Mahonri's 2nd Annual NYDHatch, watching them grow...

[debilorrah]

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You need Ken. He whistles a crow and the birds answer him, and when the big one crows my OEG eeeks right after him.

 

[chicken stalker]

"Are they hatching yet??" says the little nagging voice in my head....how many days left

 

[Happy Chooks]

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1/2 way there. It's dragging, isn't it.

 

[ParadisePoultry]

Here's mine:

You'd look funny too if you just came out of an egg

 

[Nuclear Chickens]

That's a good picture.

 

[gryeyes]

Mwaaaahahhhhahahhhhhhaaaaaaaa!

Lots and lots of time to get rooster crowing photos! Here are some for inspiration - since I am hosting, these don' count, but I do want to share 'em.

George Sebright crowing his little heart out.

Charlie B. Brahma just finished crowing.

Carl crowing.

 

[halo]

Wow, look at all those landscaping blocks. I buy them 10 at a time...what are those blocking, is that a pond of some sort?

Sorry, I always check out other stuff in chicken pictures.

 

[Bob's Henhouse]

Laree, that is too funny. My boys did the exact same thing to a black cochin this summer, in their sand pile. I'll have to find the pics and show you, looks just the same.

And then the one in the big wheel was it? Mine rode around with them in the bucket of their tractor.

 

[Illia]

Gosh I have SO many crowing rooster photos. . . 'tis called having a quick camera.

Although the background is distracting, he's got the most "belt" in his voice, and you can see it in that puffed up chest, the wings dropped, the fluff expanded. . .

 

[goochgirl]

Last night, I was playing on Youtube looking for videos of candled eggs around the same age as ours. I've been trying to look at mine, and only see veining, and in some, the eye. So, I was amazed that on the videos, you could actually see the embryo floating and moving around in the egg. My eggs are brown, but not too dark. So, I decided I needed a better light to candle. Using the idea I found on this forum, I took a coffee can and cut out the bottom with my can opener. I cut a piece of cardboard out the same size as the can for the top and bottom with a doughnut hole in the center. I taped the cardboard to the bottom of the can using foil tape I use for my dryer vent, and slipped it over the top of a small lamp so that it stops just over the switch. Then put in the lightbulb that was in in; not sure of the watts. I taped the top circle on the can and it was ready to go. The entire thing took 3 minutes to put together, and most of that was keeping the tape from sticking to itself. I'm thrilled to report that it worked beautifully. We were able to look into all 6 eggs and see each of the embryos moving around. I still can't believe that all of our eggs are developing so well with my cheapo, thrown together, incubator. I'm so worried, now that I've seen my babies, that things will fall apart at the end. I, at least, felt confident enough up until this point to go out and get some chick starter to have it on hand. I hope I didn't jinx the whole project.