Mahonri's 3rd Annual, BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[Grumpypantsmomma]

Wow, now I know what people mean when they have 200+ post to catch up on. It was worth it though. One of our Nigerian Dwarf does had FIVE kids today!



For an idea of their size, (my wife is 5'2" (really 5"1', but ....)


And of course there was an audience in the cheap seats, but with a birds eye view

Momma has to be exhausted, 5 beautiful kids and an audience to boot. Thats awesome i have heard of a lot of twins and triplets but not 5. Congrats on your beautiful new additions.

 

[kvmommy]

Wow, now I know what people mean when they have 200+ post to catch up on. It was worth it though. One of our Nigerian Dwarf does had FIVE kids today!



For an idea of their size, (my wife is 5'2" (really 5"1', but ....)


And of course there was an audience in the cheap seats, but with a birds eye view

OMG...soooo precious! Poor mama~ is that a world record? Congrats!

 

[Razadia]

Ok peeps, I'm off to bed. The other mystery egg is pipped and I'm really happy that they made it this far. I hope I wake up to at least one hatched chick, but I don't exactly see that happening. G'night!

 

[kellyn]

Wow... five goats... that's a LOT for one poor girl... good luck feeding them! Might wanna sprout another arm~ XD

I had 35/65 button quail eggs just hatch...! I thought i'd get a dozen, tops, but WOW! Totally exceeds my exectations! My mom was complaining "whatcha gunna do with all them quil now?" Weeeell, ... ... ... ... I ... ... ... don't know. In the last few weeks I've hatched 8, 12, 29 and 36. And had 3 die. So I got like 82! It doesn't even look like that many. I say that about my chickens too, but the feed bill(s) say otherwise.

And did I mention I have like 50 adult buttons too?

 

[mlm Mike]

We have had 1,3,and 4. Never 2, and this is our first 5. I think twins are common in the bigger goats.

Five?!! I thought the norm was 2? So cute!

Momma has to be exhausted, 5 beautiful kids and an audience to boot. Thats awesome i have heard of a lot of twins and triplets but not 5. Congrats on your beautiful new additions.

When my wife and I came in from the barn, I told her I'm exhausted and I didn't do anything, I can't imagine how mom feels. But, she's doing good getting up and making sure they all "eat".

OMG...soooo precious! Poor mama~ is that a world record? Congrats!

Not a world record, but it is 4 does and one buck, so she did buy her and her barn mates some alfalfa rather than mixed next time we buy hay.

 

[Noncentzter]

Finally caught up! Power was out for approx. 12 hours and we got 4-5 inches of snow. Off to bed...

 

[AK Michelle]

For those of you willing to help me figure out what I am doing wrong in the incubation process...please feel free to comment, at this rate, my easter hatch is not looking soo good.

Soooooooo sad...40 some chickie lives wasted on my incubating failure.

Any ideas?

There are many experts here, Each "failure" is another opportunity to learn. I know it can be frustrating but stick with it. It'll all work out in the end.

So my new incubator is in full swing and has been tested now for weeks and it's ready for this hatch! I'm also sprouting in the brooder room, it's so nice and toasty in there

Wow Cheryl! That is one awesome bator. I happen to have some spare cabinets in the workshop...

So would those be RIBRs (Rhode Island Barred Reds) or BRIR (Barred Rhode Island Rocks) or perhaps BIRRs (Barred Island Rhode Rocks?)

THE BROODIES ARE COMING!!!!

She's scaring me

 

[SunnyDawn]

Finally caught up! Power was out for approx. 12 hours and we got 4-5 inches of snow. Off to bed...

Oh man I would be panicking! Our power went off here for only a couple of hours and I had the bator piled high with a bunch of blankets, afraid my poor eggs would cool off.

It only cooled off 2 degrees BTW.

Finally getting tired. Good night all!

 

[AK Michelle]

I have been collecting the bluest eggs to hatch from my own hens, and I am going to get some from Kowgurl62 this week. I have also thought of adding some from some of my brown egg layers and I may not have enough space in my turner. Tell me what you know about "stacking." Do you just balance the extras between the first layer eggs? How many eggs can go in the second row?

I would be interested in seeing this also.

I think I'm seeing a trend here.

 

[AK Michelle]

Yes they are Bourbon Red turkey eggs. These are coming from a hen that I hatched last year from lotsapaints. She sent six eggs, and all six hatched. I had to put one hen down because she had hurt her leg and the chickens were just attacking her (I gave her weeks to recover, she never did and as she got worse, so did the chickens) We lost one tom to a coyote. Had one for Thanksgiving and one for Christmas. Saved the pair to hatch some more. They taste WONDERFUL and the hen is probably my most favorite of all the birds out there. I think she is in love with me LOL

I hear they are friendly birds. I was thinking of trying some, My slates are doing well but they are NOT that friendly.

THe instructions for my incubator specifically says no stacking. Like everyone else, I throw the instructions out . . . but then I use an LG.

I didn't read the cleaning instructions on my Brinsea real close and submerged it.

They come with instructions

I thought that was just additional packing material.

Have I mentioned that I did something really really crazy with my poor incubation history. I orded Icelandics! I blame all you enablers. I hadn't even heard of icelandics before this thread. So feel the pressure, I need to hatch this time!

This is a whole new hatch and you will succeed.

DD is visiting her fiancee in NY this week for spring break. His family owns a dairy farm and she sent me this adorable pic of a calf. Too cute


Now I must get to bed or I won't get up in time to get to work. Night all!

Cute cute

I am getting worried over nothing, I think. But my emu eggs have been sitting at the Sort Facility, since March 12, 2012, 8:19 pm, and that is over 24 hours!

ETA- The tracking info now says the eggs are in the next city over! I will be picking it up in the morning!

I may get gray hair by the time 50 some days are over, and I am only 23!

I've had gray hair since I was 18, I like to call it "Arctic Blonde" and it wasn't even over something as cool as Emu eggs so relax and
make room in that bator.

I took the last of 10 boxes of eggs to the post office today! Now I will be a nervous wreck until I know they arrived ok.

Mary, egg tetris is a LOT easier when you take them out of the boxes

Wow, now I know what people mean when they have 200+ post to catch up on. It was worth it though. One of our Nigerian Dwarf does had FIVE kids today!



For an idea of their size, (my wife is 5'2" (really 5"1', but ....)


And of course there was an audience in the cheap seats, but with a birds eye view

Oh My Goodness, now I really do miss my goats. What a good momma, to provide so much hay to her barn-mates. Seriously, that is some super-cuteness. Congrats.