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

[kathyinmo]

What's your contest going to be?

Don't you know how to make a BYC page?

 

[SteveH]

I was not going to candle any , but reading everybody's excitement on here made me decide to candle one egg when I opened the 'bator to switch to a freshly calibrated hygrometer . There's something growing in there but I guess I just don't the charge out of it like so many do ; but I'm glad those of you who do can enjoy that experience .

 

[kathyinmo]

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Maybe it's because you are old.

 

[Mahonri]

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I've been here two and a half years and I still don't know how to make a BYC page!!

It's probably easy, but every time I think about it, the unknown stops me.

I could do coop and pen pages, breed pages etc...

Maybe I'm just lazy.

 

[gryeyes]

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Looks like we have a volunteer.

I will volunteer for the third week, when we are probably much closer to absolute insanity. Okay??

 

[kathyinmo]

I am very technologically challenged, and I can do it. So you know it is very easy!

 

[PoultryPeeps]

So since everybody else on here is candling, I ended up candling both 'bators of eggs. Had to toss about 16, and there are a bunch that are questionable. A bunch of them never started to develop - I think they got too cold in transit since there were two frozen in that batch. But anything I wasn't sure of I put back in. Now won't candle until lockdown either.

 

[gryeyes]

taking a deep breath

Okay, folks, I am going to sponsor the "keep it going" contest for the third week of Mahonri's 2nd Annual New Year's Day Hatch. Due to the nature of the prize, which shall be described in just a bit, this will not be limited only to those currently listed amongst the contenders in the M2ANYDH contest.

The prize is a gently used (just twice) R-Com Mini incubator, which holds 3 eggs. It is appropriate for tentative hatchers, because there is hardly any way to mess things up. Plug it in, put in three eggs, add water to to the reservoir, keep the reservoir full, and on lockdown, put the plastic shield under the eggs so they stop turning.

Here's a picture of the actual prize in action

The R-Com Mini is a Brinsea product, actually, but this was built for the Japanese market, for hatching eggs in a school room.

What must you do to win this beginner's incubator, you ask?

Get your cameras ready, or scour your archives of photos, and enter a picture of your - or borrow a friend's - rooster crowing. No "stock" photos, it must be a rooster somebody actually knows (or knew).

It will be the third week contest, so you've got time to catch roosters crowing before the judging starts. This is for week #3, not week #2.

Any questions?

 

[Mahonri]

WONDERFUL!!

Thanks a bunch!

 

[SteveH]

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Maybe it's because you are old.

Yep

. Actually , I think that seeing the early developement reminds me just how fragile that unborn [ or unhatched ] life is .