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

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thans dsqard.... soooo happy to have em!!!!

 

[Hens and Roos]

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What cuties..., they would fit right in with our hatch!

Here are a few pictures DH took this morning...not sure how thrilled the chicks were...

Group shot

Blue Andalusian chick picture

And this one we'd like to enter for the cute chick contest:

 

[dsqard]

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I know how you feel. This whole weekend has been such an emotional roller coaster. On Friday, everyone is getting pips, peeps, zips wiggles and I get nothing. Saturday, everyone else is finishing up their hatches and I get two pips in the evening. Yesterday wound up with three chicks (had to help one out) and finally one pip on one of the lav orp eggs. This morning I have one lav orp chick and two more lav orp eggs peeping but not pipping. I have gone back and forth from their all dead, to half of them are dead to might wind up with six chicks. Whew, I don't think I can take this again too soon. I have learned so much from doing this though!

 

[SteveH]

I see a lot of people had hatches last night or today , congrats ! TBH I skimmed every other page to catch up LOL , buy did catch that Rathbone got her Light Sussex , I'm happy for you .

I had 15 of 17 viables [ 4 going to lockdown were clears as I suspected ] hatch after all the trouble here NYE . One had to be culled as it was not right . I wish now that I had given my last two eggs another day ; my inexperience caused me not to even consider the last two might simply need more time . They had never pipped , so I pulled the plug . I got to thinking as I read how many still had eggs hatching , and an eggopsy showed two perfectly formed chicks that had yet to pip internally . While they might have died earlier , I have a feeling that they were alive till I pulled the plug . Lesson learned .

I cracked a fresh egg from my breeding pen last night , and it was fertile . But then I realized they had been exposed to another cockeral from Dec 10 to Dec 18 ; its too soon to figure they're clean yet . Plus the pullets have cut back drasticly on egg production , Guess I better not get too excited about fireing up the bator .

 

[SteveH]

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[BerrytangleFarm]

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Thanks. She seems to be doing okay. I'm going to hope it's just newborn-itis and she gets her footing soon. Well, HOPEFULLY it's a SHE. We can't keep roosters.

Congrats on your new baby.

Thanks!

We're happy she's here and still in disbelief she made it this far. Wow. The egg was a small one (I got some eggs from a local woman yesterday and they are 2-3 times the size of this one's egg!). And she's a tiny little one. Fits perfectly into my 2-year-old's hand. Starting to get up on her legs. I put a feather duster in there and she likes it a bit. Mostly she just wants to be inside cupped hands. That's the only time she's quiet.

 

[kathyinmo]

***REMINDER*** GO TO SPREAD SHEET TO FILL OUT YOUR HATCH INFO (link below)

Let me know if you see any errors in this .... *ADDITIONS and corrections added!

CONTESTS AND OTHER INFO:
-First Chick Hatched after midnight your time. Prize 6 mth GFM WINNER: Mahonri! Mahonri deferred to 2nd place aka Rachel
-Best Hatch rate % set/hatched. Prize: 6 mth GFM WINNER: Sumatra503
-Cutest new chick pic ends Jan 5 WINNER:still open
-Best overall participant - (gets to choose between a 6 month GFM & a Calendar.)still open
-HOW MANY CHICKS WILL MAHONRI HATCH? WINNER: chickenhappywith10
-Rooster Crowing picture ..... prize: incubator! (open to ALL BYCers) WINNER: Murano Farms
-How many posts on this thread at the stroke of New Years, Mahonri time. Prize: 'Extra Ordinary Chickens' calendar WINNER: Murano Farms
-Best BYC page made (ends Jan 31) to document this event or your own hatching in this event. Prize:1 dozen Delaware hatching eggs.WINNER:still open
-"Die Hard" contest... the last chick to hatch from the original setting of eggs (12.11 at noon, your time) will be the winner. The prize is a coupon for "Buy 6 get 15$ Off" Purina products. The products eligible are 50lb bags of Layena, Start and Grow (medicated or not), Flock Raiser or 25lb Flock Blocks. AND a dozen hatching eggs Cuckoo Marans or Indian Rivers (Delaware roo over New Hampshire hens)WINNER:still open
-Chick hatching the soonest after post 5500 - prize "Storey's Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds" by Carol Ekarius WINNER: Ms.FuzzyButts
-Calendar worthy photo... Prize: 6 mth GFM WINNER: CRYSTALCREEK
-Funniest picture photo... Prize: 6 mth GFM WINNER: LareePQG

*Calendar Worthy Pictures Contest are here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=31282-calendar-pictures-contest
*Funniest Pictures Contest are here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=14951-2nd-week-contest
*Cutest (New Years Hatch chick) Chick Pictures Contest are here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=31282-cutest-chick-contest
*Rooster Crowing Contest pictures are here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=41679-nyroostercrowingcontest
*hatching % spread sheet is here: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ai7KIISf0iW0dGtIYzBvQ2wzNTZNTUpwR0w3bHRwSnc&hl=en#gid=0

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[dsqard]

Wasn't the funniest picture won by Laree with the buried chickens?

 

[gryeyes]

A third TJs egg is hatching! It must have zipped low, because its legs are out and the top half of the shell is still sitting on the head and shoulders of the now resting hatchling. The second one is scooting around, wobbily, in the 'bator.

 

[kathyinmo]

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Awwww, yes!