Mahonri's 2nd Annual BYC EASTER HATCH. Post pics of your chicks!

[Chickhick]

Anyone know what CrystalCreek's "A", "B",and "C" mean on her Lavender Ameraucana eggs? She told me, but I accidentally deleted it. I know she'll get back to me and let me know, but I'm impatient, and so many of you on here are bound to know. I think the A means the pen with Lavender hens, B for the splits? and the C for pure black hens?

Thanks!

 

[wolftracks]

I have a bunch of hatch dates between now and set date. My girls have been going nuts. I had a problem about 3 weeks ago with 2 actually 3 pens getting opened and birds running all over together. I don't think there are any mixes other than the ones I wanted, but not taking a chance. I did run an auction for 2 days, but didn't sell, so they are going to another BYCer in my area.

Since I have some lockdowns coming up soon and on going, I'm just holding off hatching anything but my FBCMs and maybe some EEs. Easter will hopefully be my 2 flocks of FBCMs. I need fresh blood here with all these older hens.

 

[wolftracks]

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Aww sorry about the roo.

I can wait. Barely, but I can. LOL

 

[AK Michelle]

Yesterday ended with 11 Icelandic chicks in the brooder, this morning I had 3 more and one turkey in the bator drying off. I had a few more pips in the remaining Icelandic eggs and this is the LONGEST workday on record because all I want to do is run home and see how everyone is doing.

 

[Rathbone]

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Yep, so been there n done that.

 

[Rathbone]

turkeys...I was thinking about setting turkeys.
anyone here care to let me know how incubation might differ from chickens.
And...if, just in case, I decided to eat turkeys for Thanksgiving, how many months before November would I incubate turkey eggs?

 

[Lotsapaints]

I have turkey eggs too....Midget Whites would be ready for eating if you did them for the Easter Hatch you can eat the others sooner (Bourbons, Narragansett, Spanish etc) but they really don't fill out until they are a year old and most over on the turkey board said letting them mature for 18 months is the best. I don't really know yet my MW took 7 months to fill out and he was worth it totally...I'm doing another for Easter that's a Auburn and he'll be a year old but he's one I "saved" so not the best representative of a heritage turkey he's a runtly fellow but now big enough to make it worthwhile. I have Burbons hatched in July for this years holiday and I can tell that waiting for a year at least is better they just look "fuller" and I'm sure they'll dress out at over 20lbs my MW dressed out @14lbs had plenty of fat I cooked him @325 regular amount of time for a stuffed one 3 1/2 to 4 hrs the meat was moist and ever so good they have more dark meat very much like fillet mignon no turkey is safe at our house after I tasted dinner I could have 1 a month easy.

They take 27 to 28 days and I run mine @35% until lock down then 55 to 65% and I usually put chicken eggs in a week later so they have buddies to help them eat and drink turkeys are very curious and need to be brooded for 12 weeks and then they can go out in a covered pen they all like to fly even if you clip a wing and love to roost way high up they are lookouts will tell you about anything different make less noise than a rooster but more than hens.....

 

[bigspringshatchery]

Count me in. I have 24 mix marans coming from rockinpaints, 12 bcm and 6 olive eggs coming from RUTH, and 2 dozen Davis bcm eggs coming from Atlchick. I'm really excited about the hatch.

 

[Rathbone]

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THANK YOU! That was very helpful. A local lady has some eggs that I might actually be able to afford. She has Bourbon Reds and Narragansetts.
I thought it might be nice to raise some turkeys and (keep one for myself) give them to my relatives as a gift for Thanksgiving.
I love the dark meat so I think I am going to try it. Somehow seems more special if we raise it ourselves.

 

[jlgoinggreen]

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