I've been sitting in there with them a bit each day to get them used to me. One single CL pullet has decided that she's my little buddy - she MUST be one of Paula's girls, Paula's girls all acted a bit like this in the brooder, more friendly than the others. (Just like their sweet Mama, may she rest in peace). She jumped on my knee yesterday, and today it was my shoulder. Here's a selfie I got (@Sally Sunshine ):



OK, that's all I can think of (beside the fact that I have WAY TOO MUCH STUFF TO DO AND NOT ENOUGH TIME TO DO IT IN!!!!!!!!!)

Sorry I can't do a read back. Hugs to everyone who needs them.

- Ant Farm

Dang out of ovates!!!! love that brooder!!!!


you need your beautiful selfie here to win!!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...he-springing-in-the-chicks-hatch-a-long/0_100
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“Selfies with Fowl”​

Photo Contest​

"Springing in the Chicks"​

2016 April Hatch-a-Long​

Hosted by Mike & Sally​

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We want to see how creative you are taking 'selfies' of yourself and your Fowl Friends! The requirements? You have to be in the photo and it has to be one you took yourself (but if others are in the photo with you and you have their permission to enter it, that's okay too!)​

CREATIVE, FUNNY AND UNIQUE PHOTOS ARE ENCOURAGED;​

SELFIE STICKS MAY BE USED!​

3 Picture entries per contestant​

To submit your entries, follow rules below and post your photos in this thread!​

"Springing in the Chicks" 2016 April Hatch-a-Long​

HAL Participants ONLY!​

Continental U.S. ONLY (Not Alaska or Hawaii)

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1st Prize​

12+ Silkie Hatching Eggs!​

Donated by, Jessimom

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2nd Prize​

Chicken Shaped Silver Tone Wire Egg Collecting Basket​

11.4" x 7.1" x 9.8" (eggs NOT included)


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Donated by, Sally Sunshine​

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[lozerface79]

His lower half appears to be stuck... hope she gets out! Anyways its sleepy time! Night!

 

[Chaos18]

Shes out!!!! So far its 11/12! Not a bad first hatch eh?

congrats